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Interactive exploration of the TimeGuessr dataset with geographic and temporal analysis.

Geographic Distribution
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Number of Images per Year
Distribution of images across different years in the dataset
Most Represented Countries
Top countries by number of images in the dataset
CountryCount
USA753
UK400
France235
Germany149
Italy135
All Images
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1952JapanA Norwegian field surgeon on the streets of Tokyo during a brief transit en route to the Korean War front.
1970New ZealandA street scene in Christchurch, New Zealand, in front of the United Service Hotel which was later demolished in 1990.
2014MaltaCelebrations for Good Friday in Malta.
1910FranceParis turned into Venice during the 1910 floods.
1903GermanyA street scene in 1900s Lübeck.
2014USAA police officer assisting a woman who had passed out in front of a store. She was taken to the drunk tank for eight hours and then released.
2016RussiaStreet markets in Vladivostok, the capital of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia.
1972GermanyA man from Kiel carrying a shoulder yoke receiving the 'Hummel-Hummel' award, named after an iconic water carrier from 19th century Hamburg.
2009PolandA street dancer performing in a square in Wroclaw, Poland.
1973GermanyCrowds flooding the track at the start of the 1973 6 Hours of Nürburgring, an endurance race held annualy in West Germany.
1940JordanCrowds celebrating the 24th anniversary of the Arab Revolt in Amman, Jordan.
2016ItalyCameras lined up to capture events at the 2016 Gran Risa Ski Race in South Tyrol, Italy.
2019InternationalPresident Trump shaking hands with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone on the border between North and South Korea.
2009ArmeniaPoster advertising the 2008 Armenian Chess Olympiad.
2006GermanyA Kenya vs South Africa match during the Street Football World Festival in Berlin.
1964USAOne of the earliest gay rights protests in American history, during the 1964 Republican National Convention in California.
1991PolandPeople walking through Old Town Market Place in Warsaw.
1999CanadaA street scene in 90s Montréal.
2025PalestinePalestinians rushing to collect humanitarian aid airdropped into the central Gaza Strip by the Jordanian Armed Forces, in coordination with several Western countries including the UAE, Germany, France, Belgium, Canada, and others.
1988GreeceA Greek gypsy musician playing at the Feast of the Assumption, a Christian celebration to celebrate the Virgin Mary's bodily ascent to heaven.
1992USAKorean supermarket employees protecting their store from looters during the 1992 Rodney King riots. During the riots over 2200 Korea owned businesses were either looted, damaged or destroyed.
1978PanamaUS President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter crossing a plank in front of a container ship during a visit to the Panama Canal.
1945GermanyThe Riechstag adorned in Russian graffiti after being captured by the Red Army.
2010UKAn Italian procession during a St Patricks Day Parade in Downpatrick, Northern Ireland.
1965USAAmerican football fans cheering on the North Dakota State University team in a game against St. Thomas College from Minnesota.
1990HungaryHungarian taxi drivers blockading a highway junction during a strike against a 76% increase in petrol prices.
1982SwitzerlandTwo police officers speaking to a woman in the Italian-speaking city of Lugano, Switzerland.
2023UkraineUkrainian residents taking shelter during an air raid in Kyiv.
1985NetherlandsStudents demonstrating against plans for new student finance in The Hague, Netherlands.
2001USAPresident George W. Bush greeting firefighters, police and rescue personnel on the site of the the destroyed World Trade Center on September 14th.
1994UKA sign displayed in Winchester for the 5th leg of the 1994 Tour de France.
2013RussiaMembers of the press spotting Edward Snowden at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. Snowden was stuck in the airport for over a month after the US revoked his passport.
1915USAShoppers travelling along Woodward Avenue in Detroit.
1975ItalyA vintage car meetup at Lake Garda, Italy in the mid 70s.
1969HungaryA street scene in downtown Budapest during the late 60s.
2025Vatican CityPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump speaking whilst attending the funeral of Pope Francis.
1963GermanyPresident JFK waving from an open limousine to soldiers at Fliegerhorst Green, a NATO air base in operation during the Cold War.
1911UKTrafalgar Square in the 1910s. The man on the left is suspected to be a young Mahatma Gandhi.
1940ItalyA street vendor serving a young boy near The Colosseum.
1963USALion's Club parade float during the 1963 Navy Day celebrations in Key West.
1971CroatiaA street in downtown Rijeka, Croatia during the early 70s.
2016KyrgyzstanA street scene in Osh, Kyrgyzstan.
2022UKManchester City fans invading the pitch after their Premier League title win.
1992SwitzerlandAn art installation outside of the Art Nouveau Café Odeon in Zürich. Over the years the café has attracted visitors including James Joyce, Albert Einstein and Vladimir Lenin.
2023PolandPresident Joe Biden delivering a speech in Warsaw, Poland to mark the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
1977ArgentinaArgentine player Guillermo Vilas celebrating after his victory at the Buenos Aires Open.
1988NetherlandsA group of men attempting to rescue an overturned truck in Vogelenzang.
1959AustriaPeople in Vienna gathered for the 1959 World Youth Meeting.
2013AfghanistanU.S. Service members prepare to be hoisted to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training at Forward Operating Base Farah.
1987SwitzerlandA Kodachrome photo of Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station in the late 80s.
1995USAPope John Paul II papal visit to Oriole Park at Camden Yards baseball stadium.
2025USAGroundhog Club President Tom Dunkel arriving at Gobblers Knob for the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day.
1909USADuelling with wax bullets, once an Olypmic Sport, in New York City.
1973GreeceA Greek military policeman rushing towards a photographer to stop him photographing a polling station. The photographer was taken into custody but released within an hour.
1944FranceCanadian troops patrol the destroyed streets of Caen, shortly after German forces were dislodged.
1963GermanyPresident JFK en route to the Rathaus Schöneberg where he delivered his famous 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech.
1986MexicoDiego Maradona celebrates with the cup at the end of the 86 World Cup final. Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to take the trophy.
1961ItalyTourists sitting on the side of the Trevi Fountain in Rome in the early 60s.
1948VenezuelaA Venezuelan street scene in the late 40s.
1963USAJack Ruby fatally shooting Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in the basement of the Dallas Police Headquarters, just two days after Kennedy's assassination. The moment was broadcast live on television, shocking the American public.
1928UKWinston Churchill and his daughter on their way to the House of Commons in London to speak about the state budget.
2004USADemocratic nominee John Kerry greeting patrons during an unscheduled campaign stop in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin.
1991RussiaA young lady on a street in Moscow, shortly before the collpase of the USSR.
2024IrelandRory McIlroy taking his shot at the 6th tee of the 2024 Amgen Irish Open at Royal County Down in Newcastle, County Down.
1974UKLocals walking down a newly pedestrianised street for the first time in Liverpool, UK.
1990USAMalcolm X Blvd in 1990.
2021GermanyChess World Champion Magnus Carlsen posing with Erling Haaland after a Dortmund V Ajax game. Ajax beat Dortmund 3-1.
2024AustriaA woman embracing her partner on a street in Vienna, Austria.
2004JapanAdvertising billboards for mobile phones along a street in Yokohama, Japan.
1948UKBritish Police evacuating a London family after an unexploded German bomb was found.
2014ItalyGeorge Clooney and his newly wedded wife Amal Alamuddin being swarmed by paparazzi photographers after their wedding ceremony in Venice.
2016ThailandA free edition of the Thai M2F (Monday to Friday) newspaper being distributed in Bangkok, Thailand.
2021ChinaHong Kong healthcare workers testing residents for Covid-19.
2022UgandaA busy morning in Kampala, Uganda.
1965AustriaThe Beatles fooling around in Austria during filming for 'Help!'.
1977ArmeniaA street scene in Republic Square, Armenia, during Soviet rule.
1980AfghanistanAn Afghan security guard trying to stop a photographer from taking a photo on the runway of Kabul International Airport shortly after the 1979 communist coup d'état.
1997RomaniaA traffic conductor directing traffic in Bucharest, Romania in the late 90s.
2021AfghanistanThe Taliban flag on the wall of the (former) US Embassy. The flag has changed 30 times since 1900.
1938PalestinePolice gathered in Zion Square on the eve of Shlomo Ben-Yosef's execution.
1965AustriaThe Beatles in the Austrian Alps while shooting their film 'Help!'.
1957USAA blimp crashing into the Nevada desert in front of a nuclear mushroom cloud. The blimp was unmanned and part of experiments into the effects of nuclear blasts.
1985SwitzerlandA street scene in Lucerne, Switzerland, looking towards the Löwencenter Luzern under refurbishments.
1977ItalyA view outside the Verona Arena. The Roman amphitheatre is an iconic symbol of the Venetian city alongside Romeo and Juliet.
2023USAStudents celebrating their high school graduation in rural Hawai'i.
1991InternationalTunnelling teams from the UK and France meeting for the first time during the Channel Tunnel breakthrough, marking the completion of the first of two rail tunnels across the English Channel.
1966ItalyFlorence flooded during the 1966 flood of the Arno.
1964CubaCubans gathered at a baseball stadium in Havana for a game which Castro participated in. Castro played baseball throughout his life and often used the sport as a political tool.
2008TaiwanTaiwanese pro-independence taxi drivers rallying against the visit of Chen Yunlin, China's top negotiator, to Taiwan.
1943HungaryCrowds posing for a photo with an officer in Budapest, during the early 40s.
2023SpainCyclists skirting around the under construction Sagrada Familia.
1908New ZealandDecorations hanging in Auckland in preparation for a visit from the US Navy Great White Fleet.
1964USAIn front of Queensboro Bridge, NYC.
2013CroatiaA man pushing a bike through the streets of Rovinj, Croatia.
1989ItalyIlona Staller, an adult film star and later Italian politician, protesting on the streets of Rome. Whilst in parliament, Staller famously offered to sleep with both Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden in exchange for peace.
2008UKTop Gear presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May driving a FV434 repair vehicle to a Press Conference near Tower Bridge.
2003VietnamPeople on bikes waiting for a train to pass at a crossing in Hai Phong, Vietnam, during the early 2000s.
1981UKThree girls strolling past two British soldiers keeping watch for snipers after a spate of rioting in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
1973TurkeyA scene at the fishing quay in Eceabat, Turkey, during the early 70s.
1983MonacoThree Navy sailors on holiday leave in Monaco.
1999UKA view outside downing street after Greenpeace dumped four tonnes of genetically-modified soya beans on Whitehall. The group were concerned about the long-term ecological and health impacts of genetically modified crops.
1969USAAn undercover police officer on duty in New York.
1943USAA view down Albuquerque's main street in the 1940s.
1963TurkeySean Connery in İstanbul for the filming of 'From Russia With Love'.
1975USALa Brea Avenue in the mid 70s.
1954CanadaA pipe band playing near Vancouver.
1974USAA group of women crossing a street in downtown Miami during the mid 70s.
1970SwedenHungarian film director György Révész speaking to actors Zoltán Latinovits and Éva Ruttkai whilst filming in Sweden.
1965SpainA view towards a cinema showing the 1964 James Bond film 'Goldfinger' in downtown Madrid.
1975FranceA street scene in Mulhouse, France in the mid 70s.
2015USAThe Hudson River iced-over during winter 2015.
1964IsraelA street scene in Haifa during the mid 60s.
2016IsraelPresident Barack Obama wearing a kippah whilst attending the funeral of former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres.
1976UKPeople hanging around on the Queen Victoria Memorial outside of Buckingham Palace.
1938GermanyAn LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin flying above Berlin in the late 30s.
1931PortugalA ticket office for the Glória Funicular, a famous funicular railway line in Lisbon.
1971IcelandChildren iceskating on a lake in Reykjavik, Iceland.
2018AustraliaA man drenched in rainwater walking through downtown Sydney.
2024FranceWelsh cyclist Geraint Thomas being cheered on by crowds during stage 20 of the 2024 Tour de France.
2023IsraelA demonstrator sits next to a bonfire during a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu's government overhaul of the judicial system.
1972HungaryMembers of the Hungarian Olympic team departing from Ferenc Liszt airport for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
2011The GambiaA loaded ferry docking at Banjul Port, The Gambia in the early 2010s.
1937FinlandTwo backpackers looking up at a road sign in Rovaniemi, Finland.
1963GermanyA misty morning at Kreiensen railway station, Germany.
2018FranceA news stand in Paris.
2019USAThe Washington Nationals celebrating after defeating the Houston Astros 6-2 to win the 2019 World Series.
2025USARepublican members of Congress shaking hands with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, after Johnson signed President Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'.
1958FranceCharles de Gaulle supporters cheering on the streets of Paris, one day prior to his appointment as Prime Minister by the French National Assembly.
1969HungaryA collapsed telephone pole along a road in Budapest.
2023IrelandPresident Joe Biden meeting locals at a Bar in Dundalk, County Louth during a state visit to Ireland.
2010USAA troupe of PETA activists partaking in a choreographed musical protest against McDonald's animal treatment practices.
1987Ireland'Prepare to meet thy God' - A bomb disposal specialist approaches a suspect vehicle during The Troubles.
1919TurkeyTurkish protesters demonstrating against the Greek occupation of the city of Smyrna (modern-day Izmir), which marked the beginning of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).
1978PanamaPresident Jimmy Carter greeting crowds in Panama before signing the Panama Canal Treaty.
1963USASecret Service agent Clint Hill diving on to the presidential motorcade to shield Jacqueline Kennedy and the stricken president with his body, moments after the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
1952GreeceThousands of Greek Cypriots in Athens’ Main Square calling for the union of Greece and Cyprus.
1945DenmarkMembers of the Danish Resistance movement fighting on the streets of Copenhagen at the end of WWII.
2015ItalyStreet artists dressed as Santa Claus performing in front of the Duomo di Milano cathedral.
1964USABeach side stores in 60s San Diego.
1973UKHungarian Screenwriter Klári Fekete and Poet Zsuzsa Takács in front of The National Gallery.
2015PolandNepalese festival goers at Woodstock Festival Poland.
1961BelgiumPolitical posters on display in Brussels during the lead up to the 1961 Belgian general election.
1944FranceFrenchmen transporting British and American flags in celebration of the Liberation of Paris.
2017JapanThousands gathered at the Shibuya Crossing for the 2018 New Year's Eve countdown.
1958ThailandA street scene in Bangkok, Thailand during the late 50s.
1985RussiaTwo European tourists in Red Square in the 80s.
1980USAGuardian Angels making sure people are safe on the dangerous New York City subway system in the 80s.
2024USADubliners waving into the New York–Dublin portal, an interactive installation linking the two cities by a 24-hour live stream video.
1962AustraliaTraffic congestion in Sydney during the early 60s.
2009GhanaPresident Barack Obama shakes hands after making a speech to Ghanian Parliament.
2015HaitiPassing a police station in Haiti.
1971FranceThe town of Vallauris celebrating Pablo Picasso's 90th birthday. Picasso worked as a ceramist in the town.
2005ItalyA horse and carriage trotting past a stage set up outside of the Colosseum for a free Elton John concert.
1985UKQueen performing at Live Aid, a concert set up to raise money for the 1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia.
1934IcelandIcelandic wrestler and businessman Sigurjón Pétursson walking through the hills with a group of schoolchildren.
2006FranceRiders in the alps during the 2006 Tour de France.
2022UkraineSchool graduates dance in front of sandbags protecting the Opera Theater in Odesa, Ukraine.
1970FranceA man walking down the pier in Saint Tropez, France during the 70s.
1929USAThe Thanksgiving Turkey arriving in Washington for President Herbert Hoover.
1975SwitzerlandCrowds gathered for a Christmas carol sing-along in a public square in Zürich.
2008FranceAn artists painting riders during the 21st stage at the end of the 2008 Tour de France.
1961SloveniaSlovene youths in the 60s.
1920GermanyA stereograph photo taken in front of Cologne Cathedral.
1950LebanonA shoe shiner working at a bus station in 50s Beirut, Lebanon.
1960HungaryCrowds watching a show at the Gellérthegyi Open Air Theater in Budapest, Hungary.
1994South AfricaStudents from the University of the Witwatersrand celebrating ANC's victory in the 1994 South Africa election. The '94 election was the first in South African history to allow citizens of all races to vote.
1958FranceChildren playing on the streets of Paris' Jewish Quarter.
1968FinlandA demonstration in Helsinki in support of the Czechoslovak First Secretary Dubček during the Prague Spring.
1962GermanyAmerican Actor Steve McQueen on set in Bavaria whilst filming for the 1963 film 'The Great Escape'.
1968FranceThe Law School at Lyon University adorned in graffiti during the '68 May protests.
2022New ZealandA view out to Waitākere Ranges Regional Park in New Zealand.
1953Vatican CityRiders leave Rome for the 1953 Giro d'iItalia (tour of Italy).
1994UKA road sign warning the British Army of active IRA snipers in County Armagh.
2002UKSerena and Venus Williams waving to the crowd during the group stages of Wimbledon Women's doubles. The couple went on to win their second Wimbledon doubles title.
2018USAA panorama taken during a software test on 'Dusty', a fully-functional testing replica of NASA's Opportunity rover. The rover operated on Mars from 2004 until 2018.
1909MaliGovernment officials gathering at Bamako railway station.
1970MexicoThe England team lined up before a Group C match during thew 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.
1982IndonesiaStudents attending the 1982 Indonesian Film Festival in Jakarta.
1936EstoniaA crowded concourse at Tallinn train station.
2007FranceRowan Atkinson shooting at La Défense for the 2007 comedy 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'.
1934UKPeople waiting for a ferry crossing over the River Forth in Scotland.
1971UKTwo members of the British dance troupe Young Generation trying out a pair of jump shoes, an American craze which made it across the Atlantic during the 60s, in London.
1957JapanA concert on the roof of the Matsuya Asakusa department store in Tokyo.
1923New ZealandPart of a panorama taken in 20s Christchurch.
1937GermanyA colonial exhibition displayed during the 'Rally of Labour' in Nuremberg, Germany, under Nazi rule.
1941NetherlandsA seagull blocking traffic on Prins Hendrikkade street in Amsterdam during the early 40s.
2001USARemains of the World Trade Center following the September 11 attacks.
2013UKEid al-Fitr Celebrations in Bristol.
1985USATrump and the Generals owner at a US Football League press conference in Trump Tower.
1989New ZealandA young recruit of the Royal New Zealand Navy posing for a photo in Auckland, New Zealand.
1973UKHungarian tourists on Westminster Bridge.
2007JapanA baton exchange at the 4x400 meter men's relay race during the 2007 World Championships in Atheletics in Osaka, Japan.
1967FranceVisitors queuing outside the Petit Palais on the last day of a Pablo Picasso exhibition.
1959ItalyA view towards the Ponte Vecchio in Florence. The bridge was the only bridge in Florence spared from destruction during WWII.
2017CameroonA street scene in Yaoundé, Cameroon, during the late 2010s.
1954GermanyCommuters in Berlin's Westkreuz station during the mid 1950s.
1972UKPhoto from the annual Miss Sunny beauty contest in Rhyl Wales.
1965HungaryHungarians in Győr anticipating the 1965 European Cup quarter finals against Amsterdam. Győr won 1-0, going on to lose in the semi-finals against Benfica.
2024Saudi ArabiaStudents playing TimeGuessr at their university graduation ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
1988HungaryDemonstrators marching next to the Erzsébet Bridge during the fall of the USSR in Soviet Hungary.
1972USAThe Boston Celtics playing against the New York Knicks in Boston Garden.
1971New ZealandCars parked up at Queenstown Airport in New Zealand.
1958NetherlandsPrince Philip and Queen Elizabeth II attending a wreath laying ceromony in memory of the 200,000 Dutch lives lost during the Second World War.
1911USAWorker's rights activists mouring and protesting shortly after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
2007USAPeople queuing outside an Apple Store in Manhattan for the release of the 1st generation iPhone.
2014SpainA mock military coup taking over the town of Ibi, Alicante for a day, enforcing their 'new laws' with flour, eggs, and firecrackers during the Els Enfarinats festival.
1970DenmarkHungarian fashion model Mari Csató posing for a photoshoot in City Hall Square, Copenhagen.
1969FranceA 'pissoir' (French urinal) in 60s Paris.
