French general Henri Gouraud inspecting his troops in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains the day before the Battle of Maysalun, July 1920.
Following his success in the battle against the Syrian forces, Gouraud allegedly went to the tomb of Saladin in Damascus and kicked it, saying “Wake up Saladin, we have returned. My presence here consecrates the victory of the Cross over the crescent.”

🇺🇸 State of California, USA

This is a dolphin migration near the coast of San Diego.

Londoners taking overnight refuge in underground stations from German nighttime bombing raids, WWII

Mother hides her face as she puts her children on sale in Chicago, 1948 ( colourized )

🇳🇱 Leiden, the Netherlands, 1890s (photochrome)

Evening on the Cote d'Azur, France.

Grave marker of an Nazi SS soldier in the shape of a T-rune, representing Týr, the pagan Norse god of war, WWII

⚡️ China now shoots lasers at trees

You no longer need to find a big ladder and a saw to remove an extra branch.

🇬🇧 Two Jewish children playing on an East End street in London, c. 1900

Revenge of a mother

A woman from Algeria in traditional dress, c. 1900

Chilling map reveals where 75% of US population could perish in event of a nuclear attack.

A pioneer family with their covered wagon during the Great Western Migration, Loup Valley, Nebraska. 1886.

Akkum waterfall, Kazakhstan.

The destruction of the Turkish fleet in the Battle of Chesme, 7 July 1770, during the Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)

The dangerous beauty of Iceland's Ice Caves

A man stands next to a Mayan monument dated to the 8th century AD, discovered by British archeologist Alfred Maudslay, c. 1900

The Epicurean paradox

A man stands next to a Mayan monument dated to the 8th century AD, discovered by British archeologist Alfred Maudslay, c. 1900

King penguin chick's seeing off a feral cat on the Falkland islands

A man stands next to a Mayan monument dated to the 8th century AD, discovered by British archeologist Alfred Maudslay, c. 1900