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Roger Federer to Retire
Roger Federer has announced his retirement from tennis after the Laver Cup in September 2022. He has won Wimbledon for a record seven times and is regarded as a living legend. His retirement will be a sad day for tennis
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Funeral of the Queen
The historic day 19 September 2022 just ended during which Queen Elizabeth II was brought to the place where she would be reunited with her late husband Prince Philip and the passing of the reign to King Charles III. First a memorial service was held at Westminster Abbey, then she…
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Queen Elizabeth II
The world lost one of its greatest monarchs and leaders and a role model for manners, diplomacy and stability Queen Elizabeth Il has passed away aged 96 on 8 September 2022. R.I.P.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
The world lost one of its greatest politicians who brought international peace and cooperation, at least for a while. Mikhail Gorbachev has passed away aged 91 on 30 August 2022. R.I.P.
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Istiklal Avenue
Istiklal Avenue near Taksim Square in Istanbul. A few weeks after this photo was taken an explosion happened here, a terrorist attack that was targeting such a populated area
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City On The Hills
Not only Kigali was built on several hills. The city Byzantium was founded on seven hills on a peninsula at the Bosporus in the 7th century BCE. In 330 CE it was renamed Constantinople, later Stambul and in 1930 Istanbul. The Süleymaniye Mosque was built on the third hill and…
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United Colours of Africa
On the way from Maputo via Johannesburg to Kigali, first by LAM Mozambique Airlines and then by Rwandair. In the social media era that we are in most people probably expect this photo to be edited, but no, the author is from the nineties and doesn’t edit photos
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The Country That Exploits The World
America always tries to control the world but in Africa that attempt is more and more futile, as most African countries know about the crimes and the wars started by the US and that western countries always exploited them, while the Soviet Union and nowadays Russia has cooperated and even…
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Mussa Bin Bique
View towards the Indian Ocean from Baia in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. The coastal area is actually a better place to stay than the city centre, it is safer and more developed. The name of the country derived from the Arab trader Mussa Bin Bique who first visited the…
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Colonial Maputo
Maputo was established in 1781 under the name Lourenço Marques on the northern bank of Espírito Santo Estuary of Delagoa Bay. It was named after a Portuguese navigator who was sent in 1544 by the governor of Mozambique on a voyage of exploration. In 1876 Lourenço Marques was elevated to…
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Zambezi
The Zambezi is the fourth longest river in Africa, the longest flowing to the east and the largest flowing into the Indian Ocean. The Rivet has its origins in Zambia and flows through Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and finally Mozambique where it crosses the country to empty into the…
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Stadium 974
On the centre left the Stadium 974 can be seen, the stadium for the Qatar Football World Cup 2022 which was built from shipping containers and can be disassembled later. The number 974 stands for the amount of containers used for the stadium
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