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Gallery. Some of the photos are depicted below. Bloody Saturday – Battle of Shanghai. Cavalry camp near Balaklava – Crimean War. The Valley of the Shadow of Death – Siege of Sevastopol, Crimean War. X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen. View from the Window at Le Gras. The Horse in Motion. Migrant Mother.
Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance, usually in the short-term, to people in need. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and victims of natural disasters, wars, and famines. The primary objective of humanitarian aid is to save lives, alleviate suffering, and maintain human dignity.
Contents. Foreign interventions by the United States. The United States government has been involved in numerous interventions in foreign countries throughout its history. The U.S. has engaged in nearly 400 military interventions between 1776 and 2023, with half of these operations occurring since 1950 and over 25% occurring in the post- Cold ...
This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
SelfâPortrait as a Drowned Man[ b ] 18 October 1840. Hippolyte Bayard. Paris, France [ 6 ] Possibly the earliest known staged photograph, created in protest to the French government's apparent neglect of the invention of his photographic process. [ 7 ][ 8 ] [ s 1 ] The Haystack. 1844 [ c ] William Henry Fox Talbot.
In the latter half of the 19th century, the U.S. government initiated actions for regime change mainly in Latin America and the southwest Pacific, including the Spanish–American and Philippine–American wars. At the onset of the 20th century, the United States shaped or installed governments in many countries around the world, including ...
Human history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers . They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had populated most of the Earth by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.
Matilde Bajer (1840–1934) – women's rights activist and pacifist. Annestine Beyer (1795–1884) – pioneer of women's education. Anne Bruun (1853–1934) – schoolteacher and women's rights activist. Esther Carstensen (1873–1955) – women right's activist, journal editor, active in the Danish Women's Society.