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  • State police, complete with beads waiting for any trouble during Mardi Gras on 25th February 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city of New Orleans hosts every year. The magnificent, costumed, beaded and feathered party is laced with tradition and  having a good time. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and culminate on Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent.
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  • Displayed on a table at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, peaked caps of the former East German (DDR in German) border police are on sale in orderly rows for the sake of tourists to this German city. The border troops of the German Democratic Republic (Grenztruppen), were a military force of the GDR and the primary force guarding the Berlin Wall and the border between East and West Germany. The Border Troops numbered at their peak approximately 47,000 troops and other than the Soviet Union, no other Warsaw Pact country had such a large border guard force. In all, 1,065 persons were killed along the GDR's frontiers and coastline, often by the border guards. The East Germany state existed from 7 October 1949 until 3 October 1990 and was a potent symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War.
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  • Detail of a rusty Wartburg 312 car standing at the kerbside in an eastern Berlin district. A sticker with the letters DDR as the German Democratic Republic (DDR in German and GDR in English) as East Germany was called during the Cold War. Any car was a highly-prized possession when ownership of luxury goods like vehicles aroused suspicion for other than Communist Party officials. This car may have been someone of rank or influence. The GDR was a self-declared socialist state, referred to in the West as a "communist state" in the Soviet Sector of occupied Germany created after the second world war and partitioned when DDR leaders built the Berlin Wall that eventually segregated Germany and Europe. The East Germany state existed from 7 October 1949 until 3 October 1990 and was a potent symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War.
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  • A young skateboarder leaps into the air beneath the huge memorial to the German Communist leader Ernst Thalmann, the leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) during much of the Weimar Republic. He was arrested by the Gestapo in 1933 and held in solitary confinement for eleven years, before being shot in Buchenwald on Adolf Hitler's orders in 1944. The Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation, consisting of the Young Pioneers and the Thälmann Pioneers, was a youth scouting-styled organisation of schoolchildren aged 6 to 14, in East Germany. Its motto was" "Für Frieden und Sozialismus seid bereit – Immer bereit" ("For peace and socialism be ready - always ready") but the Pioneers were disbanded in 1989 after early protests here in Leipzig at the same time as the Berlin Wall and the Socialist state's fall.
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  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show an instruction mural for guarding prison camps seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier standing at the barbed wire of a generic Gulag holding his AK-47 weapon and dressed in fur hat and uniform from that era. Perhaps those training here were eventually to guard political prisoners though it is a reminder of a fallen ideology. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer.
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  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as a reminder of Soviet discipline, the picture shows soldiers marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
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  • Carabinieri officers mingle with crowds and patrol the darker covered galleries and streets around Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. In front of them reproductions of renaissance painting that now adorns a construction hoarding screen. Watching for suspicious activity as well as playing cat and mouse from illegal street hawkers selling fake goods and copyrighted artwork prints, we see an incongruous landscape of classical art and urban modernity. Someone has drawn a moustache and cannabis joint in the mouth of a religious character as the two policemen keep the city secure from possible attack.
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  • Foreign tourists admire renaissance architecture while Carabinieri officers mingle with the crowds and patrol the darker covered galleries and streets around Florence's Piazza degli Uffizi. The policemen watch out for suspicious activity as well as playing cat and mouse from illegal street hawkers selling fake goods and copyrighted artwork prints. The sun is sinking over the far side of the Arno River and we also see the buildings in the background that occupy the far southern bank of the Arno. The Uffizi Gallery is one of the oldest and most famous art museums of the Western world. It is housed in the Palazzo degli Uffizi, a palazzo in Florence, Italy.