1932NetherlandsA banana merchant selling fruit in Waterlooplein market square.
1913New ZealandProtestors marching in Auckland during the 1913 Great Strike, the largest and most disruptive strike in New Zealand's history which almost bringing the country's economy to a halt.
1982FinlandFinns waiting for a connecting bus at Herttoniemi metro station.
1966USAA man walking through Times Square during the mid 60s.
2018IranCrowds surround a burning tent during Ashura commemorations in Iran. The burning tent is part of a symbolic reenactment of the Battle of Karbala, held to mourn and honor the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
1945RomaniaJewish Communists demanding the repatriation of deported jews to Romania.
2020VenezuelaA group of men being detained by Venezuelan officials for attending a party during the COVID-19 lockdown.
1955USAA mushroom cloud from an atomic bomb test seen from downtown Vegas.
1938GermanyA nighttime view toward the Zoologischer Garten U-Bahn station during the mid 30s.
1903UKA tram passing over the construction of the Piccadilly Line.
1964NorwayFour men posing for a photo next to a thermometer at the entrance of the Viking Museum on a cold day in Oslo.
1999USATimes Square in 1999, shortly before the turn of the millennium.
1963USAMarlon Brando and Paul Newman at a sit-in protest against housing discrimination.
1975UKChildren playing on a street near Wallsend shipyard.
1988TurkeyA man carrying furniture through the streets of İstanbul.
2023LebanonProtesters in support of Palestine parading the streets of Beirut.
2023CanadaA street scene in Vancouver.
1964IsraelPeople walking down a street in Beer-Sheva in the mid 60s.
1921IrelandRepublicans protest in the streets of Dublin against the hanging of Irish Republican Army volunteers by the British government.
2013HungaryInside Central Market Hall in downtown Budapest.
1960BrazilPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower travelling in a motorcade through Rio De Janeiro below a sign in support of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
2018EstoniaEstonians celebrating 100 years of independence from the Russian Empire in Tallinn.
1977BrazilThree friends leaving the Conjunto Nacional shopping mall in Brasília.
2017UKCambridge students piled onto punts for the 2017 May Ball.
2019NepalA Nepalese man reading the morning paper in Kathmandu.
1958FranceAnti-facism demonstrators walking through the streets of Paris.
1988BrazilA view from Brazil's Chamber of Deputies during the ceremony marking the promulgation of Brazil’s new Constitution.
1946IndiaA busy shopping area in the Indian city Hyderabad during the mid 40s.
1945FranceA French lady walking through Paris with a baguette and six bottles of wine.
1975AustriaA view of a shopping street in Vienna, Austria, during the mid 70s.
1999UKAustralian rugby fans donning wallaby hats in Cardiff during the 1999 Rugby World Cup quarter-final against Wales. Australia beat Wales 24-9.
1957SpainA man carrying a mattress on his head through the streets of Barcelona during the late 50s.
1997UKA punk mourning the death of Lady Diana in London.
1971UKA rally in Trafalgar Square organised by 'Recognise Bangladesh'.
1904USAThree men smoking pipes inside a dorm room in Pomona College student residence, Claremont, California. The man on the right, Silsby Spalding, would become the first mayor of Beverly Hills.
1969FinlandA group of friends playing out on the streets of Helsinki on a snowy day.
1981FranceThe first National March for the rights and freedoms of homosexuals and lesbians.
2017CameroonA street scene in Yaoundé, Cameroon during the late 2010s.
2017USAA nudist bike event in Philadelphia.
2013FrancePeople participating in International Pillow Fight Day outside Paris Saint-Lazare train station.
1973Greece10,000 members of the Greek General Confederation of Labour gathered in protest against the right-wing military dictatorship Greek junta.
1937ItalyItalians enjoying views of St. Peter’s Basilica from Pincio Terrace in Rome.
1974EcuadorA busy street scene in Santa Domingo, Ecuador during the 70s.
2004FranceRace drivers Rinaldo Capello and Seiji Ara practicing pit stops before the 2004 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance-focused sports car race.
1996NorwayKazakh cross-country skier Vladimir Smirnov competing in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup in Trondheim, Norway, during the 1995-96 season. Smirnov won the race, and went on to finish as the runner-up for the overall World Cup title.
2023BrazilA parade in São Paulo for Dia da Independência (Brazil's Independence Day).
1931New ZealandCrowds checking the 1931 general election results in Wellington, New Zealand.
1997ChinaWorld dignitaries, including then Charles, Prince of Wales and Tony Blair gathered in Hong Kong for the colony's handover ceremony from the British Empire to China.
1935GermanyA street scene in 30s Munich.
1966FranceA street scene in Nancy, France during the rest day between stages 6 and 7 of the 1966 Tour de France.
1982UKRowan Atkinson, known for his role as Mr. Bean, and fellow members of the cast of 'Not the Nine O'Clock News' posing with their Golden Disc trophy in London, awarded for breaking a quarter of a million sales.
2014North KoreaPeople gathered for the 2014 Pyongyang International Film Festival. The festival mostly features films from Western Europe, often emphasizing themes of family values, loyalty, and the challenges posed by materialism.
1902IrelandA woman passing a newsagents on O'Connell Street, Dublin.
1973NetherlandsHorses carrying a carriage full of people through a Dutch town during car-free Sunday, a three month ban against motor vehicles to curb oil consumption during the Opec energy crisis.
1921USAAmerican opera singer Florence Macbeth giving candy to children in Atlantic City.
1939USAMount Rushmore being chiseled, 2 years before completion.
2015North MacedoniaA crowd surrounding an equestrian during the Galičnik Wedding Festival, a significant annual event in North Macedonia where a couple, selected through a national competition, participate in the traditional wedding ceremony.
2017UKA barbary macaque eating The Sun newspaper in Gibraltar.
1987GermanyThe tail section of a twin engine turboprop Piper Cheyenne lying in front of a McDonald's after crashing into the restaurant.
1983AustraliaPrincess Diana mingling with crowds outside the Sydney Opera House during the Royal Family's 1983 tour of Australia and New Zealand.
1939USAA cow following a man across a road in Virginia.
1986UKThe British Concorde fleet at London Heathrow Airport for the 10-year anniversary of Concorde.
2025USAA man skiing down a street in Annapolis during a snow storm.
1932AustriaAustrians walking past the house Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born at in Salzburg, Austria.
1933NorwayDutch passengers sightseeing at a fjord in Norway.
1974ItalyThe entrance to the Milan Trade Fair in the mid 70s.
1980NetherlandsA street scene in Brussels, Belgium. The medieval Halle City Gate (now a museum) can be seen covered in ivy in the background.
2008SpainEl Colacho, a traditional festival dating back to the 17th century where Spaniards jump over babies to celebrate the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi.
1941USAA view of two men chatting on the main street in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
1977FranceA flaming French stuntman running towards the sea during the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
1962CubaA US reconnaissance photograph of Cuban missile site San Cristobal I.
1966JapanThe Beatles disembarking a Japanese Airlines plane in Tokyo. The band were the target of death threats from Japanese nationalists when they played the first ever rock concert in the historic Budokan stadium.
1963AustriaA traffic crossing on a wet day in Vienna.
1972USATourists in Yellowstone National Park photographing an American black bear.
2019RussiaSteven Seagal appearing in Moscow for the Victory Day parade. Seagal was given an Order of Friendship medal by Putin after supporting Russia following it's invasion of Ukraine.
1972USAA view along the Las Vegas Strip during the early 70s.
2024USAKansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce kissing his girlfriend Taylor Swift after his team's victory over the San Francisco 49ers during the Super Bowl LVIII.
1960SpainCars driving through Plaça de Catalunya in 60s Barcelona, Spain.
2018UAEKids playing with fire hoses at KidZania Dubai, an interactive city made for children.
1962FranceCyclists gather at the starting line for Stage 1 of the 1962 Tour de France.
1999FranceParisians celebrating on the eve of Bastille Day at the Place de la Bastille.
2023UKA film photo taken in St. Ives Harbour, Cornwall.
1994BrazilA street merchent haggling with a tourist on Copacabana Beach.
1960ArgentinaA woman throwing confetti towards President Dwight D. Eisenhower's motorcade in Buenos Aires. Eisenhower was on a goodwill tour of Latin America to strengthen diplomatic relations and to counter the influence of communism during the Cold War.
1996USAStreet celebrations in Los Angeles for the Mexican Independence Parade.
1974BrazilKodachrome photo of Copacabana Beach, Rio in the 70s.
1963USATeenage Bill Clinton shaking hands with President Kennedy as part of the American Legion Boys Nation visit to the White House.
2014UKUS President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron speaking to children in Mount Pleasant Primary School during the 2014 NATO Summit in Newport, Wales.
1913USAA hay wagon full of suffragettes campaigning for women's right to vote during the 1913 New York state fair.
1928FranceA military procession passing the Arc de Triomphe during Bastille Day celebrations, a national holiday in France marked by parades and patriotic displays.
2012UKMayor of London Boris Johnson stuck on a zipline during the 2012 Olympic Games.
1991ColombiaColombians reading headlines covering the imprisonment of Pablo Escobar.
1975AustriaA view towards the Sisi Museum in Vienna, Austria during the mid 70s.
1968NorwayNorwegian shoppers in 60s Oslo.
1994USARomario lifitng the 1994 World Cup in Pasadena, Brazil beat Italy 3-2 on penalties.
1945FranceA captured V-2 rocket being paraded through Paris.
1941USAA street in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the early 40s.
2024BulgariaA view towards the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1962FinlandCrowds gathered for the 1962 World Youth Meeting in Helsinki.
1965USAUS President Lyndon B. Johnson shaking hands with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the President's Room of the US Capitol during the signing ceremony for the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965.
1919New ZealandA street scene in Auckland, New Zealand during the late 1910s.
2024USAFormer President Donald Trump making a fist to the crowd after an assassination attempt.
1938SpainThe Bombing of Barcelona, as seen from an Italian bomber.
2015UgandaA street scene in downtown Kampala, Uganda.
1962SwitzerlandA fisheye lens view of the interior of Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station.
1911PortugalA plaque being unveiled at Largo de São Carlos (Saint Charles Square) in Lisbon, marking its renaming to Largo do Directório (Directório Square) after the Republican Directory that overthrew the Monarchy in Portugal in 1910. The square later reverted to its original name which it retains today.
1960UKThe Royal Family on holiday in Balmoral Castle, Crathie.
1964FranceRiders of the 51st Tour de France ascening a hill in Domfront, Northwest France.
2014North KoreaHiking Tour for tourists to North Korea.
1956FranceAudrey Hepburn walking down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.
1988HungaryFerihegy Airport in 80s Budapest.
1970IsraelA view of a now demolished cinema in downtown Tel Aviv.
1900FranceThe moving platform (trottoir roulant) at the 1900 Paris World's Fair. The left two platforms moved, enabling faster transportation around the fair.
1952DenmarkSpectators watching an international friendly match between Denmark and the Netherlands. Denmark won 3-2.
1957TurkeyA view from the supports of the Galata Bridge in İstanbul.
1997SpainLa Boqueria, a famous food market and tourist attraction in Barcelona.
1982Vatican CityUS President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy Reagan meeting Pope John Paul II in the Vatican Library during their Europe trip, initiating a significant alliance rooted in their shared anti-communist views.
2009USAPresident Barack Obama signing a bill to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots.
1975SpainPresident Gerald R. Ford riding through the streets of Madrid with the Spanish dictator Generalissimo Francisco Franco on a diplomatic visit to the country.
1988RussiaA Soviet traffic policeman enjoying an American pizza in Moscow, signalling the slow introduction of economic reforms under Gorbachev's rule in the Soviet Union.
1979IranThousands of Iranians gathered outside of the U.S. Embassy compound in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis. Two days prior the compound was seized taking 52 American diplomats and citizens hostage.
1980USASan Francisco's China Town in the early 80s.
1960RussiaFormer New Zealand Prime Minister Walter Nash entering the Krelmin.
1967ChinaRed Guards, a student paramilitary movement mobilized by Mao Zedong during the Cultural Revolution, parading through Shanghai with a banner hailing a message from the Communist Party leadership.
2014South KoreaHundreds welcoming Pope Francis in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, during his 2014 pastoral visit to South Korea.
2019SpainAn evening on Carretas Street in Madrid, Spain.
2025ArgentinaCrowds gathered for Mundo Lingo, a social event designed for language exchange, at a bar in Buenos Aires.
1989FranceA fisheye selfie at The Louvre.
1984ArmeniaArmenians celebrating the National Day of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
2017MalaysiaA Wikimedia meetup in Johor, Malaysia.
2000BelgiumTravelers reading newspapers and magazines in the Sabena Business Class Lounge at Brussels Airport. Sabena, the Belgian flag carrier, ceased operations a year later due to financial difficulties following the collapse of Swissair, a major shareholder.
2001FranceParisians on a street during the early 2000s.
1968UKActivist Tariq Ali and actress Vanessa Redgrave at an anti-Vietnam War march.
2012PortugalPortugal fans celebrating on the streets of Porto after Portugal defeated Czechia 1-0 in the 2012 Euro quarter-final. Portugal went on to lose to Spain in the semi-final.
2010TanzaniaThree climbers posing for a photo at the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.
1979BelgiumTourists congregating outside a souvenir shop in Brussels, Belgium.
2022USATom Davies and Welsh Greg at a South Carolina Gamecocks match during filming for 'How not to travel America'.
2020USAPolice surrounding demonstrators in Times Square during a Black Lives Matter march.
1946USATwo street boys playing with a cat.
1959France5 transgender women on the streets of Paris.
1991LithuaniaAnti-Soviet graffiti covering a wall around the Lithuanian Parliment. The wall was erected to defend against a possible Soviet raid.
2016USAA family enjoying a moment outside the arena at the National Western Stock Show.
1974PortugalMario Soares, a key figure in the Carnation Revolution that overthrew Portugal's authoritarian dictatorship, celebrating on the streets.
2004GreeceSpectators outside of the Athens Olympic Stadium for the 2004 Summer Olympic Games.
2005USADavid Burwell, an oceanographer at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, pointing to the location of a small tsumani which hit the Hanimaadhoo Island in the Maldives as a result of an earthquake in Sumatra.
1967RussiaPeople skating at Gorky Park Ice Rink in Moscow during the late 60s.
1979IraqThree men outside of a power station in rural Iraq.
2024ThailandA Russian girl being adorned in traditional garb from the Karen people of Northern Thailand.
1958USAA view of cinemas lined up along Manhattan's 42nd Street.
2015PanamaBarack Obama shaking hands with workers at the control centre for the Miraflores locks on the Panama Canal.
1975NetherlandsMass protests against plans to demolish buildings in the historic Nieuwmarkt area to make room for the Amsterdam metro.
1974GermanyReporters gathered during the 1974 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony at the Olympiastadion in Munich, West Germany.
1985UKA woman walking out of Monument metro station in Newcastle Upon Tyne.
1998GermanyCrowds visiting an Airbus factory to see the Airbus Beluga (the wide-body cargo plane in the centre used for transporting plane parts) during an open day.
1993GermanyThe train station in Flughafen München (Munich Airport) during the early 90s.
1966IrelandTwo girls visiting a memorial in Arbour Hill, Dublin, honoring those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising.
1969USACharles Manson, leader of a hippie cult linked to the Sharon Tate murders, walking from jail to courtroom.
1987NetherlandsTeenagers hanging out on the streets of Amsterdam.
2022SwitzerlandAC Monza players and fans celebrating their first promotion to Serie A, Italy's top football division, for the first time since the club's founding in 1912.
1986MexicoDiego Maradona lifting the World Cup trophy after Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 during the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
1961SwitzerlandA street scene in the Swiss town Locarno.
1927AustraliaA view towards Flinders Street Railway Station in Melbourne, Australia. The station was originally built with a giant ballroom on the upper floor, which was in use until the mid 80s.
1920FranceA autochrome photo of WWI French soldiers resting outside a metro station in Paris.
1955NetherlandsAn annual Ringrijden (Ring Riding) competition in Zeeland, Netherlands in which participants ride on horseback while attempting to spear small rings using a lance.
2017CanadaTourists walking around boutique stores in Quebec City, Canada.
1969USAPresident Richard Nixon leaving San Francisco after greeting South Korean President Park Chung Hee on his visit to the States.
2008SenegalA newspaper hawker in Dakar, Senegal.
1905NorwayCrowds gathered for the royal visit to Tønsberg, Norway.
1985IndonesiaA board with photos about Indonesian history to commemmorate 40th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia.
2011LibyaA group of children walking past a street museum of ammunition in Misrata, Libya.
1957CanadaA street scene in Vancouver, Canada during the late 50s.
1976USAA sign in Anchorage, Alaska with distances to cities around the world.
1981UKPress photographers lined up outside Buckingham Palace on the day of Charles and Diana's wedding day.
1941USAA newspaper hawker selling papers reporting the news of the Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles.
2023UkrainePresident Biden and President Zelenskyy in Mariinsky Palace during Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war.
1961USAHam, the first chimpanzee to enter space walking across the runway at Cape Canaveral. Ham survived the ordeal and lived a further 22 years.
1955NorwayLouis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald disembarking from a train in Oslo. The duo were in Norway to perform at the Oslo Concert Hall as part of their European tour.
1975SurinameA group of men gathered outside the entrance to a bauxite mine in Suriname.
1966IndiaGeorge Harrison at the Taj Mahal on his 1966 trip to India.
2022GhanaPromotianal tro tro taxis for Kendrick Lamar's 'Mr. Morale and & the Big Steppers' in Accra, Ghana.
1989New ZealandFlowers on sale outside a dairy (convenience store) in Auckland, New Zealand.
2012USAUS President Barack Obama casting his ballot for his second term, during early voting in the 2012 election, making him the first US President to vote early.
2020AlgeriaThousands of Algerians taking to the street to commemorate the first anniversary of the 'Revolution of Smiles', a movement which unseated Algeria's long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
1962GermanyThree US reservists standing at the end of the American Sector of Berlin at Checkpoint Charlie, beyond which lies East Berlin under Soviet control.
2017USAA Canadian Lieutenant taking a call while volunteering at the NORAD Tracks Santa center at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs.
1972FranceDirector Alfred Hitchcock posing on a boat before the international film festival in Cannes.
1977PolandA street scene in Bytom, Poland.
1964UKBeatlemania on the streets of Liverpool for the Northern Premiere of the film 'A Hard Day's Night'.
2014IndonesiaIndonesian President Joko Widodo greeting cheering crowds following his inauguration in Jakarta.
1935USAHoover Dam Official's posing for a photo in front of the soon to be completed Hoover Dam.
1945GermanyField marshal Bernard Montgomery walking with decorated Soviet Marshals in front of the Brandenburg Gate, shortly after the Battle of Berlin.
1974UKPolice officers present during one of London’s earliest Gay Pride events as the march passed Trafalgar Square.
1964NetherlandsThe Beatles during a press conference at Schipol airport in Amsterdam.
2004JapanTokyo Fire Departement officers dressed in chemical suits during a drill to prepare for a chemical terror attack.
2023USACalifornian plane spotters watching a plane touch down at LAX airport.
1939USAA street scene in La Crosse, Wisconsin during the late 30s.
1945HungaryA Soviet soldier directing traffic in a small town on the the Hungarian-Czechoslovak border during the Soviet advance towards Germany.
1951UKA street scene by Piccadilly Circus in London during the early 50s.
2006USADonald Trump throwing out a first pitch at a 2006 Yankees vs Red Sox game.
1996GreecePeople reading newspaper headlines along a street in Thessaloniki.
1977GermanyThe Palast der Republik, site of the East German Parliment as well as concert halls, theaters, an ice-cream parlor and a bowling alley.
2025BeninA plate vendor making her way through a market in Cotonou, Benin.
1956MexicoPeople browsing a newsstand in Mexico City.
2014TurkeyReflections in an İstanbul bus stop.
1962EgyptA Dutch photographer taking a photo of the Great Sphinx and Pyramid.
2002USAPresident Bush reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' to children during the White House Story Hour.
1984FrancePhoto taken during a reenactment of d-day on the 40th anniversary of the Allied invasion.
