History In Photos
Episode 1: Revolutions
Joseph Koudellka
Funeral of Jan Palach. Prague, 1969
Warsaw Pact Troops Invasion. Prague, 1968
Warsaw Pact Troops. Prague, 1968
Moises Saman
Tripoli, September 2011. A boy stands near a factory set ablaze by rebel fighters who accused its owner of being a supporter of Muammar Qaddafi. As the regime collapsed, reprisals against perceived loyalists became increasingly common, with homes and businesses targeted amid the chaos and absence of centralised authority.
Tripoli, 2011. Alleged Qaddafi supporters from the village of Tawergah displaced by rebel forces to a camp on the outskirts of Tripoli.
Tripoli, February 26, 2011. A family member faints during the funeral of 44-year-old Anwar Elgadi in the Tajura neighbourhood of Tripoli. Mr. Elgadi was shot in the head and killed on Friday during deadly clashes between anti-Qaddafi demonstrators and Libyan security forces.
Tripoli, August 25, 2011. A wounded Qaddafi loyalist captured by rebel fighters in the Abu Salim neighbourhood is brought by rebel fighters into a rebel-held hospital in central Tripoli.
Abbas
Tehran, Iran, Autumn 1979. Women at the Behest Zahra cemetery mourn the first "martyrs" of the Revolution.
Qom, Iran, December 1979. Ayatollah Ruhullah Khomeiny (second from right), calls upon Ayatollah Shariat Madari (third from right) to appease tensions between their respective followers.
Tabas, Iran, April 26th 1980. Wreckage of a US RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter, which crashed in the Iranian desert near Tabas, in a failed attempt to liberate American hostages held captive in Tehran by islamist militants. The operation was called Eagle Claw, the location Desert One.
Iran, 1980. Armed mullahs march past Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny's house.
Mob in the Iranian Revolution.
Leonard Freed
Bucharest, Romania, 1989. "Revolution." The first day of the new year at the women's hospital.
Quartiers généraux du Parti communiste sous contrôle des révolutionnaires.
Bucharest, Romania, 1989. Sniper fire during the Revolution.