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Five Chinese prisoners of war are buried alive by their Japanese captors just outside Nanking after the fall of the Chinese capital, on December 1937.  (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Five Chinese prisoners of war are buried alive by their Japanese captors just outside Nanking after the fall of the Chinese capital, on December 1937. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



Japanese recruits at bayonet drill using Chinese prisoners as targets, after the capture of the Chinese capital, Nanking (Nanjing) during the Sino-Japanese conflict, on December 1937. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Japanese recruits at bayonet drill using Chinese prisoners as targets, after the capture of the Chinese capital, Nanking (Nanjing) during the Sino-Japanese conflict, on December 1937. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



Kader Siddiqi, an Indian Mukti Bahini guerrilla, bayonnets men accused of collaboration with Pakistan during East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh on January 1, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Getty Images)

Kader Siddiqi, an Indian Mukti Bahini guerrilla, bayonnets men accused of collaboration with Pakistan during East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh on January 1, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Getty Images)



Servicemen attend the mass funeral in Cobh, County Cork of the victims of the Lusitania disaster, on May 1, 1915. The Cunard liner was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and sank with the loss of 1,198 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Servicemen attend the mass funeral in Cobh, County Cork of the victims of the Lusitania disaster, on May 1, 1915. The Cunard liner was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland and sank with the loss of 1,198 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



French soldiers in WW I using coffins as dining tables, circa 1916. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

French soldiers in WW I using coffins as dining tables, circa 1916. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



Three traitors on the railway line at Jhihargachi in India,  during East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)

Three traitors on the railway line at Jhihargachi in India, during East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)



Three traitors lying dead on the railway track, victims of the India-Pakistan conflict, when Indian troops supported  East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)

Three traitors lying dead on the railway track, victims of the India-Pakistan conflict, when Indian troops supported East Pakistan's struggle to become the independent state of Bangladesh, 1971. (Photo by William Lovelace/Express/Getty Images)



Mourners travelling by boat to the churchyard on the River Spree, Germany, circa 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Mourners travelling by boat to the churchyard on the River Spree, Germany, circa 1925. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



The funeral procession of the Empress Dowager Tzu-Hsi or Cixi of China (1835 - 1908), widow of the last Manchu Emperor Xianfeng, 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The funeral procession of the Empress Dowager Tzu-Hsi or Cixi of China (1835 - 1908), widow of the last Manchu Emperor Xianfeng, 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



A steam roller is used to pull the coffin of Mr McGill of Rickmansworth, circa 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

A steam roller is used to pull the coffin of Mr McGill of Rickmansworth, circa 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



Gypsies mourn the passing of Petulengro, who was nearly 100 years old; 22nd June 1957. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Gypsies mourn the passing of Petulengro, who was nearly 100 years old; 22nd June 1957. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



A Burmese priest's body is prepared for cremation in a large ornate 'chariot' like a small temple, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

A Burmese priest's body is prepared for cremation in a large ornate 'chariot' like a small temple, circa 1930. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



A man lies dead in the street, a casualty of the riots during the Russian Revolution, 1917. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A man lies dead in the street, a casualty of the riots during the Russian Revolution, 1917. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



Spartacist leader Karl Liebknecht (1871 - 1919) German barrister and politician, in a Berlin mortuary after being assassinated, 15th January 1919. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Spartacist leader Karl Liebknecht (1871 - 1919) German barrister and politician, in a Berlin mortuary after being assassinated, 15th January 1919. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



This photograph was found on the body of a German soldier in France, 1944, who witnessed this execution by his colleagues and photographed it. The victims and location  are unknown. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

This photograph was found on the body of a German soldier in France, 1944, who witnessed this execution by his colleagues and photographed it. The victims and location are unknown. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



Italian soldiers recovering the dead after the earthquake at Messina, in which 77,000 people lost their lives, 28th December 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Italian soldiers recovering the dead after the earthquake at Messina, in which 77,000 people lost their lives, 28th December 1908. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