2023IsraelTwo men posing on a street in Tel Aviv.
2006KenyaA street scene in downtown Mombasa, Kenya.
2006CanadaCrowds celebrating in Little Italy, Vancouver when Italy won the 2006 World Cup final.
1980NetherlandsA goal being scored during the 1980 KNVB Cup Final between Feyenoord Rotterdam and Ajax Amsterdam. Feyenoord won 3-1.
1990USAA man enjoying his morning coffee in downtown LA.
2010NetherlandsLaura Dekker, who between the ages 14-17 become the youngest person to sail around the world, being interviewed in the Netherlands before setting sail.
2018DenmarkA band performing on the move at G! Festival in the Faroe Islands.
2018South AfricaA family taking a photo on the southernmost tip of Africa.
1968FranceFrench soldiers helping members of the public outside of Gare de l'Est train station.
2016FranceA Feast of the Sea (Fête de la Mer) celebration in Le Havre, Normandy. The event pays tribute to the sea, fishermen, sailors, and maritime culture.
1959AustraliaThe Woolworths Food Market Opening in Katoomba, Australia, attracting a large crowd of customers. Today Woolworths operates as a continent-wide chain with over 1000 branches.
2022CanadaPeople waiting for the arrival of Pope Francis to Nakasuk Elementary School in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
2024USALuigi Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, being escorted off a helicopter by NYPD law enforcement officers.
1960SloveniaHundreds of students from the Yugoslav People's Army's Military Medical Officer School at a train station in Maribor, Slovenia.
1953UKChristmas Eve shoppers looking for a last minute bargain at poulterers stalls in Smithfield, London.
1990JapanPaper lanterns drifting on the Motoyasu River opposite the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome memorial, serving as a tribute of remembrance.
1940USAA street scene in 40s Chicago.
1908New ZealandCrowds gathered in Auckland for 'Fleet Week', a tradition in which active United States military ships are deployed in overseas operation docks for a week.
1975UKPiccadilly Circus, London, filled with pedestrians during the mid 70s.
1972USAA view of State Street, Chicago, taken atop a raised bridge on Chicago's L transit system.
1960GreeceGreeks posing on a street in downtown Heraklion.
1969PortugalA view of Lisbon's Praça do Comércio plaza in the late 60s.
1976South KoreaA street scene in 70s Seoul, South Korea.
2019JapanA Buddhist monk offering prayers at a makeshift memorial outside the burnt Kyoto Animation Studio, following a devastating arson attack that claimed 36 lives and injured dozens more.
1971FinlandA street scene outside of the Ateneum art museum in Helsinki, Finland.
1992UKA view of the car park outside of Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2 during the early 90s.
2019SingaporeJuventus's Christiano Ronaldo during an International Champions Cup game in Singapore. Tottenham Hotspur defeated Juventus 3-2.
1988AustraliaMembers of the Australian press crouching in front of crowds at the World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia, shortly before the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II.
2023USAAn audience gathered on the lawn of the Library of Congress to watch the film 'Shrek', as part of the 'Summer Movies on the Lawn' event organised by the library.
2018UKCast and crew for the Netflix original series 'The Crown' filming on set at Aberystwyth Univeristy.
2023IsraelA line of protesters, dressed as handmaid's from The Handmaid's Tale, and other protesters at a demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's overhaul of the judicial system.
2023USABillboard bought by youtuber Rainbolt 'to help geoguessr players'.
1975USACrowds lining up outside a NYC cinema to see Jaws.
1910USANewsies smoking in St Louis, Missouri.
1983GermanyA car approaching a junction next to Stuttgart Airport in the early 80s.
1971UKThe Futuro House, a post-war futurist home designed to be easy to transport, deconstruct and quickly reconstruct on site.
2011EgyptTahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The protests resulted in the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak.
1992SwitzerlandHorses passing over an overpass at Muriaux railway station in Switzerland.
1908UKPostcard of Birmingham Town Hall in 1908.
1941UKChildren learning maths in a bomb shelter in London during The Blitz.
2022AustraliaOn top of the Sydney Tower Eye.
1912FranceParisians viewing the 1912 solar eclipse.
2009ItalySpectators taking photos of the jockeys competing in the Palio di Siena, a historic horse race held biannually in Siena, Italy.
2005ItalyA submarine, donated by the Italian Navy, being transported to the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.
1974HungaryTwo men posing next to the Danube in Hungary.
1975UKThe Tyne Pride, the largest ship built on the River Tyne, towering over the a now demolished street in Wallsend.
1989GermanyEast German border guards appear through a gap in the Berlin Wall.
1992SwitzerlandA view inside a company office in Basel, Switzerland during the early 90s.
1974USAPhilippe Petit, a French high wire artist, stepping out over the original World Trade Center.
1999IndonesiaCentral Jakarta at a stand still due to protests ahead of the 1999 Indonesian election.
1966ItalyVolunteers rescue artworks from the Piazza della Signoria during the 1966 Florence Flood. The flooding claimed 101 lives and devastated millions of art masterpieces and rare books.
1977ItalyA man selling binoculars in the Arena di Verona during the 1977 Verona Festival, an annual summer festival of opera.
2024IndiaPolice detaining a protester during a demonstration against billionaire Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Adani was recently indicted by US prosecutors on charges of fraud and bribery.
2018BrazilUK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Faurie laying a wreath in tribute to the Argentine soldiers who fell in the Falklands War. The islands remain a British overseas territory.
1998IndiaA street scene in Kolkata, India in the late 90s.
2022IndonesiaA group of children photographed during an African Swine Flu awareness event in West Sumba, Indonesia.
1938ItalyA traffic warden surrounded by gifts given by locals in a tradition called 'vigili urbani' during Epiphany.
1973IsraelMembers of the Israeli Defence Force attending a meeting during the Yom Kippur War. The war was initiated by Egypt and Syria to reclaim territories lost to Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
1974USAThe ‘Austintatious’ mural on 23rd Street, Austin, featuring Stephen F. Austin , the 'Father of Texas'. The mural has been repainted several times, evolving with the city it honors.
1993MexicoTwo women reading wanted posters for head members of the Tijuana Cartel, one of the most notorious and violent cartels in the early 90s.
1925USATwo couples stand in front Wawona, a giant sequoia turned tourist attraction in Yosemite National Park.
2007NetherlandsSeal hunters provoking protesters at an anti seal hunting demonstration in the Netherlands.
2023UKPrince Louis yawning during the coronation of King Charles III.
1960SloveniaWorkers carrying banners for their enterprises in Ljubljana's annual May Day parade, a state-organized celebration of labor and industry that was common in socialist Yugoslavia.
2015USACharlie Day and his wife Mary Elizabeth Ellis taking a selfie on the red carpet for the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special. Both Day and Ellis feature in the sitcom 'It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia'.
1989UKA view down Carnaby Street, a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho, London.
1988AustriaA view of the Hauptplatz (main square) tram station in Graz, Austria, during the late 80s.
2023PortugalMy dad playing TimeGuessr daily #47 in Lagos, Portugal.
2023SenegalSenegalese authorities removing fuel containers from a boat carrying migrants who attempted irregular immigration.
1969FranceCrowds gathered by Toulouse–Blagnac Airport in France to witness the conclusion of the Concorde's first test flight on March 2, 1969. The supersonic aircraft deployed a drogue parachute for braking during its test flight program.
1940UKSt Paul's Cathedral undamaged during The Great Fire Raid in London.
1975HaitiA man running across the road in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2014BrazilHundreds of photographers taking photos during the 2014 FIFA World Cup final in Brazil.
1965USA'Singin' in the Rain' star Debbie Reynolds leaving her handprints on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2017UAETourists posing for photos of the Burj Khalifa at the Dubai mall.
2009USATurkish Cypriots participating in the 2009 Turkish Parade in New York City, advocating for recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
2016CubaPeople chanting 'I am Fidel' as the motorcade carrying the ashes of the late Cuban leader drives through the streets of Santiago.
1933HungaryA group of friends enjoying a beer in Székesfehérvár, Hungary.
1944FranceAmerican Naval officers saluting the French military officer Charles de Gaulle during the liberation of France. De Gaulle went on to become the president of France.
1947HungaryA promotional parade held by the Richter Gedeon Chemical Factory in Soviet Hungary.
1961SpainA traffic officer on duty at an intersection in Toledo, Spain, during the early 60s.
2015BrazilTaxi drivers in Rio demonstrating against increasing competition from Uber.
1968UK'The Charge of the Tight Brigade' - a marketing stunt on the streets of London by Selfridges & Co.
1975HungaryA man in a 'mobile hotel' on the River Danube, in front of Buda Castle.
1959USAA view down Broadway on a snowy day in New York City.
2006ItalyCrowds at the Circus Maximus watching the final of the FIFA World cup 2006 Italy vs France. Italy won 5-3 after defeating France in a penalty shootout.
2024UKSpectators watching the 2024 Six Nations Sheep Shearing Competition.
1947Switzerland'Zürich women who trust their husbands' - A poster by the Kantonale Aktionskomitee opposing women's voting rights in 1947. It wasn't until 1971 swiss women gained the right to vote.
2005UKStewards from English Heritage try to remove a drunken reveller from standing on one of the stones at Stonehenge's 2005 summer solstice.
2004BrazilAvenida Paulista, São Paulo's main street, filled with crowds participating in the city's eighth annual Gay Pride Parade.
1936USAA scene at Spencer, Iowa Main Street on a snowy winter day during the mid 30s.
2021USAPro-Trump supporters flooding the rotunda after breaking into the US capitol. The break in marked the first time the building had been breached since the War of 1812.
2017GermanyGermans celebrating Oktoberfest in Munich.
1956MexicoA canillita (newspaper boy) selling papers on the streets of Mexico City in the mid 50s.
1963USAA view from the JFK's presidential motorcade, moments before his assassination.
1984USAPedestrians at the Spirit of Detroit Plaza, Michigan, during the mid 80s.
2007UKA street scene on Brick Lane, London.
1946AustraliaA procession, led by the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and Australian Prime Minister Ben Chifley, along Katoomba Street for the opening of the Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital extensions.
1915USAAn open air classroom on a ferry in New York City. Open air classrooms became popular in the early 20th century during TB pandemics.
1977BrazilBrazilian on Ipanema beach.
2023UKEdinburgh Fringe performers outside the House of Oz.
1966UKBob Dylan at the Aust Ferry ticket office in Gloucestershire.
2019UKFour fans of The Beatles recreating the Abbey Road album cover on the album's on 50th anniversary.
1995RussiaAn elderly WWII veteran wiping his tears away during a rally commemorating the end of WWII in Europe.
1930FranceA street party on Bastille Day, a French holiday celebrating the Storming of the Bastille which was a major event in the French Revolution.
1900USAA street scene in Kansas City, Missouri in the early 1900s.
1928USAPostmaster Harry S. New standing next to the largest airmail letter ever sent in Washington City Post Office.
2018MacaoA street in Macao. The towering building in the back is the Grand Lisboa hotel casino.
1963USATwo trick-or-treaters visiting President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office.
1949USAA Kodak Kodachrome photo of West 42nd Street.
1987USAAnimal rights activists trying to enter the University of California Medical School on World Day for Laboratory Animals.
1999FranceA young boy on Buren's columns in Paris.
1939USAA view outside of the Great Northern Railway station in Fargo, North Dakota.
1975NetherlandsMass protests against plans to demolish buildings in the historic Nieuwmarkt area to make room for the Amsterdam metro.
2024USADamage following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland.
2015UgandaA street scene in downtown Kampala, Uganda.
1962USAItalian actress Sophia Loren pressing her hands into wet cement outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
2017ItalyTourists posing to take forced perspective photos at the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
1940USAA double exposed photo of a gas station in Virginia.
1975IndonesiaPeople loading goods onto a bus in Bukittinggi, Indonesia, during the mid 70s.
2009IraqMembers of the Iraqi national police celebrating during a football tournament in Baghdad.
1923USAMembers of the Morocco Temple Shriners, a subset of Freemasonry, marching through Washington D.C. in a parade during the early 20s.
1959TurkeyThousands gathered on the streets of Istanbul during an event organised by the Turkish Democrat Party.
2012BahamasPrince Harry attending the opening ceremony for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Exhibition in Nassau, Bahamas.
2024IsraelIsraeli soldiers taking a selfie on the Gaza Strip border. Currently starvation is rapidly intensifying, with Israel’s 'militarized aid delivery' system restricting humanitarian access - just 28 trucks enter daily, far below the 600 needed. Over 800 people have been fatally shot trying to reach aid distribution sites.
1972CubaA military band performing during a ceremony welcoming Cuban leader Fidel Castro back to Cuba.
1940FranceHitler's triumphant tour of Paris, 1940.
1989AustraliaA view along George Street, Sydney's original high street, during the late 80s.
1962South AfricaA street scene in Cape Town, South Africa during the early 60s. Soon after, the Sharpeville Massacre shocked the nation, a state of emergency was declared, and apartheid rule hardened as resistance was crushed and opposition movements were banned.
1958EcuadorVice President Richard Nixon being greeted by children waiving US and Ecuador flags in Quito airport.
1999UKCelebrations for the turn of the millennium in Southport.
1979PalestineA street corner in 70s Jerusalem.
1981BelgiumA magazine kiosk at the corner of Rue du Midi, Brussels, in the early 80s.
2014PolandA hazy morning on Gothic Bridge in Kłodzko, Poland.
1959NetherlandsCelebrations on the streets of Amsterdam during the annual 'Dam tot Damloop' 10-mile road running race.
1961MaltaDemonstrators participating in an anti-nuclear protest march on Republic Street in Valletta, Malta. Organized by the Malta Labour Party, the silent march was a protest against the continued manufacture and testing of nuclear weapons during the height of the Cold War.
1997RomaniaA street scene in downtown Bucharest in the late 90s.
2025AntarcticaGabriel Boric, the president of Chile, at the geographic south pole marker during a trip to Antarctica.
2012UKTwo police officers posing at Land's End for an event involving the 2012 London Olympic Torch.
1990LebanonLebanese Forces withdrawing from East Beirut at the end of the Lebanese Civil War.
1980LiberiaA street scene in 80s Liberia.
1999FinlandHelsinki in the late 90s.
1965New ZealandOutside a marae (Māori sacred place) in Waitangi, New Zealand.
2017USAPresident Trump shaking hands with former President Barack Obama during Donald Trump's Presidential Inauguration.
1993ZimbabweA group of young girls performing a traditional dance to welcome Princess Diana during her state visit to Harare, Zimbabwe.
2024TaiwanPeople queuing up to take photos on the Rainbow Six crossing in Taipei, Taiwan.
2019RussiaPeople working in the Russian State Library in central Moscow.
2020UKHealth Secretary Matt Hancock opening the temporary NHS Nightingale Hospitals via videolink during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2003GermanyAn Airbus A321 taxiing across the runway bridge over the A14 motorway at Leipzig-Halle Airport, Germany.
1967GermanyCrowds gathered for the funeral of Konrad Adenauer, a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1998UKA corner shop in Bala Gwynedd, North Wales.
1964USACrowd members at the 1964 Democratic National Convention holding up signs in support of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
2010LatviaLatvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis performing a tip-off at the start of a game in Rīga, Latvia.
1970SwedenStockholm city centre in the 70s.
2017USAA segway tour on the streets of New Orleans in 2017.
2000NigeriaA street vendor carrying eatables on his head in Lagos, Nigeria.
1979UKA 15-year-old Boris Johnson standing on a beam during his years at Eton College.
1974FranceA street scene in Marseille, France, during the mid 70s.
2019TunisiaA cavalier riding a horse during the Bengurdan International Equestrian Festival.
2013New ZealandDirector Peter Jackson on set filming 'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' in New Zealand.
1995LuxembourgTwo tourists looking at a map in central Luxembourg.
2022UKMy mate Ciaran on Regent Street.
1992UKA group of boys walking nearby Anfield football grounds minutes after kick off.
1916FranceWounded french soldiers participating in drills inside the Grand Palais to prepare to return to active duty.
1941USANavy soldiers making repairs following the immediate aftermath of the Attack on Pearl Harbor.
2011UKManchester Police launching Operation Grinch - an operation to apprehend criminals during the Christmas season.
2014GermanyPosters promoting Aphex Twin's 2014 album Syro.
1983GermanyA student protester wearing a Ronald Reagan mask during an anti-nuclear weapons rally.
2011NetherlandsA street festival in Amsterdam.
2008QatarTwo men waiting around inside Doha International Airport in Doha, Qatar.
1972UKWest Ham vs Hereford United playing at the now demolished Upton Park stadium. West Ham won 3-1.
1972BelgiumA West German fan waving two German flags in the Heysel Stadium before the final of the European Football Championship. West Germany won against the USSR 3-0.
1908FinlandCrowds gathered around the Havis Amanda fountain in Helsinki, Finland, shortly after it's unveiling ceremony.
1939USAA teacher helping out pupils inside a classroom in San Augustine, Texas.
1927FranceA woman standing in the Trocadéro, Paris.
1965SpainA street scene on the Spanish-Gibraltar border in the mid 60s.
1962BrazilPeople hanging off the side of a bus in downtown Rio de Janeiro in the early 60s.
1982LebanonLebanese Christians celebrating Bachir Gemayel's election victory. Gemayel was assassinated just 24 days later before taking up office.
2017USACrowds reacting to a partial solar eclipse from Times Square as it peaked at over 70% coverage.
1944RussiaA Soviet officer (left) and a Finnish corporal comparing their watches during the ceasefire of the Continuation War.
1953ItalyA self-portrait of the dutch photographer Willem van de Poll on a gondola in Venice. Poll served as the official photographer of the Dutch reigning house.
2017USAAn art installation on the US-Mexico Border.
1991UKA man visiting London for the first time since fleeing the country during the Second World War.
1969HungaryA taxi driver answering a call for a job in Budapest, Hungary.
1956HungaryFreedom fighters, bearing a flag with the communist coat of arms cut out, riding a tank through the streets of Budapest.
1963North MacedoniaA street scene following the 1963 Skopje earthquake in socialist Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia). The earthquake destroyed over 80% of the city and left more than 200,000 people homeless.
2007BelgiumA marketing campaign promoting public transport use with a car on a bus in Belgium.
1995CanadaYes supporters campaigning in Montréal during the 1995 Quebec independence referendum.
1998FranceFrench football fans celebrating the '98 World Cup victory.
1958ChinaVehicles driving through a road under construction in Hong Kong when it was under British rule.
1957USAGrauman's Chinese Theatre showing of 'The Sun Also Rises'.
1955NetherlandsDutch Royals Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard boarding a plane in Aruba, a constituent island country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1918USAGrand Central Station in 1918. The pyramid was built out of over 12,000 captured German helmets as a way of raising money for 5th War Loan.
2021KazakhstanNASA astronaut Mark Hei and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and Pyotr Dubrov reporting to Roscosmos mission management just before their Soyuz launch to the ISS.
1964USAPresident Lyndon B. Johnson holding his dog 'Her' by the ears, a common practice among some hunters. The photo raised criticism nationwide from dog lovers.
1948IsraelCrowds being restrained by police officers during a military parade marking the first anniversary of Israel's independence.
2021SpainA busy street scene in the seaside town Sitges.
2009EgyptA street scene in Cairo, Egypt, where outdoor cafes draw in a mix of locals and tourists.
2025Spain260 strong men carrying a paso (throne) through the streets of Málaga during the Palm Sunday procession, a centuries-old Holy Week tradition where large religious floats bearing statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary are paraded through the city as a public act of faith and devotion.
2019FinlandSanna Marin, Finland's youngest ever Prime Minister, walking to a meeting in Helsinki.
1970FinlandPolice keeping order at the edge of Karhupuisto during a park event.
1987SwitzerlandLocals cycling through a newly opened rail tunnel in Zurich, Switzerland, during the late 80s.
1974FranceActress Jane Birkin at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
1975MalaysiaMuhammad Ali fighting Joe Bugner in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Ali won the fight by unanimous decision after 15 rounds, continuing his reign as the undisputed heavyweight champion.
