Squid Game comes to Sydney

 

Police pose next to a replica animated doll from the series the Squid Games in Sydney

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Boris Yeltsin celebrates failed military coup

 

Russian Republic President Boris Yeltsin,  makes a V-sign to thousands of Muscovites, as his top associate Gennady Burbulis, right, stands near during a rally in front of the Russian federation building to celebrate the failed military coup in Moscow 22 Augist 1991. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Boris Yeltsin stormed parliament and called for new elections after his chief rivals, speaker Ruslan Khasbulatov and Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi, barricaded themselves in Moscow's White House and voted to impeach him. 

When the rebels incited armed gangs of anti-Yeltsin protesters to attack the Ostankino television studio, and the Moscow mayor's office, Yeltsin declared a state of emergency and ordered the military assault on the White House. 

Three months later, a new constitution was approved in a national referendum, giving the president enormous powers that the office maintains to this day.

 

Otzi, the Iceman

The first picture of Ötzi as he emerged from the melting ice, taken by the finders – the German couple Helmut and Erika Simon, in 1991.

 

Ötzi, also called the Iceman was discovered in the Ötztal Alps on the border between Austria and Italy.

He died from an arrow to the back on a high Alpine mountain pass more than 5,300 years ago.. A wounded—and possibly wanted—man, Ötzi the Iceman spent his final days on the move high up in the Alps until he was felled by the arrow.

President Bashar-Assad's visit to Military Academy

 

Damascus, Syria

President Bashar al-Assad visiting the Higher Military academy

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Swizerland's Rhone Glacier covered in foam

 

A man works at Switzerland’s Rhone Glacier which is partially covered with insulating foam to prevent it from melting due to global warming. Photo AFP

The Knife Angel

 

The 27ft (8m)-tall National Monument Against Violence and Aggression, known as the Knife Angel, completed in 2018.

 

The Knife Angel is made from approximately 100,000 knives and blades taken from the streets of Britain. In collaboration with all 43 Police Constabularies in the UK, the blades were collected through knife amnesties and surrenders across the country. Once collected, the blades were safely transported to the Centre, where they were blunted and sterilized before use. A number of weapons even arrived in evidence packaging and included small traces of blood. Families of victims were invited to engrave some of the blades with messages of hope, love and disbelief, which can now be seen on the Angel’s wings.

 

Duck hunting in 1923

 

A weapon used for duck hunting in the early 20th century. Washington D.C 30 July 1923.