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  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. Two seemingly gay men are kissing on the lips but this is one of the most famous paintings – a symbol of a divided Europe during the Cold War. It shows Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kissing his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
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  • A detail from the oversized artwork entitled Brotherhood Kiss (Bruderkuss) by Dmitry Vrubel that once adorned a section of the notorious Berlin Wall in western Germany Russian. The two men are kissing on the lips, one of the most iconic paintings that symbolised a divided Europe during the Cold War. The Communist Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev kisses his East German (DDR) counterpart Erich Honecker, which was ultimately copied on to coffee cups and T-shirts across the world before being destroyed by the authorities. The artist was angry but he says he will paint a new image which was derived from a photograph of the two leaders taken 1979 but became a potent symbol of Communism's corruption and ultimate failure.
    berlin_wall_gallery01-06-04-2013_1.jpg
  • On the edge of an old Soviet parade ground, peeling murals show the physical style of Russian marching techniques seen in this army boot camp in the former East German peninsular called Halbinsel Wustrow near Rostock. For the benefit of recruits or as reminders of Soviet discipline, the picture shows a soldier marching in that unmistakable goose-stepping style reminiscent of the Nazi era, with high forward kicks and a strenuous arm movement to the chest as seen in iconic May Day celebrations in Red Square. Wustrow was once a WW2 German anti-aircraft artillery position then housed civilian refugees before the eventual Soviet occupation of the former DDR during the Cold War, up until 1990 and the fall of communism and the Berlin Wall. The camp was ransacked and all its assets stripped before its desertion that summer and is a reminder of a fallen ideology
    russian_wustrow02-16-06_1990.jpg
  • Two police officers patrol past a group of Chinese state news consumers in a Shenzhen street. Locals stop to scan headlines and the stories of the day from the sheets of newsprint posted up on street corners. The policemen in uniform patrol the area with a presence to deter petty crime in a new and prosperous China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949 and until the 1980s, almost all media outlets in Mainland China were state-run. Independent media outlets only began to emerge at the onset of economic reforms, although state-run media outlets such as Xinhua, CCTV, and People's Daily continue to hold significant market share.
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  • Police sterilise Whitehall, closing it down due to protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Police sterilise Whitehall, closing it down due to protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Pro Trump protesters react to angry opposition and are protected by police outside a pub during protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Pro Trump protesters react to angry opposition and are protected by police outside a pub during protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Pro Trump protesters react to angry opposition and are protected by police outside a pub during protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
    20190604_trump state visit_B_012.jpg
  • Pro Trump protesters react to angry opposition and are protected by police outside a pub during protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Protests against the state visit of US President Donald Trump on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. Organisers Together Against Trump which is a collaboration between the Stop Trump Coalition and Stand Up To Trump, have organised a carnival of resistance, a national demonstration to protest against President Trump’s policies and politics during his official UK visit.
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  • Met police and MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. Standing by, a Met police officer looks for something inside his squad car before the crew return from accompanying the patient to A&E and the aircraft lifts off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
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  • Met police and MD902 Explorer helicopter from the Kent, Surrey & Sussex Air Ambulance Trust on the ground in Ruskin Park after emergency flight to Kings College Hospital in south London. We see a detail of a Met police officer's handcuffs and utility belt as the policeman stands guard while the aircraft remains on the ground before lifting off again for another emergency case. The Air Ambulance (KSSAAT) fly state of the art Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) aircraft operating 365 days a year, out of their base at Marden in Kent and Redhill in Surrey. They're capable of delivering our crews anywhere in our region in under 20 minutes flying time, attending over 20,000 missions
    air_ambulance18-16-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Awaiting the call-up from superior officers, a phalanx of German riot police stand in their ranks, with shields resting on the ground of a central Berlin park. Their orders will be to keep control of protesters in the former eastern sector of the German city, in the months after the fall of the Wall and the communist state, the GDR (German Democratic Republic) or DDR. Because Germany is now one country (though reunification itself has yet to happen), West German officers of the Bundespolizei (BPOL) which is the uniformed federal police force of Germany, wait patiently for orders from their western masters. The Bundespolizei consists of around 40,000 personnel, from border control, aviation wings, civil servants, immigration services and riot control (Beweissicherungs and Festnahmeeinheit).