2014UkraineDemonstrators clash with police in Kyiv, calling for the ouster of President Viktor Yanukovych over corruption and an abandoned trade agreement with the EU.
2010South AfricaThousands of fans watching the 2010 World Cup group A opening match between South Africa and Mexico. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
1983Sri LankaPeople in Sri Lanka joining large queues to purchase basic household items at a government store.
1944ItalyViews of the Mount Vesuvius eruption from the old Napoli Centrale station.
1952FinlandThe Olympic Torch being carried to The Parliament House in Helsinki for the 1952 Summer Olympics.
2011EgyptA supporter of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak riding a camel through the streets of Egypt whilst fighting anti-Mubarak protesters.
1966Vietnam60s fashion on the streets of Saigon.
2004USAA family taking a photo at the Southernmost Point Buoy in Key West, Florida - a famous landmark that marks the southernmost publicly accessible point in the continental United States.
1958NetherlandsThe national football team of Curaçao in Volendam during a tour of the Netherlands.
2006USAA view towards the Bay Bridge in San Francisco's Chinatown.
2016IndiaA view of one of the gates to the City Palace in Jaipur, India.
1997RussiaPresident Yeltsin waving to crowds during the opening of Moscow's Manezh exhibition complex.
1956UKA young man holding a sponsored cricket scoreboard on Whitehall, London.
1959GermanyPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower arriving in Bonn, West Germany as part of a European tour aimed at strengthening relations with key allies during the Cold War.
1933SpainA street scene in 30s Barcelona.
1967ItalyA woman gazing towards the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.
1989GermanyEast German police fire water cannons at West Germans as they break through the wall at the Brandenburg Gate.
1991RussiaThe Soviet flag flying over the Kremlin for the final time on December 21, 1991. The flag was replaced by the Russian Federation flag.
1990EgyptAn Egyptian driving a motorbike down a street lined with election posters for Hosni Mubarak, who served in office from 1981 to 2011. Mubarak has been criticised for running undemocratic elections.
1933AustraliaA reminder to post Christmas mail to Europe by November 9th in Sydney.
2014USAA march against fracking, the controversial practice of extracting oil and natural gas from underground rock formations by injecting high-pressure fluid, in Manhattan.
1978USAA Jack LaLanne salesman in Manhattan.
2012SpainA view of the entrance to the Mercat de la Boqueria (Boqueria Market), the largest market in Barcelona, Spain.
1980SwedenA man roller skating down Sergelgatan in 80s Stockholm.
2012SpainA street scene in Barcelona, Spain, during the early 2010s.
1954FranceA view of the Palais Garnier opera house in Paris.
1900IrelandMembers from an Irish travelling community posing on Giant's Causeway.
1989GermanyGermans singing and dancing atop the Berlin Wall on the day the wall fell.
1968FranceA pissoir (public urinal) on a Parisian street.
1958USAMembers of the Chicago Fire Department fighting fires in sub-freezing temperatures.
1940USAA group of men speaking on a street in Roxboro, North Carolina on Memorial Day.
1928AustriaA group of salt miners outside of the mines in Hallstatt.
1999NetherlandsAmsterdam Centraal Station in the late 90s.
1988USAA local farm auction in Defoe, Kentucky, during the late 80s.
1956AustraliaStreet celebrations during the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
2020JapanA screen at the Shinjuku shopping district in Tokyo displaying a live broadcast of US President-elect Joe Biden speaking.
2018IndonesiaApem cakes (rice flour cakes) being thrown from a tower during Yaqowiyu, a traditional Javanese festival. The apem symbolizes blessings, forgiveness, and sustenance, and many believe that catching one brings luck and prosperity.
1980JapanCrowds lined up at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo to see the new Odakyu Electric Railway 7000 series EMU enter service.
1974ItalyA view through Porta Pinciana, a gate in the Aurelian Walls. The walls were built as Rome's defensive walls during the reign of Emperor Aurelian.
2012MoroccoA Morrocan street in Oujda, annotated as part of Patrick Zachmann's book Voyages de Mémoire.
2017BoliviaDakar Rally competitor Gaston Pando of Argentina being greeted by massive crowds after arriving in La Paz, Bolivia on his quad bike during the 2017 race.
1911USAAn old postcard showing a frozen Niagara Falls.
1970JapanA crossing in Shinjuku City, a special ward of Tokyo during the 70s.
2024SpainDozens of cars piled up along a street in Valencia. The city was hit by a year's worth of precipitation, leading to one of the countries deadliest natural disasters.
1975USAElton John tips his hat after having a star dedicated to him in the Walk of Fame along Hollywood Boulevard.
1941NorwayThe Nasjonal Samling (Norway's fascist party) at a demonstration in Oslo.
1989SwedenThe ruins of a car blown up by a roadside bomb which was carrying René Moawad, Lebanon's 9th president.
2023UKMy girlfriend Sarah on Regent Street.
1956FranceParisians waiting in a queue to buy art and postcards along Rue du Chevalier de la Barre in Montmartre.
1969USAA crowd gathering around a TV in Milan to watch the Apollo 11 Moon Landing.
2024FranceThousands gathered in Republique square following the second round of France's election.
2020BelarusA protest against Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus's first and only president, who has been in office since 1994.
2007JapanThree zebra crossings seen through a fisheye lens in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
1993USABodybuilders Bob Paris and Rod Jackson riding through Hollywood Pride in a convertable.
2018BeninCrowds gathered in Benin for the Vodoun Festival, an annual public holiday in Benin celebrating the nations cultural heritage associated with the Vodoun religion.
2015JamaicaPresident Barack Obama being photographed during a tour of the Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica.
1983IcelandSkógafoss, one of Iceland's biggest waterfalls, in the early 80s.
2004FranceLouis Vuitton's Champs-Élysées storefront transformed into a giant replica of its iconic luggage to celebrate the brand's 150th anniversary.
1911USAA news photograph from the Bain News Service Collection of orphans being taken to school in automobiles.
1946MicronesiaThe Baker Explosion, a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States in Micronesia.
2018USAA billboard in Hawai‘i after the false ballistic missile alert which appeared on everyone's smarthphones.
2007ThailandTraffic jammed on a street in Bangkok.
1988USACelebrity couple Robert and Rosemarie Stack being interviewed at the 60th Academy Awards.
1950USAPhotographers capturing the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The station went on to be used during the Apollo moon landings and the Space Shuttle program.
2007UKRoger Federer playing against Rafael Nadal during the 2007 Wimbledon Men's singles final. Federer beat Nadal to win his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title.
1910USAStudents at Columbia University competing in a flag rush - a college tradition where students would try to retrieve a flag from a greased pole.
1945NorwayA Swedish soldier and Norwegian resistance member shaking hands at the Norway–Sweden border, celebrating the end of German occupation in Norway.
1931PolandA horse reaching to eat a bouquet in Warsaw.
1997UKPrime Minister Tony Blair shaking hands with Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher in a reception at 10 Downing Street.
1906USAA street scene in Detroit, Michigan, during the mid 1900s.
1915AustraliaA street scene on Bourke Street, Melbourne.
1927USAVonceil Viking, a New Mexico cowgirl turned champion equestrian, riding her horse in Washington. Viking was attempting to ride her horse from New York City to Hollywood for a $25,000 bet.
2022MaltaMaltese people singing the 'Te Deum' hymn of praise during the Zabbar Festa, a feast in honour of Madonna tal-Grazzja, the town's patron saint.
1921USAThree woman preparing sandwiches at the Pacific International Livestock Show in Portland, Oregon to demonstrate and educate proper food handling and preservation methods.
1949NetherlandsA teacher pointing to a map of the Netherlands in a classroom in Amsterdam during the late 40s.
2001USAAir Force One flying President George W. Bush over Mount Rushmore.
2007MadagascarA busy market in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
1967RomaniaA street scene in Brașov, Romania.
1939UKBritish soldiers preparing to leave to the western front from Aldershot Station in Hampshire, England.
2004IraqIraqis watching the Trial of Saddam Hussein in a cafe along the river Tigres.
1984UKKing's Lynn High Street in the 80s.
1964USAMuhammad Ali beating his chest during a photoshoot with The Beatles at his training camp in Miami.
1975FranceChaos on the Place Charles de Gaulle in Paris.
1973VietnamUS soldiers preparing to leave Vietnam to return to the US during the Vietnam War.
2021USAPresident Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, joined by their family, watching fireworks on Joe Biden's inauguration day.
1971UKA man looking at a magazine stand in Belfast during the early 70s.
1999PortugalA street scene in Porto, Portugal.
1994USAA view of the famous Dragon Gate in San Francisco's Chinatown. The gate was built in 1969 as a gift from Taiwan.
2019South KoreaPresident Donald J. Trump and Republic of South Korea President Moon Jae-in saying goodbye to Kim Jong Un at the Korean DMZ.
1988South KoreaWest German goalie Oliver Reck being kicked in the back during a West Germany vs Italy football match in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. West Germany won 3-0.
1997SpainForeign Exchange students crossing the street across from the former Banca Catalana building on Avenida Diagonal.
1914UKMrs Emmeline Pankhurst, Leader of the Women's Suffragette movement, is arrested outside Buckingham Palace while trying to present a petition to King George V.
1987GermanyCheckpoint Charlie in the late 80s.
1966ItalyA view of St. Mark's Square, Venice, seen through a replica of the gilded bronze horses looted from the Hippodrome of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
2021FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron showcasing the French-coloured glass roof in the Élysée Palace as part of an art installation by artist Daniel Buren.
1966VietnamShoppers in what is now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
1960USAJohn F. Kennedy being lauded by Californian voters ahead of the 1960 presidential election.
1985NetherlandsEnvironmental activists protesting against fake dairy products in the Netherlands.
2010AustraliaA google employee riding a mapping trike for Google Street View around Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.
1969USAA street scene in Las Vegas, Nevada, during the late 60s.
2016AustraliaA man posing while an officer takes an image as evidence of damage from a loose tyre.
1905IrelandAn interesting street scene in Waterford, Ireland.
2007ItalyWales fans in Rome for the 2007 Italy vs Wales 6 Nations match. Italy won 23-20.
1977RomaniaA view through a windscreen in Bucharest.
1938EgyptRooms at the Mena House hotel overlooking the Great Pyramid of Giza.
2002USAPresident Bush walks across the Colonnade to the Oval Office while taking a break between phone calls to world leaders.
2023SwedenA Midsommar festival in Borgvik, Sweden.
1980South KoreaContestants for the 1980 Miss Universe posing at Shilla Hotel in Seoul.
1995USAA tourist outside the historic Bird Cage Theatre in Tombstone, Arizona.
1959NetherlandsA batch of cheese being loaded onto a Narrowboat in Alkmaar, Netherlands.
1983AustraliaPrincess Diana bursting into tears in front of crowds in Sydney, during a period of intense strain in her marriage with the Prince of Wales.
1997FranceThe Trocadero esplanade lined with 8000 pumpkins for Halloween celebrations.
1968CzechiaCzechoslovak protesters during the 1968 Prague Spring.
1967RomaniaA Romanian women carrying a bottle of wine across a street in Bucharest, Romania.
1934SpainBarricades erected in Barcelona shortly after the independence of Catalonia was proclaimed during the events of 6 October. Catalonia lost its autonomy shortly after.
1954DenmarkFeeding pigeons in front of Copenhagen City Hall.
1951USAA night club in Miami Beach, Flordia in the early 50s.
2001USAGeorge W. Bush reading 'The Pet Goat' with a class of second graders, moments before being informed about the September 11 attacks.
1963UKMuhammad Ali greeting crowds in London ahead of his two fights against Henry Cooper. Ali beat Cooper in both matches.
1970FinlandA busy street scene in downtown Helsinki, Finland.
2019VietnamA motorcade transporting the North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un through Hanoi for a summit with President Donald Trump.
1993IsraelA soldier pointing to a map whilst briefing US Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Israeli ministers on the strategic importance of the Golan Heights.
1928FranceTwo women sharing a conversation along the River Loire.
2020USAA drive-in church service during the 2020 covid pandemic at Bethel Church, Indiana.
1998PortugalA street scene in Porto.
1943DenmarkDanes running away from Gestapo officers in Aarhus, Denmark, during increased unrest following German crackdowns on resistance groups within the country.
2024GeorgiaGeorgian demonstrators standing in front of police to protest the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.
1932AustraliaCars paying to cross the Sydney Harbour Bridge the day after it opened. The toll remained in place for 91 years, until it was removed for southbound traffic in 2023. Northbound traffic still pays a toll, making it one of the longest-running toll bridges in the world.
1969VietnamA Vietnamese newsboy selling newspapers announcing the withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam, hours before Nixon formally announced withdrawals.
1958USAThe intersection of the four corner states: Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.
1976AustraliaA street scene in Brisbane.
1988LithuaniaMore than 200,000 Lithuanians gathered to protest against Soviet occupation of Lithuania.
1950LebanonA newspaper hawker on a street in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
1974UKSmoke bellowing from Westminster Hall at the House of Commons after an IRA bombing.
2024USAA view of the Great Hall in Union Station, Washington DC.
1935FranceA police officer on horseback at the scene of a car crash on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
1982AustraliaQueen Elizabeth II on her state visit to Australia for the 12th Commonwealth Games.
2019IcelandA view towards the Lutheran Hallgrímskirkja church in Reykjavík, Iceland.
2023LatviaThe House of Blackheads in Rīga. The building was a meeting place for the Brotherhood of Blackheads, a guild for unmarried merchants in Rīga.
2021UKFilming on the streets of Glasgow City Centre for 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'.
1997ThailandForty chefs laying a 399 metre long Chinese dragon, made out of 409 kilogrames of egg-noodles, in the Bangkok's China Town. The event was organised by the Thai-Chinese residents to commemorate the 70th birthday of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
1987UKPolice shepherding Aberdeen casuals on their way to Celtic Park.
1991PakistanPrincess Diana visiting the Khyber Rifles regiment, a paramilitary group tasked with protecting the Pakistan border with Afghanistan.
1967HungaryCrowds strolling along the pier past docked boats in Balatonfüred marina, Hungary.
1973USAMotorola President John F. Mitchell showing off the company's latest Portable Radio Telephone in New York.
1970FinlandAn anti-Vietnam War protest in Helsinki, Finland.
1961SloveniaA May Day parade in socialist Yugoslavia. May Day was a major public holiday in Yugoslavia and other socialist countries, often featuring displays of workers' solidarity, military strength, and socialist achievements.
1951EthiopiaA scene at the Addis Ababa train station in Ethiopia during the early 50s.
1935TurkeyA street scene in 30s Ankara, Turkey.
1961DenmarkHunting for pilot whales in the Faroe Islands. Each year around 700 pilot whales are killed over the course of the hunting season.
1940New ZealandFormer Minister for Māori Development Āpirana Ngata leading a haka.
1964AustriaThe Sound of Music cast on set in Salzburg.
1948NetherlandsPeople attempting to move a derailed tram back onto the tracks in Amsterdam after it collided with a garbage truck.
2022UkraineCrowds of Ukrainians fleeing the country following Russia's invasion.
1967ThailandA street scene Bangkok, Thailand, during the late 60s.
2010UKDemonstrators protesting against the Pakistani President's continued tour of Europe during a time when Pakistan was facing their worst floods in history.
2014UKTourists looking at the Rosetta Stone at British Museum. The stone, which dates to 196 BCE, was key to unlocking the meaning of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs thanks to its trilingual inscription in Hieroglyphic, Demotic, and Ancient Greek.
1944FranceTroops of the U.S. Army's First Division disembark onto Omaha Beach on D-Day.
1928UKThe Tyne Bridge towers under construction.
1974SwitzerlandA fisheye shot of people painting murals in downtown Zürich.
2012FranceThe album cover for Tame Impala's 2012 album Lonerism, taken in Paris days after the album was finished.
2005BulgariaA street scene in Sofia, Bulgaria.
1939USAThe historic Baynes Store in Gordonton, North Carolina. Impressively, this landmark building remains standing today, retaining its original appearance.
1973USAA street scene in Charleston, West Virginia.
1910USAA fundraiser clock for a new YMCA building on the Wall Street & Broad Street intersection.
2022QatarLionel Messi raising the 2022 FIFA World Cup Trophy after defeating France 4-2 on penalties.
1997UKA NO campaigner on the streets of Newport, Wales during the 1997 Welsh devolution referendum. The referendum resulted in a majority in favour, leading to the National Assembly for Wales being formed 2 years later.
2012GermanyPhilipp Lahm taking a run up before scoring in the penalty shootout during the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final. Chelsea defeated Bayern München 4-3 on penalties.
1985CanadaLate Canadian comedian Norm Macdonald at one of his first gigs at Yuk Yuk's Toronto.
2025MontenegroMe and my girlfriend at a bar in Stari Bar, Montenegro.
1949AustraliaA view outside the temporary railway ticket office at the Sydney Showground during the Royal Easter Show. Set up to handle the holiday crowds, this kiosk allowed attendees to book tickets without leaving the venue.
2010IcelandPhotographers scrambling to capture the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption.
1994RussiaU.S. President Bill Clinton speaking to the media about the newly-rebuilt Kazan Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square.
1987UKShoppers in Kemeraltı Bazaar, İzmir.
1990South AfricaCrowds waiting for Nelson Mandela to arrive to Orlando Stadium, Soweto to address the public for the first time after his release from prison.
2021ColombiaA delivery of 3.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses to El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.
1902IrelandHorse drawn carriages along a street in Newry, Northern Ireland, during the early 1900s.
1999DenmarkFaroe Islands vs Scotland for the 2000 Euro Qualifier. The game ended 1-1.
2007NorwayThe Mayor of Longyearbyen lighting a fuse to begin excavation for the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a secure backup facility containing 1,214,827 seed samples for biodiversity preservation.
2024UKCyclists passing through Framlingham in Suffolk during the 2024 Tour of Britain.
2008ChileCrowds gathered at the 2008 FIDAE air show held in Santiago, Chile, one of the largest air shows in South America.
2017North KoreaA tourist being watched by a North Korean guard inside of the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea.
2024MoroccoA busy market scene in Marakech, Morocco.
1940UKChildren sheltering in Temple Tube Station on Christmas Day during The Blitz.
2024FranceWomen's triathlon swimmers racing through the River Seine during the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite a €1.4 billion initiative to improve water quality, several athletes fell ill after swimming in the water.
1970SwitzerlandCrowds greeting Indian President Varahagiri Venkata Giri during his state visit to Bern, Switzerland.
1969ItalyChildren playing and taking photos inside the Colosseum in Rome during the late 60s.
1976EgyptEgyptian schoolchildren on the streets of Giza in the mid 70s.
2024BangladeshA traffic officer working on the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1956CzechiaLabor day in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic.
2012UKA view over the departures concourse at London King's Cross shortly after it opened.
1998UKHugh Grant during shooting for the 1999 rom-com 'Notting Hill'. The film went on to become the highest grossing British film of all time.
2010South AfricaCrowds celebrating on the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg during the unveiling of the 2010 FIFA World Cup official emblem.
1998AustraliaThe Sydney Opera House in 1998.
1990UKEngland fans watching the 1990 World Cup semi final match between England & West Germany. West Germany won 4-3 during penalties.
1961RussiaQueues and pigeons in Red Square, Moscow during the early 60s.
1997SpainPeople walking down La Rambla in Barcelona, Spain.
1987UKTwo cinemas on Queen Street, Cardiff.
1940DenmarkKing Christian X of Denmark taking his daily ride through the Nazi occupied streets of Copenhagen during WWII to raise morale.
1979JapanSamurai swordsmen on their way to a reenactment of the revenge of the forty-seven rōnin, a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their former master.
1981GermanyA peace demonstration in Bonn, Germany against nuclear weapons in Western Europe.
2021SpainThe Spanish Minister of Labour giving a statement to the press after a meeting in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country.
1996JapanA busy street in Ginza, Tokyo.
1973CanadaA view down a street in downtown Montréal, Canada.
2016USAA long exposure shot of a vintage gas station along Route 66.
2024GeorgiaAnti-government demonstrators going down an escalator in a metro station to hide from police in Tbilisi, Georgia.
1999AustraliaThe 1999 Australia Day Ferrython in front of the Sydney Opera House.