Maimed corpses of victims of communist uprisings in Dorpat, Germany, lying in a room, 1918. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Maimed corpses of victims of communist uprisings in Dorpat, Germany, lying in a room, 1918. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)



Police collect battered students for transportation to hospital from outside the National Diet in Tokyo, 18th June 1960. The injuries resulted from a riot between students and police after a protest against the ratification of the United States – Japan Security Treaty. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Police collect battered students for transportation to hospital from outside the National Diet in Tokyo, 18th June 1960. The injuries resulted from a riot between students and police after a protest against the ratification of the United States – Japan Security Treaty. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)



Two North Koreans who were killed when American rockets “neutralised” their strong-hold on the Southern Korean front, 16th September 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Two North Koreans who were killed when American rockets “neutralised” their strong-hold on the Southern Korean front, 16th September 1950. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)



A donkey cart carrying coffins containg the dead from the earthquake at Messina, 9th April 1909. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A donkey cart carrying coffins containg the dead from the earthquake at Messina, 9th April 1909. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



Officers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stand behind the decapitated bodies of the Nomoa Pirates in Kowloon, Hong Kong Territories, 1891. The officers were there to supervise the executions. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Officers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders stand behind the decapitated bodies of the Nomoa Pirates in Kowloon, Hong Kong Territories, 1891. The officers were there to supervise the executions. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



Victims of the Chinese Revolution lie beheaded in the street, 1911. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victims of the Chinese Revolution lie beheaded in the street, 1911. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



The naked corpse of Helga Goebbels (1932 - 1945), oldest child of German Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, lies on a blanket in a field after Russian troops moved her and her siblings' bodies from the beds in the bunker where their parents poisoned them, Berlin, May 1945. The Russians buried the bodies but disinterred them 15 years later, burned them, and scattered the ashes in a river. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)

The naked corpse of Helga Goebbels (1932 - 1945), oldest child of German Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, lies on a blanket in a field after Russian troops moved her and her siblings' bodies from the beds in the bunker where their parents poisoned them, Berlin, May 1945. The Russians buried the bodies but disinterred them 15 years later, burned them, and scattered the ashes in a river. (Photo by Express Newspapers/Getty Images)



In this November 3, 1979 file photo, Workers Viewpoint Organization member Nelson Johnson kneels by victim in aftermath of shooting in Greensboro, N.C.  The state, with the blessing of the Greensboro City Council, will use the word “massacre” for a highway historical marker commemorating the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members during a confrontation with Ku Klux Klansmen and the American Nazi Party. (Photo by Jim Stratford /News & Record via AP Photo)

In this November 3, 1979 file photo, Workers Viewpoint Organization member Nelson Johnson kneels by victim in aftermath of shooting in Greensboro, N.C. The state, with the blessing of the Greensboro City Council, will use the word “massacre” for a highway historical marker commemorating the deaths of five Communist Workers Party members during a confrontation with Ku Klux Klansmen and the American Nazi Party. (Photo by Jim Stratford /News & Record via AP Photo)



In this September 10, 1977, file photo, from left, Hua Guofeng, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman and Mao Zedong's immediate successor; Ye Jianying, CCP vice chairman and future ceremonial head of state; Deng Xiaoping, no formal titles at the time but soon to emerge as paramount leader during the reform era; Li Xiannian, CCP vice chairman and future president; Wang Dongxing, head of the leadership bodyguard unit who helped topple the Gang of Four, view the body of later Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing. (Photo via AP Photo)

In this September 10, 1977, file photo, from left, Hua Guofeng, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) chairman and Mao Zedong's immediate successor; Ye Jianying, CCP vice chairman and future ceremonial head of state; Deng Xiaoping, no formal titles at the time but soon to emerge as paramount leader during the reform era; Li Xiannian, CCP vice chairman and future president; Wang Dongxing, head of the leadership bodyguard unit who helped topple the Gang of Four, view the body of later Chinese leader Mao Zedong in Beijing. (Photo via AP Photo)
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