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  • Socialist light switches in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
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  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
    berlin_stasi_museum29-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Desk in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
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  • Meeting furniture in the preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
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  • Socialist wall thermometer in preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
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  • Lenin bust in preserved office of former Minister in charge of GDR secret police chief, Erich Mielke - an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. After the fall of the socialist state, Mielke was sentenced to 6 years in prison and died in 2000, aged 92.
    berlin_stasi_museum22-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, British Met Police officers secure the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, British Met Police officers secure the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, British Met Police officers secure the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, British Met Police officers secure the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, British Met Police officers secure the Mall outside Buckingham Palace, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, a British Met Police officer secures the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, a British Met Police officer secures the Mall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, mounted British Met Police officers on horseback and motorbikes secure Whitehall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, mounted British Met Police officers on horseback pass the statue of Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, George Duke of Cambridge, in Whitehall, on 3rd June 2019, in London England.
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  • Police officer with communications ear piece during heavily policed event in London.
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  • Police officer with communications ear piece during heavily policed event in London.
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  • Wall map of Communist East Germany in the conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
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  • Socialist decor near the conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
    berlin_stasi_museum36-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The conference room where the heads of the GDR secret police met with district administrators, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • Royal procession for the State Opening of Parliament, London. Mounted police pass a WPC on duty.
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  • Anti-police message outside of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
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  • Many Louisiana State Police Troopers from across the state work in New Orleans for Mardi Gras on 25th February 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city of New Orleans hosts every year. The magnificent, costumed, beaded and feathered party is laced with tradition and  having a good time. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and culminate on Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  A soldier and armed police on duty at Buckingham Palace.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  A soldier and armed police on duty at Buckingham Palace.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  A soldier and police on duty at Westminster Palace.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  A soldier and police on duty at Westminster Palace.
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  • The private quarters of GDR secret police Minister Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum44-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Exterior of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum41-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A 'Bodil' passive eavesdropping transmitter from Bulgaria powered by a phone line, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum37-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum34-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The cafeteria and informal meeting place for secret police generals, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum31-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum21-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum17-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum14-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
    berlin_stasi_museum13-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • A soldier image on a rug, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history.
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  • A soldier in uniform, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • ID papers for an anonymous secret agent from Cottbus, Germany, an exhibit in the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. The Stasi Museum is a 22-hectare complex of research  and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany.
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  • ID papers for an anonymous secret agent from Cottbus, Germany, an exhibit in the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. The Stasi Museum is a 22-hectare complex of research  and memorial centre concerning the political system of the former East Germany.
    berlin_stasi_museum07-07-04-2013_1.jpg
  • The main entrance of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • Exterior of 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Erich Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • A member of the Neturei Karta demonstrates how he was punched to a community police officer as they were stopped trying to burn the Israeli flag in Stamford Hill, London during the festival of Purim. The Neturiei Karta oppose Zionism and believe that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.
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  • Secretariat offices for the staff to Erich Mielke, an exhibit in 'Haus 1' the ministerial headquarters of the Stasi secret police in Communist East Germany, the GDR. Built in 1960, the complex now known as the Stasi Museum. Before the fall of the Wall, it was a 22-hectare complex of espionage whose centrepiece is the office and working quarters of the former Minister of State Security, Mielke who considered their role as the 'shield and sword of the party', conducting one of the world's most efficient spying operations against its political dissenters during its 40-year old socialist history. Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • An armed police presence outside the US Embassy at Nine Elms in south London, on 16th January 2018, in London, England. On the day when the consulate opened for public business visa applications etc., after its controversial move from Grosvenor Square in central London to the south bank and which President Trump has refused to officially open.
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  • An armed police presence outside the US Embassy at Nine Elms in south London, on 16th January 2018, in London, England. On the day when the consulate opened for public business visa applications etc., after its controversial move from Grosvenor Square in central London to the south bank and which President Trump has refused to officially open.