1917USAA street scene on Detroit's Woodward Avenue.
2005AlgeriaWords from the photographer - 'He struggles to find fish in this industrial city where oil refining and exporting have wiped out all the fish in the area. You have to travel several kilometers in a small boat to be able to get a few meager kilos of fish'.
1994South AfricaSouth Africans climbing a billboard for a vantage point of Nelson Mandela's arrival in Lamontville.
1932USAEleven ironworkers sitting on a steel beam 260 meters above the ground at the Rockefeller Plaza building, Manhattan.
1935UKPadaung women looking bemused by the King's Guards.
1997ItalyStreet scenes in 90s Rome.
1976UKFree Derry Corner during The Troubles.
2018AustriaA flashmob against government plans to dismantle the AUVA (Austria's general accident insurance institution) in Vienna.
2020RussiaA street scene near the Moscow International Business Center.
2023UKWimbledon staff watching Andy Murray play against Stefanos Tsitsipas during the 2023 Wimbledon Championship.
1945GermanyA mannequin helping a military policeman to direct traffic in the recently captured German town Viersen.
2019DenmarkNorweigian Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen taking on multiple opponents simultaneously during the Energy Denmark Champions Battle 2019 in Copenhagen.
1967RussiaA crowd of people at the entrance of the Khudozhestvenny Theatre in Moscow during the late 60s.
2020New ZealandBaldwin Street - the world's steepest street.
1916USAUSS Arizona as seen from Manhattan Bridge, note the Christmas Trees atop the ships masts.
1920USADetroiters heed a 'last call' in the days before Prohibition went into effect.
1992USASunbathers in Central Park.
2002USAThe cast of The Sopranos throwing the first pitch at old Yankee Stadium during a Yankees-White Sox game.
1958FijiA man taking a photo of Nadi Airport's passenger entrance after landing in Fiji.
1924UKLondoners walking past Blackfriars Bridge Underground station in the 20s.
1970USAConfetti pouring from skyscrapers in Chicago's financial district as Apollo 13 astronauts John Swigert Jr, and James Lovell ride in a motorcade during a parade in their honor.
2009USAPresident Barack Obama playing basketball with members of Congress and Cabinet secretaries.
2015USAMissouri Highway Patrol officers watching over a police brutality demonstration in St. Louis.
1918FranceAn autochrome lumière photo of the Grand Cinéma Plaisir in Paris. The cinema remained open until 1969.
2007UKA Buddhist festival in Birmingham City Centre.
1980PhilippinesA street scene in Manilla in the early 80s, during a period of authoritarian rule by President Ferdinand Marcos.
1928IrelandA view of O'Connell Bridge and Monument in Dublin, during the late 20s.
1989SwitzerlandA demonstration in Bern against Superphénix, an experimental nuclear reactor in France. The project was controversial due to high costs and concerns about safety, and was permanently closed in 1997.
1990HungaryA Vladimir Lenin statue being taken down in Budapest after Hungary became an independent state from the Soviet Union.
1912IrelandA woman pushing a pram in Dublin.
1956NorwayNorwegian street markets setting up shop.
2023NigeriaAn Electoral Commission official speaks on the phone during the vote count for the Nigerian presidential and general election.
1988AustriaA street scene in a rural Austrian town.
1981USACIA agents piled on top of John Hinckley Jr. moments after his attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.
1935FranceA police officer directing traffic on the Place de la Concorde plaza in Paris, France.
1976NetherlandsTourists walking through Madurodam, a tourist attraction in The Hague which features 1:25 scale models of famous Dutch landmarks, cities, and historical buildings.
2025USAA view of the Palisades fire in Los Angeles from a wing mirror.
2015IndiaA street in Shahjahanabad (Old Delhi).
2023GhanaVice President Kamala Harris giving a speech during her diplomatic visit to Ghana.
2012USAThe first pitch of the inaugural Major League game at the newly opened Marlins Park. The Miami Marlins hosted the St. Louis Cardinals, who won the game 4-1.
1980USAA group of dancers on a beach in what is now Battery Park City in Manhattan.
2012UgandaA street scene in Kisoro, Uganda.
1939CanadaVisitors browsing food stalls at the Pacific National Exhibition, an annual fair held in Hastings Park, Vancouver. On the very same day this photo was taken (September 1st), WWII had begun in Europe.
2024DenmarkThe painting 'Fra Københavns Børs' being rescued from a fire in Børsen, Copenhagen's former stock exchange.
1988PeruA street scene in Cusco, Peru during the late 80s.
1990USAHollywood Boulevard in 1990.
1968USARobert F. Kennedy, the brother of President JFK, giving a victory speech after winning the California Democratic primary for the 1968 U.S. presidential election. Moments after giving the speech he was shot dead by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian-Jordanian who opposed Kennedy’s support for Israel.
2023JapanPeople walking past a billboard for the Barbie movie in Tokyo.
1945USAAn advertisement on the main concourse of Grand Central Station encouraging New Yorkers to buy war bonds.
1973JapanWorld heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman waving to crowds before his heavyweight title defense against José Roman. Foreman won the match, knocking out Roman in just two minutes of the first round.
2014UKThe 2014 Tour of Britain passing through Finchingfield.
2017CanadaPrime Minister Justin Trudeau walking through downtown Montréal during Canadian Pride 2017.
2006ChinaMonks from the Jokhang Temple Monastery taking a photo with a flip phone on the streets of Lhasa, Tibet.
2007South AfricaA tourist posing for a photo at the Cape Agulhas landmark monument in South Africa, the official southernmost point of the continent and the dividing line between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
2009UKFilming for the 2010 Robin Hood film staring Russell Crowe in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
1968USAThousands of hippies gathered on a closed road in San Francisco for a counterculture festival.
1987USAPope John Paul II and Archbishop Roger Mahony riding the popemobile through Koreatown in LA.
1979AustraliaA view towards Flinders Street Station Clock Tower in Melbourne, Australia.
1986GermanyA West Berliner reaching over the border to kick an East German police officer.
1969USANASA astronaut Don L. Lind training at the Manned Spacecraft Center for the Apollo 11 mission.
2024ItalyAn 18th century wooden Christ being carried through the streets on Procida Island, Italy during a religious procession.
2012PolandA man in a wheelchair crowdsurfing during Woodstock Festival Poland 2012.
1988RussiaRonald Reagan shaking a young boys hand. Pete Souza, former White House photographer, claims that the man left of the young boy is an undercover Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin denies this claim.
1992USAAn armed store owner protecting his property from looters during the 1992 Rodney King riots. During the riots over 2200 Korea owned businesses were either looted, damaged or destroyed.
1970NetherlandsInterrailers waiting for their next train in Amsterdam.
1958NetherlandsDutch children participating in a sack race.
2012UKWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange making a statement from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Assange stayed inside the embassy building for 7 years, seeking asylum to avoid extradition to Sweden.
1962SwedenA trafikledartorn (traffic control tower) in Hornstull, Stockholm.
1975SenegalThe opening of a brewery in Dakar, Senegal. The site is still in operation today.
1999UKPassengers on the cross-Channel ferry from Calais to Dover feeding seagulls.
1964CubaCubans watching a baseball game in Havana. Fidel Castro, the Cuban president who often used baseball as a political tool, was playing during the game.
1954UKQueen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh attending a Combined Services Parade after their arrival in Gibraltar.
1906UKHorse-drawn carriages being pulled along Church Street in Liverpool during the mid 1900s.
1914Bosnia and HerzegovinaA photograph capturing the arrest of a suspect moments after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Several scholars believe that the person apprehended in the photograph is not the assassin, but an innocent bystander.
1900AustraliaA view of traffic on George Street, Sydney.
1972SwitzerlandChristian preachers on the streets of Zürich.
1978GuyanaMembers of the Peoples Temple cult in Jonestown, months before the massacre in which 918 members died as part of a 'revolutionary suicide'.
1995USALinda Evangelista modelling for Allure magazine.
2013SpainA flock of 2000 sheep walking through Madrid as part of a transhumance festival where shepherds walk along historic sheep migration routes.
1901AustraliaA balloon ascending over a crowd in Sydney during a sporting event celebrating Australia’s transition to a Commonwealth nation in the early 1900s.
1980SwitzerlandA Kodachrome slide of a street market in front of the National Capitol of Switzerland.
1974SpainA car-carrier in Barcelona.
2022USAScenes from the 2022 Iowa State Fair, the largest State Fair in the US.
2023PalestineOutside a bakery which was destroyed after Israeli airstrikes at Nuseirat Refugee Camp in Deir al Balah.
2022NetherlandsA cleaner doing a last-minute vacuum of the red carpet on Prinsjesdag (Prince's Day), an annual event in which the Dutch monarch delivers a Speech from the Throne outlining the government's plans for the upcoming year.
1973KuwaitHungarian model Felkai Anikó posing in Kuwait.
1924EgyptA street scene in Cairo, Egypt, captured in the mid-1920s during a period of British influence following their establishment of control from 1882 to 1922. Although Egypt was declared independent in 1922, Britain retained control over defense and the Suez Canal until 1956.
1958AustraliaA remote view of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the late 50s.
2012UKMe and my sister outside Hyde Park during the London 2012 Olympic Games.
2024FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron delivering a speech whilst visiting the newly restored interior of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral.
1998BelgiumThe fixing of exchange rates between the Euro and national currencies in Brussels, just before the Euro's launch on January 1, 1999.
2010PolandA pillow fight in Warsaw during the 2010 International Pillow Fight Day.
1963CzechiaA street scene in a Czechoslovak skiing town.
2006UAEWorkers changing shift during the construction of the Burj Khalifa.
1905NetherlandsA cyclist on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam.
2001SpainRunners participating in the 2001 Barcelona marathon.
2014AustraliaBusy traffic in downtown Adelaide.
1972USAA group of teenagers hanging out on the streets of El Paso, Texas.
1998RussiaBrazilian footballer Ronaldo wearing a Soviet Ushanka in Red Square, Moscow.
2008AlbaniaTraditional dancers and crowds on the streets of Gjirokastra, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Albania, in a parade celebrating its rich cultural heritage and folk traditions.
2023USAAnnie Rauwerda, the owner of the Depths of Wikipedia social media accounts which post interesting highlights from Wikipedia, being interviewed by News 12 about her perpetual stew, which lasted for 60 days.
2024BoliviaBolivia's national football team huddling during a training session ahead of a World Cup qualifier match in La Paz.
1911PortugalA sunny afternoon in Lisbon's old town.
2003USATributes being paid at the Johnson Space Center to the 7 crewmembers killed in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
2007FranceA group of young men gathered around a computer in a Parisian internet café.
1945GermanyUS soldiers standing at the western gate of the medieval fortifications in Jülich, Germany, at the end of WWII.
1970UKFestival-goers queuing up at a makeshift police tent at the end of the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
2004USAFacebook co-founders Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes photographed outside the Harvard halls where they made Facebook.
1972NorwayA ceremony taking place outside the Norwegian Parliment Building.
2007UKMe and my sister in Victoria Square, Birmingham.
1945NetherlandsCrowds gathered in Breda for the Royal Visit of Queen Wilhelmina and Princess Juliana.
1980ChinaA view of the Tiananmen Gate, the monumental entrance to the Imperial City in Beijing, China. The iconic portrait of Mao Zedong has been hanging above the central archway since the founding of the People's republic of China in 1949.
1962NorwayA Matriculation ceremony at the University of Oslo.
2015JapanA busy street scene in Osaka.
1982New ZealandCornwall Park Archery Club practicing on a Sunday morning.
1937FranceVisitors at the 1937 Paris World's Fair at a kiosk selling postcards.
2019ColombiaRunners setting off from the start line at the 2019 Medellín Marathon in Medellín, Colombia.
1934ItalyThe headquarters of Mussolini's Italian Fascist Party in Rome.
1945UKPrincess Elizabeth of York (later Queen Elizabeth II) standing in front of an ambulance whilst serving as a mechanic for the Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII.
2016AustraliaTwo high school students playing Pokémon GO in downtown Melbourne.
2020USACardboard cutouts outnumbered real people during the New York Mets vs Atlanta Braves game during the covid pandemic.
2012USASan Francisco through a windshield.
1955AustriaTwo men loading a vehicle with luggage outside the famous Hotel Sacher in downtown Vienna.
2019UKTraffic and pedestrians waiting for a British Airways Airbus A320 to take off from Gibraltar Airport.
1968ColombiaA taxi cruising the streets of Bogotà.
1970FinlandPedestrians crossing in front of the Stockmann department store in Finland during a experiment to pedestrianise the street.
1967UkraineA woman trying to read a map on the streets of Kyiv, Ukraine.
1970USARichard Nixon and Elvis Presley shaking hands in the White House. The couple met to discuss Elvis's interest in becoming a special federal agent in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs.
1914FranceFrench reservist soldiers singing in the streets of Paris before heading to the front lines during WWI.
1956JapanAmerican actor Marlon Brando being photographed in Tokyo International Airport. Brando was in Japan for the premiere of the 1956 comedy drama 'Teahouse of the August Moon' which satirized the US occupation and Americanization of Okinawa following the end of World War II.
1987MonacoOutside the Monte Carlo casino in Monaco.
2006UKA girl running away from a flock of pigeons in Trafalgar Square.
1924GermanyA photo of Adolf Hitler next to Bavarian Gate, shortly after his release from Landsberg Prison, where he wrote Mein Kampf.
1969EthiopiaA brass band performing for Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus of the Dutch royal family in Ethiopia.
1993USAA taxi cruising past Jimmy Wong's Cantonese Food.
1964RussiaA Soviet R-26 intercontinental ballistic missile is displayed beneath a picture of Lenin in Red Square.
2023GhanaAmerican former vice president Kamala Harris being welcomed by Ghanaians during visit to the country.
1984UKPiccadilly Circus in the 80s.
1911PortugalRevelers in masks and costumes parading through Lisbon, Portugal during a carnival.
1966UKA member of the North Korea football team signing an autograph in Liverpool Lime Street Station during the 1966 World Cup Tournament.
1941PortugalAn information point in downtown Lisbon, Portugal during the early 40s.
2018IndiaA Sikh volunteer performs seva or work by cleaning the sacred pond at Harmandir Sahib. In Sikhism, work is considered worshipping.
1968USAPresident Lyndon B. Johnson meeting with Presidential candidate Richard Nixon at the White House. Johnson wanted Nixon to support his efforts to negotiate peace during the Vietnam War, but Nixon's campaign was secretly working to undermine these negotiations.
2013GeorgiaPeople celebrating in Liberty Square, Tbilisi on Georgia's Independence Day.
2020SpainPeople enjoying drinks on the streets of Barcelona.
1998USAThe red carpet being rolled out in preparation for the 70th Annual Academy Awards.
2025GermanyGermans reacting after the first projections are announced during the election party at the Social Democratic Party headquarters. The SDP secured only 16.4% of the vote - their worst performance since World War II.
1900AustraliaAn old tram system in Melbourne, Australia.
2024USAAn Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West, Florida.
2019IndiaEngineers working on India's lunar exploration vehicle, one month before it was launched to space.
1964CyprusUnited Nations peacekeeping troops stationed in Cyprus to prevent intercommunal violence between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
1921USAThe US army band performing at the foot of the Washington Monument during the early 20s.
2017North KoreaA man walking a dog near the Arch of Reunification in Pyongyang, North Korea.
1914MonacoBrindejonc des Moulinais, a French aviator best known for long-distance flights, flying over Monaco harbour.
2023USAChildren posing with NASA mascots outside of the White House during the annual egg roll event.
1980ItalyQueues for an art exhibition in Milan.
2009USAThe tail assembly of US Airways Flight 1549 protruding out of the Hudson River. The plane lost all engine power after striking a flock of birds, prompting the pilots to ditch the plane in the river.
2010North KoreaA busy street scene in front of Pyongyang railway station in Pyongyang, North Korea.
1967SwitzerlandMembers of the Swiss press gathered to photograph the arrival of The Rolling Stones at Zürich Airport.
2004NetherlandsBrad Pitt, George Clooney and Matt Damon speaking to Ocean's Twelve director Steven Soderbergh whilst filming in Amsterdam.
1990UKA sign in Rusholme protesting against the poll tax - a flat rate tax on every adult introduced by the Conservative government in 1990.
1925IrelandA street scene in Dublin.
1958LebanonClosing of the United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon. The group was deployed to assure no weapons were infiltrating into Lebanon during the 1958 Lebanon Crisis.
2008ArgentinaA man walking by a mural in Ushuaia, the world's most southernmost city.
1960PolandA busy crossing in downtown Warsaw.
1913UKThe jockey who fell after suffragette Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King's Horse being carried away to hospital.
2016TajikistanA street scene in Tajikistan's capital city Dushanbe.
2023SloveniaMe and my mate Roan at Lake Bled, Slovenia.
2000UKA surveyor working on the construction site for London's Millennium Bridge, which opened in June 2000.
1965ItalyKirk Douglas and his wife walking in front of the Spanish Steps in Rome.
2009AustraliaDust storm in Maitland Australia.
1936GermanyHitler reacting to a kiss from an American tourist during the 1936 Summer Olympics.
2002JapanBill Murray and Scarlett Johansson walking through Shibuya whilst filming for the 2003 rom-com 'Lost in Translation'.
2020PhilippinesChinese New Year celebrations in Manilla.
2018SwitzerlandA Peloton in Innsbruck during the UCI Road World Championships.
2008IraqIraqi boys hop to the finish line during a potato sack race organised by the US Marine Corps.
1958USAA street scene in Little Rock, Arkansas during the late 50s.
2020USAA street in Reno, Nevada known as The Biggest Little City in the World.
2023USAFormer President Donald Trump throwing an american football towards a crowd during a visit to the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity at Iowa State University.
1965BahrainA view of the old bazaar (souq) in Manama, Bahrain during the mid 60s.
1940USAA man standing beneath a Jim Crow sign at a Greyhound bus station.
1963Sri LankaA street scene in Colombo, Sri Lanka during the early 60s.
2023ItalyRowers take part in a Christmas regatta on the Grand Canal in Venice.
2022UkraineA Soviet monument being toppled following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
1969BoliviaA street scene in La Paz, Bolivia in the late 60s.
1924USADrivers pose beside their Piggly Wiggly grocery trucks in Washington D.C.
2025MalaysiaMy girlfriend posing for a photo on the streets of George Town in Penang, Malaysia.
2018MalaysiaPigeons flying in front of the entrance to the Batu Caves in Malaysia. The caves are one of the largest and most popular Hindu shrines outside of India.
1977FranceA man driving through La Défense, a major business district outside Paris, France.
1979ItalyPeople shopping at the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Italy's oldest active shopping gallery in Milan.
1937GermanyA busy street in 30s Munich.
1978JapanGinza street in Maebashi, Japan.
1932CzechiaThe old market square of Teplice, Czechia.
2019ItalyA street performer making giant bubbles in Naples.
1926USAAn early campervan parked near the Lincoln Memorial.
1982UKScottish soldiers who formed part of the garrison left to guard the Falkland Islands after the Falklands War posing with penguins on a beach.
2016FranceChristopher Nolan on set for the filming of his 2017 historical war thriller 'Dunkirk'.
2001USAPresident Bush takes notes as he listens to news coverage of the World Trade Center terrorist attacks.
1980CroatiaA family gathered at a holiday resort in Rovinj, Croatia.
1998FranceSinger-songwriter Amy Winehouse in Paris in the late 90s.
1916DenmarkFishing boats along the Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, during the mid 1910s.
1957CanadaA man pointing at a map inside Gander International Airport. The airport was a critical stop for transatlantic flights in the early years of aviation, sitting on the eastern edge of Newfoundland, Canada.
1962USAPeople looking at Alcatraz Federal Prison through telescopes after three prisoners managed to escape. The fate of the trio is unknown to this day.
2010ChinaThe North Korean pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.
1999Vatican CityTwo nuns watching the 1999 solar eclipse in Vatican City.
1943New ZealandHospitable Wellingtonians inviting Marines into their homes for weekend visits.
2022QatarAn Argentina fan from Singapore waiting outside of a group stage match between Argentina and Poland during the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Argentina won 2-0.
