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One of the largest paddle steamers afloat in Britain is the H.M.S. Royal Eagle, former peacetime excursion boat which carried passengers on pleasure jaunts from Tower Bridge to Southend, Ramscate and Margate. Commissioned two years ago as a warship of the Royal Navy, the craft has been in action 52 times against enemy aircraft. The Eagle took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk where she was dive-bombed 48 times and brought home nearly 3,000 British troops. Members of the crew cleaning the paddle boxes of H.M.S. Royal Eagle in London on January 18, 1943. (Photo by AP Photo)

One of the largest paddle steamers afloat in Britain is the H.M.S. Royal Eagle, former peacetime excursion boat which carried passengers on pleasure jaunts from Tower Bridge to Southend, Ramscate and Margate. Commissioned two years ago as a warship of the Royal Navy, the craft has been in action 52 times against enemy aircraft. The Eagle took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk where she was dive-bombed 48 times and brought home nearly 3,000 British troops. Members of the crew cleaning the paddle boxes of H.M.S. Royal Eagle in London on January 18, 1943. (Photo by AP Photo)
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21 Apr 2018 00:05:00
A performer takes part in the annual street parade, which is part of the Carnival of Cultures celebrating the multi-ethnic diversity of the city, in Berlin, Germany May 20, 2018. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)

A performer takes part in the annual street parade, which is part of the Carnival of Cultures celebrating the multi-ethnic diversity of the city, in Berlin, Germany on May 20, 2018. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)
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21 May 2018 08:16:00
Hollydell Poseidon ridden by Madeline Reader-Smith takes part in the Shetland Pony Grand National Flat Race in Aid of Bob Champion Cancer Trust during day two of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket Racecourse on Friday, September 28, 2018. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Wire)

Hollydell Poseidon ridden by Madeline Reader-Smith takes part in the Shetland Pony Grand National Flat Race in Aid of Bob Champion Cancer Trust during day two of the Cambridgeshire Meeting at Newmarket Racecourse on Friday, September 28, 2018. (Photo by Mike Egerton/PA Wire)
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30 Sep 2018 08:12:00
A family take a souvenir picture next to giant male panda Xiao Liwu, who was born at the San Diego Zoo and will be repatriated to China with his mother Bai Yun, bringing an end to a 23-year-long panda research program in San Diego, California, U.S., April 18, 2019. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)

A family take a souvenir picture next to giant male panda Xiao Liwu, who was born at the San Diego Zoo and will be repatriated to China with his mother Bai Yun, bringing an end to a 23-year-long panda research program in San Diego, California, U.S., April 18, 2019. (Photo by Mike Blake/Reuters)
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21 May 2019 00:01:00
Relatives of community leader Josemano “Badou” Victorieux, one of the victims of clashes with the Police, cry during his funeral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 October 2019. The protest movement in Haiti completes a month with no sign of remitting and without the President, Jovenel Moise, yielding to the voices that require him to resign. (Photo by Orlando Barria/EPA/EFE)

Relatives of community leader Josemano “Badou” Victorieux, one of the victims of clashes with the Police, cry during his funeral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 16 October 2019. The protest movement in Haiti completes a month with no sign of remitting and without the President, Jovenel Moise, yielding to the voices that require him to resign. (Photo by Orlando Barria/EPA/EFE)
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18 Oct 2019 00:01:00
Lake Louise In  Canada

Lake Louise, named Lake of the Little Fishes by the Stoney Natoka First Nations people, is a glacial lake within Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada. It is located 5 km (3.1 mi) west of the Hamlet of Lake Louise and the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1).
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01 Oct 2013 04:42:00
A topless protester from the Ukrainian feminist group Femen is blocked by a security guard and a priest as she tries to throw herself at the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church

“A bare-breasted feminist activist bearing a threatening message on her body tried to attack the Russian Orthodox Church's leader Thursday, July 26, 2012, to protest alleged anti-Ukrainian policies by the church and the Kremlin”. – HeraldNet.com

Photo: A topless protester from the Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN is blocked by a security guard and a priest as she tries to throw herself at the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. (Photo by Associated Press)
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27 Jul 2012 10:27:00
In this May 8, 2015 photo, sisters Zoraida Infante, left, and Graciela Trujillo pray on Fishermen's Beach before therapeutic swimming in the Pacific Ocean in Lima, Peru. Under overcast skies, the bathers practice thalassotherapy, which derives from the Greek “thalasso”, for “sea”, and draws on the ocean's healing properties. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

In this May 8, 2015 photo, sisters Zoraida Infante, left, and Graciela Trujillo pray on Fishermen's Beach before therapeutic swimming in the Pacific Ocean in Lima, Peru. Under overcast skies, the bathers practice thalassotherapy, which derives from the Greek “thalasso”, for “sea”, and draws on the ocean's healing properties. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)
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21 May 2015 12:19:00