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ISS Soyuz launch accident
© Alexander Gerst/ISSESA astronaut Alexander Gerst aboard the ISS photographs the moment the Soyuz rocket launch fails, 11 October 2018
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Hurricane Michael makes landfall in Florida, 10 Oct 2018
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Large waterspout and lightning off Feodosia, Crimea peninsula, Russia. Sept 6th 2018.
Large waterspout and lightning off Feodosia, Crimea peninsula, Russia. Sept 6th 2018.
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zakharchenko funeral
120,000 Russians attend the funeral of Aleksandr Zakharchenko, leader of the Donbass, 2 Sept 2018
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mars glitter path reflection water
© Alan Dyer / amazingsky.comMars is currently at its closest to Earth in 15 years, and is so bright it's leaving 'glitter paths' on water. Photo: Waterton Lakes National Park in southwest Alberta.
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Mohammad Mossadegh, TIME Man of the Year, 1951 after he became the first democratically-elected PM of Iran. On 20 August 1953, he was overthrown in a CIA-MI6 coup and lived out his life under house arrest