1962AustriaA street scene in 60s Innsbruck, Austria.
2007ItalyA tourist taking a photo of the Trevi Fountain with a flip phone.
1993FranceA castell (human tower) in front of the Eiffel Tower.
1923USAThe original hollywoodland sign - later shortened to just Hollywood.
2022SwedenStockholm's T-Centralen Metro Station. The Stockholm metro system has been dubbed 'the world’s longest art gallery' with over 90 of its 100+ stations feature artworks. The goal, starting in the 1950s, was to make art accessible to everyone by incorporating it into everyday life.
1986South AfricaRacial segregation on Durban Beach.
1996UKA press interview following the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing. Due to a police tip off the area was evacuated and nobody was injured; however the damage cost the taxpayer an estimated £700 million.
1971UKPeople crossing a road outside of Belfast City Hall.
1965GermanyA busy street scene in Erfurt, Germany during the mid 60s.
1940NetherlandsEvacuated girls walking along the the Damrak on the day the Netherlands entered WWII.
2009VietnamMascots for the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in Hanoi.
2019DenmarkA photo from the 2019 G! Festival - an annual Faroese musical festival.
1989RussiaAnatoly Golimbievsky, a veteran who lost both legs in the Second World War, acknowledges the salute of four young sailors.
1975USAThe album cover for Pink Floyd's 1975 album 'Wish You Were Here', taken at Warner Bros studios in Los Angeles.
1976FinlandCrowds gathered in Stockholm for the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Silvia Sommerlath.
1982FinlandA man walking through Hakaniemi metro station.
1990ItalyEaster processions in a small Sicilian town.
1990GermanyPeople celebrating the reunification of Germany at Brandenburg Gate.
1971UKA street scene in Belfast during the early 70s.
1977SwitzerlandSwiss goats flooding the streets of Zermatt; every evening the goats would fill the streets travelling from the mountains to barns for the night. The event still takes place on a less regular basis.
1985USAA view from a passenger seat on Interstate 110.
1982SwitzerlandA family taking a break from skiing to have lunch in the Swiss Alps.
1980UKAdvertisment hoardings on a street in Holbeck, Leeds.
1990GreeceMonastiraki train station in Athens.
1971UKActor Kenneth Cope being chased by Jennifer Watts whilst shooting a film about a scent which would make any girls chase him.
2016USARoadworks in New York City.
1964NetherlandsA group of boys holding up a banner saying 'Away with The Beatles' during the arrival of the band to Schiphol Airport.
2018EstoniaEstonians celebrating 100 years of independence.
1977Saudi ArabiaCrowds walking through Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in the late 70s.
1978CanadaCrowds lining the streets of Belleville, Ontario, during the Centennial Parade marking the city's 100th anniversary.
2009USALondon Mayor Boris Johnson chatting with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, shortly before ringing the closing bell.
1996USAThe Notorious B.I.G. during a photoshoot in New York.
1952NepalHikers set up camp during the 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition, in which two men set a new climbing record of 8,595 meters.
1958AustraliaA white cat scaling one of the pylon supports on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
2011Saudi ArabiaMuslim pilgrims spending the night in Muzdalifah, Mecca, as part of the observances of Hajj.
1958BelgiumA group of women hitchhiking on the streets of Brussels during a tram strike.
2014UKLeonardo DiCaprio arriving at Odeon Luxe, Leicester Square for the premiere of 'The Wolf of Wall Street'.
1982UKStudents and a professor photographed outside of the LSE Old Building entrance.
2008GermanyA view of the floor of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, shortly before the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers during the 2007–2008 financial crisis.
1976USAAbraham Lincoln's face being maintained in Mount Rushmore. Lincoln's face was officially dedicated on September 17th 1937, which was the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States.
1966UKBobby Charlton and his teammates lifting the 1966 World Cup trophy, England beat Germany 4-2.
1989LithuaniaAbout 2 million people held hands to form a human chain spanning 430 miles across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to advocate for their independence from the Soviet Union.
1971FinlandA baggage car driver on the platform at Helsinki railway station.
1975AustriaA street scene in Vienna, Austria during the mid 70s.
1967ItalyPolicemen among a crowd of anti Vietnam War protesters.
1909USANewsies working on the streets of Newark.
1965USACrowds gathered to see Pope Paul VI during his 1965 visit to New York City.
1981NetherlandsA truck, specially designed for challenging desert terrain, departing from Amsterdam to Paris to compete in the annual Paris-Dakar Rally.
1969USAPolice clashing with protesters at People's Park. The violence escalated so much the national guard was called to quell the protests.
2017USABuddhist Monks posing for a photo outside of the Thumbs Up Sign at Facebook's Headquarters.
2009USAA reflection of the press corps in the Oval Office glass table-top.
1976JapanMuhammad Ali reacting after receiving a crutch from wrestler Antonio Inoki, who told him he would need it after their upcoming bout. The pair's match, which ended in a 15-round draw, was billed as the 'Bout of the Century,' and is considered a precursor to modern mixed martial arts (MMA).
2023ChinaResidents lining up to visit the Double Duck art installation in Hong Kong.
1909IrelandPosters hanging from Blossom Gate in Kilmallock, Ireland.
1965USAThe Gemini 6 crew arriving at Cape Canaveral’s Pad 19 shortly before their launch was postponed due to a malfunction in the unmanned docking target vehicle.
1990SwitzerlandA view towards Lucerne train station in the early 90s.
1906USAPeople coming outside to see the damage caused by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The city was hit by a 7.9 magnitude quake which destroyed over 80% of the city.
1937USAA Mexican migrant worker’s home on the edge of a pea field in California.
1967RussiaA street scene in downtown Moscow in the late 60s.
1963USATwo young men crossing a street in early 60s Baltimore.
1968FranceA Concorde fuselage being transported through the streets of Toulouse.
1978JapanElvis Costello performing on the back of a truck in Ginza during his unsuccessful attempt to break into Japan. The stunt was cut short when police cautioned the driver for overloading the truck.
2017Vatican CityPresident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump looking up at Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel.
1979HungaryA view towards Parade Square in Budapest during May 1st Labor Day parades. During communist era Hungary May 1st parades were major state-sponsored events.
1937FranceCrowds walking around The Trocadéro in Paris during the 1937 World Exposition in France.
1972NetherlandsA group of children trying to make money by selling used goods in Dam Square, Amsterdam.
2006South AfricaA view through a windshield in downtown Johannesburg.
1969UKThe Beatles performing their impromptu rooftop concert, the concert was the band's last public performance and was shut down after 42 minutes when Met Police officers instructed them to reduce the volume.
1919TurkeyA ferryboat landing passengers in Turkey, where the American Red Cross, in cooperation with British authorities, cared for thousands of refugees from South Russia during the Russian Civil War.
2005CanadaStreet performers on a unicycle during the 2005 Ottawa Buskers Festival.
1987BangladeshA pro-democracy protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh during a time of widespread opposition to the military rule of President Hussain Muhammad Ershad.
1937USAA street scene in Provincetown, Massachusetts in the late 30s.
1963USAPresident Kennedy leaving Hotel Texas in Fort Worth, Texas, one day before his assassination.
1984GermanyKarthago, an 80s Hungarian rock band, posing for a photo on a motorway in Germany during a Europe tour.
2023FrancePope Francis greeting crowds at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille.
1945Netherlands'Kraut girls' (women who had formed friendly relationships with German soldiers) and members of the National Socialist Movement being publically arrested.
1974CyprusA Turkish soldier having his picture taken on the day joint peace accords were signed between Turkey, Greece and the UK.
2024USAGuests attending the 'Live! At The Library: Film Costume Ball' at the Library of Congress. The event was part of a public series that transformed the historic spaces of the Thomas Jefferson Building into a venue for themed celebrations.
2017ChinaJohn Tsang, the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR, campaigning during the 2017 Hong Kong Chief Executive election.
1960HungaryA street scene in Budapest, Hungary, during the early 60s.
1944USACrowds gathering in front of the Paramount Theatre waiting for Frank Sinatra to perform.
1961GermanyKonrad Schumann, an East German border guard escaping to West Berlin.
2012South AfricaA street scene in Johannesburg during the early 2010s.
2025ArgentinaA demonstrator holds up a sign that reads 'Pensioners resisting' in front of a police cordon during a weekly protest demanding better pensions for retirees in Buenos Aires.
1982ColombiaPresident Ronald Reagan laying a wreath for Simón Bolívar, the first president of Colombia.
1969EthiopiaQueen Juliana of the Netherlands speaking with Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa airport, Ethiopia.
2012CanadaUS cross-country skier Kikkan Randall being cheered on before crossing the finish line to win a race at the 2012 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
1941EgyptThe Māori Battalion, an infantry battalion of the New Zealand Army that served during the Second World War, performing a haka in Egypt for the King of Greece.
2010AfghanistanA screen showing a local news program at an ice-cream parlour in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1910USAThe NYC High Line running over Bowery Street.
1966UKWest German football fans on the streets of Kensington during the 1966 Football World Cup.
1969FranceA smiling President Richard M. Nixon waving through the window after laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris, France.
2020USAAn abandoned police car set on fire during protests in Los Angeles.
2001USAPresident George W. Bush lying in front of the White House with his Scottish Terrier Barney.
1982FranceA gay liberation protest in Paris, France.
1986Germany1986 picture of the Berlin Wall in Bethaniendamm, the West Berlin side brightly painted.
1935ItalyMonks walking along the River Arno in Florence.
1937Vatican CityFour cars in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City during the late 30s.
1963USAA vintage postcard of El Paso.
1983ItalyA Catholic Sister leading Ballet Girls on the Amalfi Coast.
2024RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin listening to United Russia Party State leader Duma Vladimir Vasilyev during a one-on-one meeting in the Kremlin.
1985USAA quiet morning in San Francisco's Chinatown.
2006ItalyAn Olympic Torch bearer for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.
2024UKThe aurora during a rare sighting in Hertfordshire.
2011JapanA tsunami hitting the coastal city of Miyako.
1981USARobin Williams and a street performer doing an act outside of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2024PolandA recreation of the Polish Battle of Kołobrzeg, in which Soviet and Polish forces captured the Germen-held city of Kołobrzeg, significantly contributing to the Allies' advance into Germany during World War II.
1936FranceThe Moulin Rouge lighting up Boulevard de Clichy in Paris, France.
1960GermanyA farmer's wife and her daughter driving a Kramer K15 tractor through the small German town of Creglingen.
1990GermanyA street store next to the recently fallen Berlin Wall selling uniform from former border soldiers.
2011New ZealandMembers of the Japan Disaster Relief joining internaitonal rescue operations following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake in New Zealand.
2021EgyptA boy watching two tugboats attempting to refloat the Ever Given ship from the Suez Canal. The ship obstructed the canal for six days, causing an estimated $416 million worth of damages per hour.
1960NorwayA couple kissing on a street corner in Oslo, Norway.
1911USADock workers from the Port of London being escorted through London by police during a strike.
2012IrelandA woman planking in an Irish pub.
2017VenezuelaProtests in São Paulo, Brazil opposing the Venezuelan Bolivarian Revolution.
1991RussiaSupporters of President Yeltsin rolling a large barricade near the Russian White House following an attempted coup by Soviet hardliners.
2024GermanyGerman commuters waiting for their train in Marienplatz metro station, Munich.
1966NetherlandsRiots on the streets of Amsterdam during the marriage of Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands and Claus von Amsberg. Amsberg caused riots due to being part of the Hitler Youth and serving for Germany.
1967SwedenViews in Stockholm on the morning Sweden changed from left-side traffic to right-side traffic.
1977UKThe 7:55AM service from Edinburgh to London rolling into Kings Cross station.
1982USAPresident Ronald Reagan greeting the crew of the STS-4 Space Shuttle after their landing at Edwards Air Force Base. The shuttle completed a seven-day mission testing its capabilities before being declared operational.
1973NetherlandsRoller skaters and cyclists on a car-free street. For three monthss the Dutch government banned cars on Sundays to curb oil consumption.
2019AustriaThree men dressed in traditional Austrian military uniforms unloading historical paraphernalia from a car.
1975FranceA side street in 70s Paris.
1995CubaPeople walking to the beach in Gibara, Cuba.
2005PolandDummy police car designed to slow down traffic in rural Poland.
1996SpainThe Guggenheim Museum under-construction in Bilbao.
1960SloveniaA group of friends gathered in a town square in the Slovenian city Celju.
1964CanadaA winter's morning in Quebec City.
1900New ZealandA street scene in early 20th-century Auckland, showing horse-drawn carriages sharing the road beneath a dense web of newly installed overhead wires for the incoming electric tram system.
1939FranceA Parisian woman walking towards the Moulin Rouge in downtown Paris.
1967SwedenViews in Stockholm on the day Sweden changed from left-side traffic to right-side traffic.
2023USAFormer President Donald Trump taking the stage at a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania.
1945AustraliaA maintenance worker ascending the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the mid 40s.
1937USACars driving over the Golden Gate Bridge on it's opening day.
2015ThailandTwo couples taking selfies in Bangkok's Chinatown, one of the largest Chinatown's in the world.
1953UKAn off-duty Father Christmas enjoying his lunch on Brighton's promenade.
1968USAOlympic high jump gold-medalist Dick Fosbur coming back to cheering crowds in his home town Medford, Oregon after the 1968 Mexico Summer Olympics.
2015IndonesiaChinese President Xi Jinping and other African and Asian leaders reenacting the historic walk down Asia Africa street for the 60th anniversary of the Asian African Conference.
1914New ZealandVisitors celebrating New Years at the Auckland Exhibition in Auckland Domain Park. The event was the largest of its kind in New Zealand, designed as a major showcase to celebrate the country's progress in industry and agriculture.
2022ColombiaColombian lawmakers attending the inauguration of the congressional session in Bogota, Colombia. The flag seen is the flag of the president of Colombia.
1964ItalyA street scene in Anacapri, on the Italian island of Capri.
1912UKThe Titanic docked in Southampton before setting sail on its maiden voyage to New York. The ship struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in the loss of over 1,500 lives.
1967USAA hippie who refused to cooperate with police being taken to jail during an anti-Vietnam War protest in San Francisco, California.
2019FranceFrench President Emmanuel Macron mediating talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about conflict in eastern Ukraine. The talks made little progress.
1980SwitzerlandChildren playing on a street in Basel, Switzerland.
1997RussiaA family walking around Saint Petersburg.
1955CyprusGreek demonstrators carrying the Greece national flag through Nicosia, Cyprus in protest against British colonial rule and to advocate for Enosis - the union of Cyprus with Greece.
2016MoroccoCrowds filling Djemaa el-Fna, the main square of Marrakesh, Morocco, with the historical Koutoubia Mosque visible in the background.
1952UKA police officer directing traffic in front of the Palace of Westminster during the Great Smog of London.
2008CanadaOne of the Maid of the Mist tour boats approaching the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls.
1930USAA structural worker on the construction site of the Empire State Building.
1936GermanyJesse Owens saluting the American flag during the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany. Owens' victory undermined the credibility of ideas around Aryan supremacy.
1990NepalA student activist protesting during the 1990 Nepalese Revolution.
1994PeruTourists on a sightseeing tour around the historic Peruvian city Cusco.
2024SpainRevellers throwing tomatoes at each other during the annual Tomatina festival in Bunol, Spain.
1935DenmarkA street scene in Copenhagen during the Royal Wedding of Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and Princess Ingrid.
1924IndiaThe Gateway of India surrounded by British pageantry.
1992FranceItalian comedic actor Roberto Benigni photographed at the Cannes Film Festival, where he was promoting the comedy film 'Son of the Pink Panther', in which he starred.
1982UKCommuters watching the departure board at Glasgow Central Station.
1962EgyptA traffic warden directing traffic through Cairo, Egypt in the early 60s.
1998USAPresident Bill Clinton throwing a tennis ball to his dog, Buddy in front of the White House.
1974UKAccidental mirror selfie taken in 70s Birmingham.
1918USAPedestrians inspecting a new map of Europe following the events of World War I.
2019USAJoe Biden grilling steaks at Des Moines Water Works Park during his presidential campaign in 2019.
1935FranceCars driving down the Champs-Elysées in front of Citroën's flagship showroom in Paris.
1906NorwayCrowds gathering to meet the Queen of Norway, Maud of Wales, on the streets of Tønsberg.
1968USAA street scene in Chicago, Illinois, showing the John Hancock Center - one of the city's most iconic buildings - under construction in the background.
1986PhilippinesNAMFREL (National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections) volunteers linking arms to protect a lorry full of ballots during the 1986 Philippines presidential election.
1951AustraliaTraffic congestion during a bus and tram strike in North Sydney.
1945ItalyTrucks carrying half a billion dollars worth of Italian art stolen by the Nazis arriving in Florence.
2024UKAmerican streamer Speed taking part in the annual cheese rolling contest at Cooper's Hill, Gloucestershire.
1969ItalyItalians exiting a metro station at Piazza del Duomo in Milan.
1984IcelandA street scene in downtown Reykjavík.
1969VietnamAmerican soldiers reading an edition of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper during discussions about a potential ceasefire in 1969. A formal ceasefire agreement wasn't reached until 1973, leading to a temporary halt to direct conflict; the war officially ended in 1975.
1968NetherlandsAn anti-Vietnam protest in Amsterdam.
1997RussiaA broken down car in Saint Petersburg.
1937Vatican CityTwo boys playing between the Doric columns of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
2016USATwo men drinking at a bar in San Francisco.
1996AustraliaBill Clinton standing in front of the Sydney Opera House during his four day tour of Australia.
2017USAMission Control workers coordinating a call between President Trump and the ISS to congratulate astronaut Peggy Whitson on her record breaking stay on board the space station.
2014KenyaBuses and matatus (minibus share taxis) crowding a street in Nairobi, Kenya.
1916DenmarkChildren on a street in Copenhagen.
1917BelgiumAustralian troops walking over duckboards in No Man's Land during the Third Battle of Ypres. The site is now a theme park.
1984TurkeyTurks piling into a taxi in İstanbul.
1985UKA gay pride demonstration in Piccadilly Circus.
1974NorwayA woman exchanging cash with a shopkeeper inside a small Norweigan store.
1939UKA corrugated metal structure surrounding a statue of King Charles I in Trafalgar Square, London during The Blitz bombings.
1942USAA late summer afternoon in Central Park.
1954AustraliaA commemorative arch in Melbourne celebrating the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II on her Coronation Tour of Australia.
1981SwitzerlandFour elderly pedestrians crossing a road in Faido, Switzerland.
2006JordanA boy playing on a Game Boy at Petra.
1962Vatican CityTourists walking around Saint Peter's Square in Vatican City.
1988PeruA street scene in Lima, Peru, during the late 80s.
1989GreeceLaganas beach in the late 80s.
1903CroatiaCroatians shopping in Zagreb.
1963USAGovernor George Wallace standing defiantly in a doorway at the University of Alabama during an attempt to block the enrollment of two Black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood. During their time at the university the girls were targeted by four bombs.
1954New ZealandQueen Elizabeth II standing on the observation platform of the Royal Train Car prior to departing Timaru, New Zealand.
1961SpainA scene at the exit of Callao metro station in Madrid, Spain, during the early 60s.
1986ChinaA street scene in Hong Kong.
2018SpainCelebrations on the final day of the Festival of San Fermín in Pamplona, Spain.
1947USAA dorm room at Indiana University.
1970UKActress Christine Donna in London for a marketing stunt by Dulux Paints for their new paint range.
1972NetherlandsStop de Kindermoord - a campaign group in the Netherlands protesting for safer traffic infrastructure at a dangerous junction.
1924New ZealandNew Zealand archbishop Francis Redwood giving a service outside the now destroyed St Patrick's College building in Wellington, New Zealand.
1974Democratic Republic of the CongoThe Rumble in the Jungle - Muhammad Ali meeting fans before his highly anticipated fight with George Foreman.
2023AustriaMy mate Roan in Salzburg.
1997BelgiumA waiter serving drinks on rollerskates at a café in Antwerp, Belgium.
1969USANASA workers celebrating after the conclusion of the Apollo 11 mission in Mission Control, Houston.