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  • The outer wall and watchtower on Genzlerstrasse of the notorious secret police (Stasi) Hohenschonhausen prison. The Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial is now a museum and memorial located in Berlin's north-eastern Lichtenberg district. Hohenschönhausen was a very important part of the Socialist GDR's (German Democratic Republic) system of political and artistic oppression. Although torture (including Chinese water torture) and physical violence were commonly employed at Hohenschönhausen (especially in the 1950s), psychological intimidation was the main method of political repression and techniques including sleep deprivation, total isolation, threats to friends and family members.Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy.
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  • An armed police presence outside the US Embassy at Nine Elms in south London, on 16th January 2018, in London, England. On the day when the consulate opened for public business visa applications etc., after its controversial move from Grosvenor Square in central London to the south bank and which President Trump has refused to officially open.
    US_embassy-12-16-01-2018.jpg
  • A police officer intervenes as a  pro remain protester heckles Julian Smith MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland as he leaves the Cabinet office in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom on 20th August 2019.
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  • A police officer intervenes as a  pro remain protester heckles Julian Smith MP, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland as he leaves the Cabinet office in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom on 20th August 2019.
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  • Thousands turned out to protest against US President Trumps visit to London, June 4th 2019, London, United Kingdom. A right wing pro-Trump protester is lead away by police.
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  • Thousands turned out to protest against US President Trumps visit to London, June 4th 2019, London, United Kingdom.Whitehall was sealed off by police outside Downing Street 10.
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  • Occupy London protest, October 15th 2011. Protest spreads from the US with this demonstrations in London and other cities worldwide. The 'Occupy' movement is spreading via social media. After four weeks of focus on the Wall Street protest, the campaign against the global banking industry started in the UK this weekend, with the biggest event aiming to "occupy" the London Stock Exchange. The protests have been organised on social media pages that between them have picked up more than 15,000 followers. Campaigners gathered outside  at midday before marching the short distance to Paternoster Square, home of the Stock Exchange and other banks.It is one of a series of events planned around the UK as part of a global day of action, with 800-plus protests promised so far worldwide.Paternoster Square is a private development, giving police more powers to not allow protesters or activists inside.
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  • WPC on duty. Royal procession for the State Opening of Parliament, London. Accompanied by the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, this procession takes Queen Elizabeth to parliament to deliver the Queen's Speech. Accompanied in the procession by her State Crown and a golden Mace.
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  • Fake arrest by State Troopers for a selfie on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras on 25th February 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Mardi Gras is the biggest celebration the city of New Orleans hosts every year. The magnificent, costumed, beaded and feathered party is laced with tradition and  having a good time. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and culminate on Fat Tuesday the day before Ash Wednesday and Lent.
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  • As crowds of supporters and protesters line the Mall in central London, Chinese leader Xi Jinping starts off his state visit to Britain. There is much attached to Anglo-Sino relations and this series of trade and diplomatic events is of great importance to the UK government in terms of new business and investment. Protesters however, voiced their distaste at human rights issues for dissenters and of the occupation of Tibet.
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  • Prime Minister Theresa May  and husband Philip May greet President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at Downing Street on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom. This is day two of the US Presidents state visit.
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  • Workers prepare the red carpet at 10 Downing street prior to US President Donald Trumps arrival on the second day of the U.S. President and First Ladys three-day State visit on 4th June 2019 in London, United Kingdom.
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  • On US President Donald Trumps first day of a controversial three-day state visit to the UK by the 45th American President, his Presidential cavalcade makes its way along Horseguards en-route to Westminster Abbey, on 3rd June 2019, in London England. The armour-plated car, formerly named Cadillac One, is understood to cost around £1.1million and weighs at least four tonnes. The Beast is flown to whichever country the US president is visiting and is reportedly armed with tear gas canisters, pump-action shotguns a life support machine and blood supply.
