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In the heartland of Byzantium, villages still exist where life goes on almost as it did under the Empire.

In the heartland of Byzantium, villages still exist where life goes on almost as it did under the Empire. In the Greek Island community of Olymbos, agriculture and religion, customs and the people, are scarcely different from those who lived there a…

A woman in Chicago clutches her child as she watches Chicago firemen battle the blaze in her apartment.

The Cathedral Hill Hotel fire--ignited by a Christmas tree in the lobby, killed 3 people and caused over a million dollars in damage. This woman was evacuated from the 9th floor and survived.

A young girl who was part of the closing ceremony of the World Youth Soccer Cup games runs screaming, her hair afire, after gas-filled balloons exploded 6/19 in Mexico City's Azteca Stadium. Others behind her were more seriously injured.

Exclusive color photograph of the scene of Benigno Aquino's murder seconds after it took place in Manila, Philippines. Published in Time.

A man waits to be freed from his car after it was hit by a train.

Pinned in the wreckage, the driver of a small car agonizes while rescuers work to free him.

Man sits in the front seat of a wrecked automobile.

It is a miracle that this man is still alive. After this tragic accident in which his truck was completely destroyed after colliding with a cement truck. Firemen tried desperately to remove the dash board from the victims legs after being pinned…