2023BelgiumA billboard for impact.be, a Belgian agency specialising in construction jobs.
2021IndiaA street scene in Kolkata.
1961TunisiaA view towards Bab Al-Jalladin, one of the main gates for the old city walls of Kairouan, Tunisia.
1957DenmarkA scene in Copenhagen on Østergade street, one of the city's busiest and oldest shopping areas.
2006ArgentinaA man browsing an old map shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012AfghanistanAfghani soldiers training to become officers in the Afghan National Army dancing during their graduation ceremony.
1976SwitzerlandSkiers stopping at a café on the slopes of Davos, Switzerland.
1993NorwayA young Norweigan boy playing on a Tandy 1000 TX PC during the early 90s.
2007ChinaMorgan Freeman filming in Hong Kong for the 2008 Batman film 'The Dark Knight'.
2006FranceA still taken at Gare de Lyon from the film 'Mr. Bean's Holiday'.
1976EgyptA man being pulled over by police officers in downtown Cairo.
1985UKTennis players Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova posing with a Constable at Wimbledon.
1970FranceA newsstand announcing the death of Charles de Gaulle, the French WWII general and later President.
1911ItalyA group of gentlemen feeding pigeons in St. Mark’s Square, Venice.
1935PolandA car parked on the side of a road in downtown Warsaw, Poland.
2002BelgiumA quiet corner in Bruges.
1944USANewly hired women employees being photographed and fingerprinted for identification during their first days at the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant in Nebraska. The plant manufactured ammunition and explosives for the US military during WWII.
1940USAA young child waiting for her mother who is out shopping in Coolidge, Arizona.
1998ItalyFeeding pigeons in front of Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice.
1959UKAmerican actress Jayne Mansfield attending a Tottenham Hotspur v Wolverhampton Wanderers game which ended in a 1-1 draw.
1978NetherlandsCompetitors on the Dutch TV show 'Te Land Ter Zee en in de Lucht' competing in a bath tub race.
1930BrazilContestants lined up for a beauty pageant on Leme beach, Rio de Janeiro.
1988USAJennifer Grey at the 60th Academy Awards.
2023Democratic Republic of the CongoSupporters of the DRC President Felix Tshisekedi at a rally in the capital, Kinshasa.
1934UKA bus driver loading luggage onto the roof of an Edinburgh to London bus.
2021ArmeniaChecking of corona virus certificates at the entrance of a shopping center. Yerevan, Armenia.
1900GermanyGerman emperor Wilhelm II in a motorvehicle with the mayor of Hamburg.
1954UKRoger Bannister, the first human to run a four-minute mile, walking through London in the 50s.
1970FinlandCommuters in front of Helsinki Central Station.
1969FranceA flea market à Paris.
1980UKGlaswegian children pretending to be gymnasts after watching the 1980 Moscow Olympics on TV.
2015ChinaZero food waste mascots at the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens.
1940UKA signpost in Surrey being removed in an effort to confuse potential German invaders.
1938USAA group of Louisianians drinking at a bar a few years after prohibition ended. Before prohibition women were usually excluded from drinking in bars and saloons, however this changed when prohibition ended.
2012EstoniaA wedding couple on a horse-drawn wagon in Talinn, Estonia.
1966DenmarkCity Hall Square in Denmark in the late 60s.
2018UKA view along The Shambles in York, England. The famous street inspired Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter series.
1945NetherlandsPrince Bernhard of the Netherlands being driven by military police through the streets of recently liberated Deventer.
2016LibyaA view of Martyrs' Square in Tripoli.
2007TanzaniaAt the peak of Kilimanjaro, Africa's tallest mountain.
1906USAFood line at a relief station during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
1938NetherlandsCars parked outside the Beurs van Berlage commodity exchange (beursgebouw). The building is now an events venue.
1977BrazilA street scene in Rio de Janeiro during the late 70s.
1964SwedenA photo of Kungsgatan at night.
1927UKA pantomime camel needs the hood down to fit into a taxi.
1998PolandTwo men chatting by a horse-drawn carriage in Zakopane, Poland, during the late 90s.
1940SpainLa Sagrada Familia in the 1940s.
2021PalestineIsrael's Iron Dome defense system intercepting rockets fired from Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip.
1946IrelandA woman speaking with officers outside a Hotel Bureau in Dublin during the mid 40s. In the immediate post-war era, centralized services like this were essential for travelers, offering on-the-spot hotel bookings and international communication via the Western Union cable service.
2006AfghanistanA street scene in Kabul, Afghanistan. Burqas were mandatory in the country from 1996 to 2001 and have been required again since 2021.
1974BelgiumFarmers demonstrating near Antwerp, Belgium for fairer agricultural prices.
2016USAUnited States Secretary of State John Kerry showing European leaders something on his phone during a summit in Boston, Massachusetts.
1945NetherlandsNetherland's Queen Wilhelmina being saluted outside Noordeinde Palace.
2013AzerbaijanMilitary Parade in Baku, Azerbaijan.
1950CanadaA tractor pulling visitors around the Pacific National Exhibition grounds in Vancouver, Canada.
1984ItalyCastel Gandolfo in the mid 80s.
2013USAMilla Jovovich posing in New York for Vogue Paris.
1967FinlandA rainy evening in a Finnish shopping centre.
1981UKA police warden handling traffic during the 1981 Manchester Derby.
1981UKTraditional Chinese dragons dancing and dispensing good omens to crowds during celebrations for the Year of the Rooster in Chinatown, London.
1940USAA street scene outside of Ross County Pleas Court in Chillicothe, Ohio.
2024GermanyBorussia Dortmund fans waving banners protesting against the club's recent sponsorship deal with arms company Rheinmetall.
1914GermanyA view towards the Emperor Frederick Museum (today the Bode Museum) in Berlin.
2019IndiaA Big Ben replica standing over Kolkata, India.
2007JordanTourists reading a newspaper in the Dead Sea. Due to the exceptionally high salt concentration in the lake's water, it is much denser than regular water, making floating much easier.
1908UKMen and women suffragists from Northern England gathered at a procession in London. Thousands of demonstrators from all over the UK travelled to the capital to convince the new Liberal Prime Minister Asquith of suffrage support.
1955SwedenHillevi Rombin, winner of the 1955 Miss Universe, being cheered in Stockholm.
1942USAFour roller skaters from the Broadway show 'The Roller Vanities' skating up Fifth Avenue.
1995MexicoAn anti-government protester holding up a sign in support of Subcomandante Marcos, leader of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. The Zapatista uprising declared war against the Mexican government and demanded indigenous rights, land reform, and autonomy.
2005USAFans of Paris Hilton and Chad Michael Murray waving enthusiastically as a cameraman for the MTV show 'Total Request Live' films from a window above.
2020CanadaA view towards Château Frontenac, a 19th century hotel in the Old Quebec neighbourhood in Quebec City.
2017USAKendrick Lamar performing in Boston, Massachusetts whilst touring for his 2017 studio album DAMN.
1983South KoreaLate US President Ronald Regan shaking hands with soldiers stationed at the South Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone.
2009USAPolice officers at the scene of a shooting on the North Side of Chicago.
1941USASan Franciscans viewing the morning papers on the morning after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
2023GermanySpectators watching the 2023 FIL World Luge Championships.
1909New ZealandA view of Lake Beach, Takapuna (now known as Takapuna Beach) in the North Shore of Auckland.
1978USAPhoto of 42nd street taken by Larry Clark before he was a film director.
2011USAPresident Obama, Vice President Biden and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen celebrating after the Killing of Osama Bin Laden mission.
2012UKUsain Bolt winning his third gold medal of London 2012 as Jamaica claimed a new world record in the 4x100m relay final.
2023USAThe cast of Oppenheimer being photobombed by John Krasinski.
2006JapanTom Cruise playing a traditional Japanese drum whilst promoting 'Mission: Impossible III' in Tokyo, Japan.
1954JapanA street scene around the statue of Hachikō, the famous Akita dog celebrated in Japan for his unwavering loyalty after waiting at Shibuya Station every day for over nine years following his owner’s death.
1970FinlandCrowds participating in an anti-Vietnam War demonstration gathered in Senate Square, Helsinki before marching to the US Embassy.
2009IndiaAn elephant walking through the streets of Kollam, India as part of a celebration honoring the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha, depicted with the head of an elephant and the body of a human.
1978NetherlandsA model posing on a street in Amsterdam.
1961PortugalA young man selling goods on a street in Faro, Portugal.
1968CzechiaPrague residents, carrying a Czechoslovak flag and throwing Molotov cocktails, attempt to stop a Soviet tank during the Prague Spring.
1964SingaporeA view of the Central Post Office in Singapore during the mid 60s.
1974USAExtras running around whilst shooting for the 1974 disaster film 'Earthquake' in Los Angeles.
1922SwitzerlandSeaplanes docked outside of an Ad Astra Aero hangar. Ad Astra Aero was a Swiss airline that operated in the early 20th century specializing in both passenger services and air mail.
1989GermanyPeople walking past the recently fallen Berlin Wall.
1959ArgentinaA street scene in front of the Obelisco de Buenos Aires during the late 50s.
1992ArgentinaArgentinian veterans of the Falklands War demonstrating with crowds in Buenos Aires on the tenth anniversary of the conflict.
1994USAA behind the scenes shot of the 1994 action thriller film 'Speed'.
1983HungaryA group of teenagers on a school trip in Hungary.
1964IrelandA nun waiting for a bus in Dublin.
2024FranceA screen showing the meeting of President-elect Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron next to the Notre Dame Cathedral.
2009AustraliaSydney in a red haze during the 2009 Sydney Dust Storm.
2010SwedenCrowds gathered in central Stockholm for The Royal Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling-Cortège, Duke of Västergötland.
1959CanadaQueen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip standing on an open Cadillac on a Royal Visit to attend the Queen's Plate, an annual thoroughbred horse race.
1900BelgiumA magic lantern slide of Blankenberge, Belgium. Magic lanterns were image projection devices popular between the 17th century to the early 20th century.
1938CubaCubans greeting military officer and politician Fulgencio Batista on his return from the United States. Batista was seen as a stabilizing force in Cuba and a powerful leader whose role in the 'Sergeants' Revolt' lead to a government coup.
1945CanadaA couple embracing on VE day in Toronto.
2024UKPeople taking part in winter solstice celebrations at Stonehenge. During the winter solstice, the setting sun aligns perfectly with the central Altar Stone.
1906SwedenA historic view of Malmö's main square during the early 20th century.
2019JapanPedestrians being reflected in mirrors surrounding the entrance of the Tokyu Plaza Omotesando shopping mall.
1972CanadaDowntown Montréal in the early 70s.
1961GreeceJackie Kennedy setting foot on Mykonos for the first time.
2012MyanmarBarack Obama striking the Bell Of King Tharrawaddy in Shwedagon Pagoda, the most sacred Buddhist site in Burma.
1924USAWarren Kealoha, a Hawai'ian Olympic swimmer, in front of a crowd of kids in Washington.
1934CanadaA street scene at the Capitol Theatre in Vancouver during the mid 30s. The theatre was later demolished in 2005, to make way for a new apartment block.
1960CubaBaseball players playing during the First Baseball Championship in Havana, Cuba.
2019LuxembourgThousands gathered for a climate protest in Luxembourg City, organized by Youth for Climate Luxembourg.
2015ChileCalbuco volcano erupting, as seen from Puerto Montt.
1984SwitzerlandA Swiss police officer inspecting documents on the France–Switzerland border.
1945JapanAn allied correspondent stands in a sea of rubble in Hiroshima, a month after the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare was dropped by the US to hasten Japan's surrender.
1964USACalifornian girls rallying for The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr to become president, following the novelty song 'Ringo for President' being released by Young World Singers.
1966VietnamTwo soldiers driving through the streets of Saigon during the Vietnam War.
1980UKPunks from the Sid Vicious memorial march on Oxford Street.
1948NetherlandsChildren taking the tram to school in Amsterdam during the late 40s.
1970MexicoA street scene on Labor Day in Mexico City.
1970CanadaCrowds watching bull riding at the 1970 Calgary Stampede.
2021Saudi ArabiaMuslim pilgrims observing social distancing measures during their journey to Mecca, known as the Hajj.
1978HungaryA man leaving a coffe shop in downtown Budapest in the late 70s.
2023FranceFans cheering on riders during stage 12 of the 2023 Tour de France.
1942EgyptSandbags protecting the Great Sphinx of Egypt against enemy bombs during World War II.
1945UKA Canadian soldier wading through a fountain in Trafalgar Square whilst thousands of Brits celebrate the victory over Japan in WWII.
2010ArgentinaAn Argentina supporter in Buenos Aires on the day of an Argentina vs South Korea match during the 2010 South Africa World Cup. Argentina won 4-1.
1948GermanyA view of Courtroom 600 during the High Command Trial, one of the series of trials that prosecuted high-ranking Nazi officials for their war crimes during WWII.
1915USATraffic steering around cars which are double parked on a street in Detroit.
2014USAUS Coast Guard offloading $3 million worth of seized cocaine and marijuana.
1912USAA member of the Brooklyn City Mission delivering a sermon to a crowd in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
1959NetherlandsCrowds gathered to see Sinterklaas along one of the main shopping streets in Amsterdam during the late 50s.
2022ItalyA ceremony in the Arezzo Cathedral to honour the knights from Porta Santo Spiritoas as winners of the 2022 Saracen Joust.
2022QatarPeople driving electric kickboards along a promenade in Qatar during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Doha.
1959UKGrace Kelly and Rainier III, both members of the Monaco royal family, on a shopping trip in London's West End.
1966UKBobby Moore raising the World Cup trophy after defeating West Germany in the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
1933GermanyNazi troops singing in front of Woolworth Co during the movement to boycott Jewish presence in Germany. Hitlerites believed the founder of Woolworth Co was Jewish.
2008IraqA US soldier providing security during a mission to gather paperwork from the Gazaliyah Guardians, a local security group, during the Iraq War.
1970NetherlandsChildren drawing on a street in Amsterdam as part of a community program.
2015USAPresident Obama poses with all the residents of Midway Atoll at Henderson Field.
2010UKA view down a busy street in Appleby-in-Westmorland during the Appleby Fair, an annual gathering of Gypsies and Travellers in the UK.
1965Vatican CityA view through the colonnades in St. Peter's Square, seen through a fisheye lens.
1965EgyptTwo Americans watching their two Egyptian servants clear away small stones in front of their retirement home in Giza.
2016NepalA street scene in Kathmandu, Nepal.
2005USAWhite Band Campgain outside of the United Nations, New York.
1961UkraineA busy platform at Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi railway station.
1990HungaryThe 1990 Taxi Blockade - a four day strike against petrol prices in which hungarian taxi drivers blocked major roads throughout Budapest.
2022CanadaStreet performers in Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto.
1965TurkeyA truck driving next to the Golden Horn estuary in İstanbul.
1974CzechiaA photo taken in Prague's main railway station during the mid 70s.
2024New ZealandMe meeting a TimeGuessr fan at a bar in Auckland, New Zealand.
1940AustraliaA busy street scene on Pitt Street, Sydney. Pitt Street was notorious for being busy, resulting in the now archaic phrase 'as busy as Pitt Street'.
2019FinlandFinnish hockey fans celebrating their world cup win in Helsinki.
1976USAGeorgia Governor Jimmy Carter holding up a newspaper with a headline mistakenly claiming that he had been upset by Morris Udall in the Wisconsin primary. The headline was printed based on early results which were later overturned.
2024FranceA TimeGuessr fan playing the daily whilst skiing in Avoriaz, France.
1975UKThousands of people gathered for the Sunday Street Markets in London during the mid 70s.
2014ChinaPeople setting up tents during the 2014 Hong Kong Umbrella Revolution against the proposed reforms to the Hong Kong electoral system.
1992ThailandA street scene in Chinatown, Bangkok.
1969UKUS President Richard Nixon meeting Queen Elizabeth II and the British Royal Family in Buckingham Palace during a state visit to the United Kingdom.
2004USAA member of the Arkansas team running the third leg of the mens 4 x mile relay during the Penn Relays track meet. The Arkansas men's team won the 4 x mile relay with a time of 16:21.74.
2004USAJohn Mayer performing at Macworld to reveal GarageBand, Steve Jobs appears in the background.
2000UKFinnish techno artist Darude in London promoting his hit single 'Sandstorm'.
2025USAFirefighters watching a helicopter drop water over the Palisades Fire in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles.
1973CanadaA street scene in downtown Montréal in the early 70s.
2022New ZealandA 1962 Austin Mini parked outside a playhouse in Wellington.
1948USAHarry S. Truman holding up the headline 'Dewey Defeats Truman', a mistaken announcement printed by The Tribune, which expected Truman to lose so strongly that they ran the error before results were finalised.
1942USAA Charro Day fiesta which celebrates the friendship between the United States and Mexico in Brownsville, Texas.
1958BelgiumA view towards the Atomium during the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
1979UKA babooshka on Princes Street.
1945USAThe first ever nuclear bomb, named 'the gadget', being prepared for the Trinity Test.
1958GermanyGermans looking at a snow sculpture made on the streets of Munich.
1935FrancePedestrians crossing in front of the Paris Opéra in the mid 30s.
2012South KoreaA flash-mob of 30,000 performing the Gangnam Style dance during the 2012 International Street Dance Festival in Seoul, South Korea.
2013AustriaA snowy street in Vienna.
2019FranceA Jeep driving over Pegasus Bridge in France as part of a re-enactment of the Normandy Landings.
1994MexicoA newspaper vendor, caught in crossfire, dodging rocks being thrown by anti-government protesters in Mexico City.
1940USAA group of men gathered on a street corner in Brockton, Massachusetts to read newspaper headlines from the Brockton Enterprise newspaper office.
2023IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the scene of the Odisha train accident.
2006TajikistanTajikistani elders attending the opening of a mountain tunnel north of the capital, Dushanbe. The tunnel was built with Iranian financial assistance to facilitate travel between the capital and the country's northern provinces.
2024BulgariaAn old Chavdar bus on the streets of Sofia.
1966AustraliaAn anti-Vietnam War demonstration in downtown Sydney.
1983South KoreaA street scene at the Namdaemun (South Gate) Market in Seoul during the early 80s.
1970GreeceA cafe by the harbour on the Greek island of Mykonos, a popular tourist destination known for its scenic beaches, luxury restaurants, and vibrant nightlife.
1959TurkeyA view inside of the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The bazaar, regarded as one of the first shopping malls in the world, is one of the largest in the world with over 4000 shops.
1960South AfricaChildren sit on a bench along the waterfront in Durban. South African natives were not permitted to use park benches which are reserved for whites.
1948USAState governors meeting for lunch at the Four Corner Monument as part of a press event.
2012NetherlandsBeachgoers watching as an aircraft approaches for a low landing over Maho Beach in Sint Maarten. The island is famous for it's low approach landings.
1974UKA hazy evening on Westminster Bridge.
2019UKBritish rock band 'Black Country, New Road' in London.
2004USAA protest in Times Square against the 2004 Republican National Convention which was being held at Madison Square Garden.
1978AustriaA fiacre (horse drawn carriage) on the streets of Vienna.
2012USAA sign in front of a church in Farmington, New Mexico.
2010South AfricaChildren celebrating in Gauteng, South Africa two days before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.
2016TanzaniaA crowd of Tanzanians watching an acrobatics show.
1958CubaCars parked outside the Cuban Presidential Palace. The palace was converted into the Museum of the Revolution following the Cuban Revolution.
2023UKCrowds in attendance for the 2023 RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
1962SenegalSenegalese crowds celebrating the second anniversary of Senegal's Independence Day in Dakar.
1989MalaysiaU.S. Vice President Dan Quayle meeting children at a Vietnamese Refugee Transit Camp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The children were in the country following the Vietnamese boat people crisis.
2020UKPeople gathering to see Sam Fender in Newcastle in what organisers said was the world's first socially-distanced gig.
1966GermanyCars parked up on a roadside in Frankfurt during the mid 60s.
1981USASteve Ross, the American cabaret singer and pianist, outside the Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
2015USAWyomingites watching go-karts drive through Douglas, Wyoming for the annual State Fair.