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  • Scenes along The Mall which is lined by Union Jack flags in Westminster on Brexit Day as the UK prepares to leave the European Union on 31st January 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. At 11pm on Friday 31st January 2020, The UK and N. Ireland will officially leave the EU and go into a state of negotiations as to the future arrangement and trade agreement, while adhering to EU rules until the end of 2020.
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  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
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  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
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  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
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  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Philip Kingston, 80, said 'It is so important the government takes climate change seriously and they are not doing it'. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
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  • Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament covered in scaffolding under a massive refurbishment plan to save the building which is in a dreadful state of disrepair in London, England, United Kingdom.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  Two soldiers on duty in Downing Street.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  Two soldiers on duty in Downing Street.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  Two soldiers on duty in Downing Street.
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  • Troops deployed as part of a higher state of emergency in May 24,  London, United Kingdom.  Two soldiers on duty in Downing Street.
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  • Children are making their way home from school on the island Atauro.  Atauro is an island with 10.000 inhabitants belonging to the state of Timor Leste, 25 km north of the capital Dili. Timor Leste gained independence from Indonesia in May 2002.
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  • A policeman stands in front of a billboard featuring Deng Xiaoping, commonly recognized as the architect of China's economic reform,  in Shanghai, China on 27 April 2010. While economic reform has lifted millions out of poverty in China, there has been little to no political reform to address increasingly volatile problems such as corruption, state monopoly, land issues, while an increasing amount of funds have been channeled into beefing up domestic surveillance and public security.
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  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Philip Kingston, 80, said 'It is so important the government takes climate change seriously and they are not doing it'. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
    IC5A0744.jpg
  • A group of grandparents and elders chained themselves together in a government department building in Westminster to urge the government to oppose 'dangerous' fracking on June 13th 2018 in London, United Kingdom. Aged between 63 and 82, the 10-strong group from the South West Grandparents for a Safe Earth, GFASE, occupied the Westminster building to demand that the Secretary of State for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to refuse permission for fracking.
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  • Policemen boat patrol Lough Erne in Country Fermanagh, Northern Ireland as it hosted the 39th G8 summit on 17th June 2013. There was high security levels as the leaders of the eight of the world’s largest national economies gathered to discuss tax evasion and transparency and the Syrian civil war.
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  • A Londoner walks past one of the few remaining police signal boxes on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals historic financial district, on 2nd August 2018, in London, England. The Police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was introduced in the United States in 1877 and was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s.
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  • Businessmen walk past one of the few remaining police signal boxes on Threadneedle Street in the City of London, the capitals historic financial district, on 2nd August 2018, in London, England. The Police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was introduced in the United States in 1877 and was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s.
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  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
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  • Violent AEK Athens FC graffiti on a wall in the area of Exarhia. Exarcheia, alternatively spelled as Exarchia, Exarheia and Exarhia, is the name of a neighborhood in downtown Athens, Greece close to the historical building of the National Technical University of Athens. The Exarcheia region is famous as a stomping ground for Greek anarchists. It took the name from a merchant named Exarchos who opened a large general store there. Now this graffiti covered area is known as a home for students and members of the anarchist movement and a kind of no go area for tourists. Visitors to Athens can't help but notice the amount of graffiti in the city. Any surface that can be sprayed upon is covered with a maddening number of signatures and designs. Beautifully restored neo-classic houses from the late 19th Century usually have a few days or weeks before they are covered in graffiti and owners find themselves in a war that they eventually lose and surrender to the kids. Graffiti in Athens is as old as the city itself. In ancient times graffiti was carved into buildings, in fact the word comes from the Greek graphi which means to write. The most disturbing aspect of the graffiti besides the volume of it, is the way some of the kids whose artistic ability begins and ends with their names (tags), have defaced some of the real works of art. Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece. It dominates the Attica periphery and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A centre for the arts, learning and philosophy.
    20110922AEK graffiti athensD.jpg
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