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The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, in Soviet Central Asia, has shrunk 90 kilometers in the last ten years due to inefficient irrigation. This has devasted the region environmentally and left ships dried up in the desert.

A young East German couple embrace following a demonstration by hundreds of thousands of East Germans in Leipzig. Soon after, the East German Government announced the opening of the Berlin Wall.

A grandmother and her grandchildren sit in a village near the Aral Sea in Soviet Central Asia. The Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake in the world, has been environmentally devasted as a result of wreckless irrigation of the lake. It has shrunk 90…

Ex-Czech president Alexander Dubcek, who had been removed from office in 1968 by the Russians, returned this fall to Prague to embrace hundreds of thousands of cheering Czechs celebrating the downfall of the communist government in Czechoslovakia.

Czechoslovakians celebrate in Prague on the night that the communist government there announced their resignation.

A Chinese couple walk by a burned out convoy of army vehicles near Tiananmen Square three days after the student massacre.

A young man waves the Czechoslovakian national flag as thousands of Czechs gathered in Prague to protest the communist leadership of that country.

A Chinese student stands guard on Tiananmen Square in front of the statue that was erected to symbolize the students' aspirations for democratic reforms in China.

A young Czech rings a victory bell in Prague on the night that the Czechoslovakian Communist Party strpped down from leading the government.

A cadet at last, Vince salutes a passing officer while meeting with his parents on Recognition Day.