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  • Daily Life In Washington D.C.
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    Daily Life In Washington D.C.
    WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 28:
    The Eisenhower Executive Office Building, formerly the Old Executive Office Building and originally the State, War, and Navy Building, is part of the White House compound and houses agencies within the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President, Office of Management and Budget, and National Security Council, in Washington, D.C., United States, on May 28, 2025. (Photo by STR/NurPhoto)

     

  • Trump’s Early Exit Throws G7 Summit Into Question
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    Trump’s Early Exit Throws G7 Summit Into Question
    BANFF, CANADA – JUNE 17:
    The United Nations and NATO flags are displayed at the International Media Center in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

  • Trump’s Early Exit Throws G7 Summit Into Question
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    Trump’s Early Exit Throws G7 Summit Into Question
    BANFF, CANADA – JUNE 17:
    The United Nations and NATO flags are displayed at the International Media Center in Banff, Alberta, Canada, on June 17, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

     

  • Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
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    Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
    A detail of a photo shows DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, at a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 18, 2025. Law enforcement agencies capture Vance Boelter on June 15 in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who are shot at their home on June 14. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. (Photo by Steven Garcia/NurPhoto)

     

  • Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
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    Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
    A man holds a candle at a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 18, 2025. Law enforcement agencies capture Vance Boelter on June 15 in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who are shot at their home on June 14. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. (Photo by Steven Garcia/NurPhoto)

     

  • Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
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    Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
    A woman holds a candle at a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 18, 2025. Law enforcement agencies capture Vance Boelter on June 15 in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who are shot at their home on June 14. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. (Photo by Steven Garcia/NurPhoto)

     

  • Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
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    Melissa Hortman Candlelight Vigil at MN Capitol
    A woman writes a note at a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota, on June 18, 2025. Law enforcement agencies capture Vance Boelter on June 15 in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who are shot at their home on June 14. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife are also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. (Photo by Steven Garcia/NurPhoto)

     

  • Security Forces Conduct Rescue Operation Simulation In Kathmandu
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    Security Forces Conduct Rescue Operation Simulation In Kathmandu
    June 13, 2025, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal: Personnel from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF), and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), along with partner agencies, take part in a simulated rescue operation on the final day of the Water Disaster Search and Rescue Drill at Rani Pokhari. The event was attended by Kathmandu Metropolitan City Deputy Mayor SUNITA DANGOL and Metropolitan Administrative Officer SAROJ GURAGAIN. (Credit Image: © Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    Represented by ZUMA Press, Inc.

     

  • Security Forces Conduct Rescue Operation Simulation In Kathmandu
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    Security Forces Conduct Rescue Operation Simulation In Kathmandu
    June 13, 2025, Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal: Personnel from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force (APF), and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), along with partner agencies, take part in a simulated rescue operation on the final day of the Water Disaster Search and Rescue Drill at Rani Pokhari. (Credit Image: © Safal Prakash Shrestha/ZUMA Press Wire (FOTO: DUKAS/ZUMA)
    Represented by ZUMA Press, Inc.

     

  • NEWS - Nepal: Gedenken an die Opfer des Erdbebens vom 25.4.2015
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    NEWS - Nepal: Gedenken an die Opfer des Erdbebens vom 25.4.2015
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Julian Bound/REX/Shutterstock (5659566f)
    The Nepalese Trekking Agencies Association of Nepal attend the official one year anniversary of the April 25th 2015 earthquake, Sundhara, Kathmandu
    1st anniversary of Nepal earthquake - 24 Apr 2016
    Although the earthquake was 25th April 2015 (western calendar) the anniversary is held today under the Nepalese calendar.
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    (c) Dukas

     

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    SHAKIRA SALE DE LA CLÍNICA EN BARCELONA DONDE HA DADO A LUZ A SU SEGUNDO HIJO (SACHA) ACOMPAÑADA DE GERARD PIQUÉ.

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  • dukas 21981750 top
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    RWANDA Butare -- 01/01/1994 -- Burundian refugees wait for treatment in a temporary clinic in a refugee camp. Health conditions were so bad at the camp that it is likely that some the people pictured here died as a result -- Picture ©æWim van der Helm / Lightroom Photos
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  • EDUARDO CRUZ AND EVA LONGORIA ARRIVING MARBELLA.
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    EDUARDO CRUZ AND EVA LONGORIA ARRIVING MARBELLA.
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  • EDUARDO CRUZ AND EVA LONGORIA BOAT MEDITERRANEAN DAY IN A LUXURY BOAT
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    EDUARDO CRUZ AND EVA LONGORIA BOAT MEDITERRANEAN DAY IN A LUXURY BOAT
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  • RIHANNA LEAVING OF THE HOTEL IN MADRID
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  • Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
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    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 834541d )
    Members of the US military, law enforcement agencies use a floor sized map to plan the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama.
    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008

    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
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    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 834541c )
    Members of the US military, law enforcement agencies use a floor sized map to plan the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama.
    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008

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  • Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
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    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features ( 834541a )
    Members of the US military, law enforcement agencies use a floor sized map to plan the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama.
    Planning of the upcoming Inaugural Ceremonies of President Barak Obama, Washington DC, America - 18 Dec 2008

    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, and Sukripi Khanna, 22, in a market in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

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  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, and Sukripi Khanna, 22, in the office in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

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  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, and Sukripi Khanna, 22, in the office in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

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  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, runs the detective agency she has been in this buisnes for 20 years in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

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  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, and Sukripi Khanna, 22, in their car in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

    DUKAS/WPN

     

  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, outside her office in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

    DUKAS/WPN

     

  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, and Sukripi Khanna, 22, in a market in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

    DUKAS/WPN

     

  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, in a coffeshop in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

    DUKAS/WPN

     

  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, outside her office in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

    DUKAS/WPN

     

  • India Female detectives
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    India Female detectives
    Taralika Lahiri, 48, has run a detective agency for 20 years in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 11, 2008. Indian women take up snooping as a career - women detectives flourish as spouses fret about infidelity and parents seek reassurance that the suitable boy they've found for their daughter isn't an unemployed, alcoholic bum: As liberal ideas on relationships and sex take root in India, men and women are increasingly resorting to detective agencies to check if their spouses are being unfaithful. There are more than 200 detective agencies in Delhi alone. Apart from suspicious wives and husbands, ordinary families also use detective agencies when they are arranging marriages to check that the prospective bridegroom is telling the truth about his job, income, education etc.
    But a new aspect of this whole phenomenon is the number of women detectives. They're hired because they are less likely to arouse suspicion. In a demure sari, they look like the neighbourhood auntie who can get maids, drivers and cooks to spill out sordid details more easily than men. (FOTO: DUKAS/WORLDPICTURENEWS)

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  • EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA - 28 DEC 2004
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    EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA - 28 DEC 2004
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Rex Features (507763g)
    Men affected by the recent disaster in south east Asia. As southern India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands struggled to recover from Sundays Tsunami strike, armed forces and civilian agencies took up massive rescue and relief oppressions, looking for survivors along the coast and rushing food, clothes and medicine to the tens of thousands displaced. The toll has risen to 6,400. Hundreds of bodies were found buried within the sand. Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which continue to suffer from the aftershocks of the quake, accounted for 3,000 deaths, most of them within the Nicobar group. 2,000 missing.
    EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER, ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA - 28 DEC 2004

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