1985FranceTourists shopping at Mont-Saint-Michel, a tidal island and mainland commune of France.
2024BangladeshBangladeshis celebrating Eid-e-Milad, an annual festival honouring the birth of prophet Muhammad, in Chattogram, Bangladesh.
1969GreecePassengers waving to the camera after stepping off an Olympic Airways shuttle at Ellinikon International Airport in Athens.
2011PalestineA Google employee posing for journalists reporting Google Street View's coverage of Jerusalem.
1923New ZealandA street scene around Cargill's Monument in Dunedin, New Zealand.
1948CanadaViews of a post-war Vancouver.
2008GermanyBarack Obama addressing Berliners during his campaign for presidency.
1917IrelandCrowds protesting against the arrest of Count Plunkett, an Irish political activist and independence supporter, in Dublin following the 1916 Easter Rising.
2024North KoreaCrowds in North Korea attending a welcome ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin was visiting the country to strengthen bilateral relations and to sign a partnership treaty.
1967FranceLooking out through a windscreen towards the Place Vendôme.
2022ItalyA group of archaeologists excavating a site in Pompeii, Italy. The city’s exceptional preservation under volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD makes it one of the most valuable archaeological sites in the world.
1986IndiaPeople walking through street markets in Old Delhi, India.
1982BelgiumPeople boarding to cross the channel at Port Oostende.
1952USAA street scene in Seattle's Chinatown.
1930FinlandThousands of attendees for the 'Peasant March', a far-right demonstration from the radical Lapua movement in Finland.
1975SwitzerlandA street in Lausanne in the mid 70s.
2009South AfricaOn the intersection of Pretoria and Banket Street in Johannesburg.
1982UKPeople waiting for the public gallery to open at the House of Commons when MPs sat on a Saturday for the first time since the Suez crisis during the Falklands War.
1944NetherlandsAn illegal photo taken of a newsstand selling German newspapers in The Hague under Nazi occupation.
1945SwedenCelebrations on the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden for Norska veckan (Norwegian week).
1944FranceU.S. Navy troops approaching Utah Beach during the 1944 Normandy landings. This task force survived the landings without any casualties.
1988South KoreaThree South Korean athletes jointly lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul, symbolizing the start of the event.
2024USATimeGuessr with views over California.
1973UKMari Kemenes, a Hungarian fashion model, posing on Westminster Bridge.
1908New ZealandA crowd gathered around the (now demolished) Hamilton Public Library for its official opening.
2011BrazilPerformers dancing on a King Kong float during the 2011 Rio de Janeiro Carnival.
2020USAPresident Trump throwing a face mask from the stage during a campaign rally at the Orlando Sanford International Airport in Florida.
1914FranceAn autochrome photo of the Porte Saint-Denis monument. The historical monument sits on the site of Paris' old city walls.
1959USAAn exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum, one day before opening.
1951USAHot off the press, New York Times papers being loaded onto trucks outside the Times building.
1930FinlandThe Peasant March, a major right-wing demonstration in Helsinki Finland by the anti-communist Lapua Movement.
2010TurkmenistanDelegates participate in the US-Turkmenistan Business Council Forum in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan - aimed to foster and strengthen economic relations between the two countries.
1900USACrowds throwing their hands in the air for a photo in front of Atlantic City's Steel Pier boardwalk.
1958GermanyA street in the university town of Marburg, Germany.
2022FranceTom Cruise gesturing to crowds at the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival, before the premiere of 'Top Gun: Maverick'.
1979UKMembers of the Ancient Order of Druids celebrate the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice, at Stonehenge.
1980JapanDavid Bowie at the Hankyu Kyoto-kawaramachi Station in Kyoto.
2007LebanonThousands of young runners competing in the 5 kilometer Beirut marathon.
1973CanadaA band playing music in downtown Montréal as part of a protest.
2014CanadaA Brooklyn Nets vs Toronto Raptors basketball game during the 2014 NBA Playoffs.
1914MonacoJubilee Celebrations for the 25th anniversary of the accession of the Prince of Monaco.
1981IcelandA newspaper boy in 80s Reykjavík.
1910CanadaA procession in Edmonton, Canada, to commemorate King Edward VII of the United Kingdom who died on May 6, 1910.
2025Saudi ArabiaAmerican, Russian and Saudi ministers speaking at a summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to discuss avenues for ending the ongoing war in Ukraine.
1985USAA woman next to a sign in Maine. New England famously contains many towns named after European cities.
1983SwitzerlandCrowds sitting outside a pub with views of the Matterhorn, on Sunegga mountain.
1957CanadaCars crossing the Fraser River in Vancouver over the Pattullo Bridge.
2024SyriaPeople gathered to celebrate the fall of the Syrian government, waving the 'Independence flag', which is now the national flag for Syria.
1953USAMarilyn Monroe standing atop a hill in Paradise Cove, California.
1987USAPope John Paul II posing with bishops and cardinals in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.
2008LiberiaLiberians lining the streets of Monrovia, Liberia to welcome President George W. Bush to the country.
1956MauritiusPedestrians walking along a street in Curepipe, Mauritius, during the island's time as a British colony. After gaining independence in 1968, the country has grown into one of Africa's most developed nations, sharing the highest Human Development Index in Africa with Seychelles.
2024South AfricaA photographer taking a photo of Prince William greeting pupils playing rugby in Cape Town, South Africa.
1957ItalyBoats sailing through Venice for the Regata Storica, an historic war pageant.
1979MexicoThousands cheering Pope John Paul II on the streets of Puebla, Mexico during his first international trip as Pope.
1911ItalyCrowds feeding pigeons in Venice's St. Mark's Square during the early 1910s.
1964USAA man smoking in front of the iconic Camel sign in Times Square. The sign was up between 1941-1966.
1976NetherlandsMembers of the Dutch monarchy attending an event in Den Bosch.
1999UKNewcastle United fans cheering on the Newcastle squad after losing to Manchester United in the 1999 FA Cup Final.
1970FinlandPolice Officers having a friendly discussion with photographer Eeva Ristaa.
2004South AfricaA newspaper hawker selling The Star at an intersection in Johannesburg.
1937AustraliaCars driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 5 years after the bridge's opening.
1965ChinaA street scene at commercial district in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the mid 60s.
2023UKThe cast of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia attending a Wrexham game. The club was bought by cast member Rob McElhenny and Ryan Reynolds in 2020.
2014Australia'Play Me, I’m Yours' - an art installation where more than 1050 pianos were installed across 38 cities worldwide, bearing the simple invitation Play Me, I’m Yours.
1950CubaSailors gather outside a cafe in Havana.
1932MonacoTazio Nuvolari, often cited as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time, taking a lap of honor after winning the 1932 Monaco Grand Prix.
1918LuxembourgAmerican soldiers marching into the town of Echternach, Luxembourg, being greeted by local residents just thirteen days after the armistice that ended WWI.
1970CroatiaViews from an excursion boat from Dubrovnik to Lokrum Island.
1943USACrowds waiting for their bus at a Greyhound bus stop in Memphis, Tennessee.
1945CanadaA parade in Chinatown, Vancouver, celebrating the surrender of Japan in WWII (V-J Day).
1938AustraliaA swimmer diving in North Sydney Olympic Pool in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
2004UKPrince William sitting on a stone bench in St Andrews University during the last year of his studies.
1975SurinameSurinamese children standing outside of the National Assembly on the day Suriname gained independence from the Netherlands.
1934USAA labour strike against Macy's department store in New York.
2015SomaliaAn advertising billboard in Somaliland, the unrecognised territory inside Somalia.
2015RussiaParticipants dressed in historical uniforms reenacting the 1941 Revolution Parade in Red Square, Moscow.
2011TaiwanHigh altitude divers diving with the Taiwan flag.
1934UKA view along Edinburgh's Princes Street towards the Royal Scottish Academy in the 30s.
2007SpainThe Battle of Surfaces - an exhibition tennis match between Roger Federer, the then best player on grass, and Rafael Nadal, the then best player on clay. Nadal won the match.
2000GermanyThe year '2000' painted with sparklers during the new millenium celebrations at the Brandenburg Gate. The event was attended by around two million people, breaking records for the largest public celebration ever held in Germany at the time.
2010PolandFlight departure boards showing cancelled flights following the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcano eruption.
2010USAMembers of the University of Washington Norwegian Club participating in a parade on Norwegian Constitution Day.
1972SwitzerlandFC Zürich players lifting the Schweizer Cup (Swiss Cup) after defeating FC Basel 1-0 in the cup final.
1960BrazilTwo people relaxing on a balcony overlooking Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the early 60s.
2015PortugalA street scene of Porto at dusk.
1934PolandA (now destroyed) street corner in the Jewish quarter of Warsaw. In 1940 the area was turned into the Warsaw Ghetto by Nazi Germany, confining over 400,000 Jews.
2013TanzaniaBarack Obama being greeted by performers before departing from Julius Nyerre International Airport during a state visit to Tanzania.
2020Saudi ArabiaSocially distanced pilgrims circling the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2015GermanyUK hip hop artist Loyle Carner on the streets of Berlin with music producer Rebel Kleff.
2001SloveniaVladimir Putin and President George Bush at a summit in Slovenia. Both men were in their first terms as President in their respective countries.
1968FinlandA street scene in Tampere, Finland reflected in a car's wing mirror.
2016ThailandThai Leicester City fans cheering on the team on their tour of Thailand following their 2015–16 Premier League Win.
2015BhutanOn the streets of Thimphu, Bhutan.
1989USATraffic waiting for a drawbridge to close in Palm Beach, Florida.
1939USAA man selling the controversial 'Social Justice' publication on the streets of New York City.
2022South KoreaA photo of Gwangjang Market, one of the largest markets in South Korea.
2023USAA film photo of a group of friends on the top of Mt. Katahdin in Maine.
1962FranceParisians reading about a ceasefire between France and Algeria during the Algerian War.
2020USAAn overturned police car during the 2020 BLM riots.
1969USATwo members of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr (left) and Neil A. Armstrong (right), participate in a simulation of deploying and using lunar tools on a mock surface of the moon.
1973NetherlandsFour men riding horses through Amsterdam; for 3 months during the Opec energy crisis, cars were banned on Sundays.
1990UKPrime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the famous Abbey Road zebra crossing.
2009JapanA Saint Patrick's Day parade in Yokohama, Japan.
2024USAA 7-Eleven store boarded up in anticipation of Category 5 Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida.
2008ChinaA view of the newly completed 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
1948IsraelChildren dressed in costumes on the streets of Tel Aviv to celebrate Purim, an annual Jewish holiday.
1987BelgiumTourists in Grand-Place square on a quiet day.
1999KosovoEthnic Albanians greeting American NATO troops as they arrive in Gnjilane during the Kosovo War.
1963UKMuhammad Ali training on the streets of London ahead of his fight against Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium.
1950LebanonLebanese church dignitaries gathered on a street in Beirut, Lebanon after a visit from Lebanese President Camille Chamoun.
1989CzechiaProtesters at the 1989 Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution.
1995USAWorkers maneuver the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree onto its pedestal in preparation for the Christmas Lights turn on.
1999PeruPucusana Port, a popular beach town in the southeast of Lima in the late 90s.
1918USACharlie Chaplin atop Douglas Fairbanks' shoulders during a rally on Wall Street to sell war bonds.
2010USAMinnesotans looking over a census questionnaire during the 2010 Minnesota State Fair.
2020ChinaA street scene in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
1978JapanPeople flooding the street at a pedestrian crossing in Tokyo.
2021USATravellers passing by a map of America in Denver International Airport during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1956ItalyAmerican actress Edie Adams posing in front of the Trevi Fountain.
2014North KoreaForeign runners competing in the 2014 Pyongyang Marathon in North Korea. Before 2014 the race was closed to international athletes.
2007TurkeyTurkish actor Ata Camiz, known as Peg Leg Frederick, participating in the 29th Eurasia Marathon in Istanbul, Turkey, where tens of thousands ran from Asia to Europe across the Bosporus Bridge.
1977BrazilA street scene in Brasília in the late 70s. The city, inaugurated in 1960, was planned and built from the ground up for the purpose of serving as Brazil's new capital.
1946NetherlandsA crowd gathered on the Nieuwendijk in Amsterdam outside the Cinema Royal for the 1940 adventure film Captain Caution. Hollywood productions returned to Dutch screens after being banned during the German occupation.
1936FranceA group of young women from Monaco pose in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
1912USAMembers of the Toledo Women's Suffrage Association protesting for the right to vote. Ohio ratified the Nineteenth Amendment allowing women to vote in 1919, becoming the fifth state to do so.
1959USAAn exhibition of achievements of Soviet science, technology and culture in New York.
2018Democratic Republic of the CongoPresident Joseph Kabila of the D.R. of the Congo casting his vote in the 2018 elections to choose his successor.
2001USAWomen wearing masks flee from the dust cloud caused by the collapse of both World Trade Center towers.
1976ChinaA street scene in front of the Shanghai Fuzhuang Shangdian (Shanghai Fashion Store), a major state-run clothing store in Shanghai, China.
1999FranceA rollerblade parade in Paris.
1963AustraliaA man dancing to the music in a cabaret in Katoomba, Australia, during the early 60s.
2003EritreaA street scene in Asmara, Eritrea.
1960ItalyThree people on Vespa during the 1960 Rome Olympics.
2011USAPresident Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush at the National September 11 Memorial on the site of the original World Trade Center.
1910FranceParisians navigating Paris using rowboats during the 1910 Great Flood of Paris.
1973PolandStreet performers in Krakow.
1972IsraelPeople waiting at a bus station in Tel Aviv.
1954SpainPeople admiring Gaudi's Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona.
2016Saudi ArabiaA member of the Grand Mosque police force urging pilgrims to keep moving during Hajj.
2011USAUS Airways jet flight 1549, which crashed in the Hudson River, being trucked through downtown Newark en route to an aviation museum.
1963USAMartin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, moments before delivering his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech during the March on Washington.
2022PortugalStreets of the old town Lisboa.
1982FranceTour Riders relax whilst organisers negotiate with farmers on stage 16 to remove their tractors from the road during protests against the price of agricultural goods.
1945FranceAmerican military personnel celebrating the Japanese surrender in Paris, marking the end of WWII.
1957JapanA street scene in Tokyo, Japan, during the late 50s.
2017ThailandA view down a street in Bangkok's Chinatown, the largest Chinatown in the world.
1912USABoston Red Sox fans in New York to watch a game against the New York Giants. The Red Sox won 4-3.
1901IrelandStreet wagons parked on Main Street in Bandon, Ireland.
2017IranCrowds gathered to celebrate Nowruz, a festival of spring that marks the beginning of the Iranian calendar.
1993FranceKate Moss drinking coffee in Paris.
2002USAVice President Dick Cheney presenting President Bush with a copy of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel with Bush on the cover.
1982TurkeyPeople watching ferrys enter and leave İstanbul in the early 80s.
1936SpainA sign proclaiming 'They won't pass!' during the Spanish Civil War.
2007BelgiumPhotographers taking photos of Annelien Coorevits, the 2007 Miss Belgium winner.
1980ItalyConfusion in Piazza del Duomo, Florence.
2018EgyptEgyptians gathered at a café to watch a football match between Egypt and Greece while the country held its presidential election. Greece won 1-0, and President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, with little competition, was re-elected with 97% of the vote.
1976NetherlandsMuhammad Ali signing autographs for Dutch girls in Volendam.
2006ItalyCrowds gathering at the Circus Maximus to watch the 2006 Fifa World Cup final. Italy won 5-3 on penalties.
1995UKFestival-goers at Reading 1995.
1931UKAlbert Einstein receiving his honorary degree at Oxford University.
1946IrelandCrowds watching the 61st Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes draw in Ballsbridge, Dublin.
1975RomaniaPresident Gerald R. Ford dancing with folk dancers in Bucharest during his European diplomatic tour. The visit aimed to strengthen U.S.-Romanian relations and promote dialogue with the socialist state during the Cold War.
2018MonacoDaniel Ricciardo celebrating his F1 victory on Red Bull's floating pool in Monaco.
1995USAPeople milling around the Eiffel Tower Restaurant in Las Vegas.
2012SpainA castell (human tower) being built in Tarragona Bullring. Castells can be seen in many festivals throughout Catalonia.
2020IndiaA cow resting on the Laksman Jhula bridge over The Ganges, one of the longest and most culturally significant rivers in India.
1937USAGerman American Bund (American Nazi) parade in New York City.
2014PalestinePope Francis greeting crowds waving Vatican City and Palestine flags in Bethlehem.
1989SingaporeView from a suspension bridge in Singapore.
1944DenmarkAn American pilot, photographed in occupied territory by the Danish Resistance movement, while a German pilot looks on.
2012USAPresident Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron watch a military ceremony at the White House.
1929USAMembers of the Chippewa, Pueblo and Winnebago tribes look out over Chicago's skyline.
1958FranceChildren playing in Pletzl, the Jewish Quarter of Paris.
1966NetherlandsMinister yawns during budget debate at the Netherlands House of Representatives.
2017IndiaRush hour traffic along a street in Hyderabad, India.
1975RussiaVisitors viewing replicas of historic Russian spacecraft and satellites at the Cosmos Pavilion at the VDNKh exhibition center in Moscow.
2025USAA trader reacting to market shocks triggered by President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping new tariffs.
1938USASeven siblings and the eldest sibling's children travelling through Oklahoma in search of a better life during The Great Depression.
2011UKFormer California Governor and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and London Mayor Boris Johnson showcasing the Boris Bikes cycling scheme during a PR event in London.
1983New ZealandPrincess Diana participating in a traditional Maori greeting called Hongi, where both individuals press their noses together.
2009UgandaA street scene in Kampala, Uganda.
1999USAAn American football game between the University of Nebraska Omaha and Northwest Missouri State during the late 90s. Northwest Missouri State defeated UNO 17–40.
1957SpainTaxis driving through the streets of Barcelona during Semana Grande, an annual week-long festival of sports and culture in Spain.
2022USADissapointed Adele fans in Las Vegas after Adele cancelled her show. The trio travelled from Yorkshire and payed £4300 each.
1946UKA Dakota airliner which crashed into two houses in West London. Nobody was injured.
2011FrancePeople flocking to see Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in The Louvre.
1958MexicoSigns warning travellers going into the United States on display in the border town Tijuana, Mexico.
1900GreeceA family on Philopappos hill in Athens.
1955ChinaHong Kong in the 50s, during its time as a British Colony.
2023GhanaGoLokal performers, a Ghanaian art collective, parading in Accra in striking costumes and body paint. Their work explores social and political issues to highlight environmental concerns.
2006FinlandA couple crossing the finish line at the annual Wife Carrying World Championships in Sonkajärvi, Finland.
1978USADonald Trump standing with New York Governor Hugh Carey, who is pointing to an artists' concept of the New York Hyatt Hotel. The Grand Hyatt marked Trump's first major venture in Manhattan real estate.
2018ThailandCave rescue divers preparing dive equipment during the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. Twelve members of a junior football team and their 25-year-old assistant coach were trapped inside the flooded cave.
1953GermanyA group of children playing on the West Berlin border at Checkpoint Charlie during the Cold War.
1998ChinaNigerian fans cheering on their national team against Iran during the Carlsberg Cup (now the Lunar New Year Cup) in Hong Kong. Nigeria beat Iran 1-0.
1932NetherlandsAn audience watching a puppet show in Dam Square, Amsterdam.
2010UKA street scene in London.
2013DenmarkSupporters of Inuit Ataqatigiit, a democratic socialist political party in Greenland, standing outside a polling station.
1926CubaAn old-style Michelin Man in Cuba.
1970FinlandPrince Phillip at the opening of British Week in Helsinki.
1900NorwayTravellers arriving at Stalheim Hotel in Norway.
1975CroatiaA street scene on the Istria peninsula in Croatia.
1901AustraliaPreparations for the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's royal visit to Sydney.
1972ChinaPresident Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon visiting the Great Wall.
1966SurinameChildren in Paramaribo, Suriname flooding the streets for the state visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard.
1937IsraelViews from Allenby Road in Tel Aviv in the late 30s.
1976AustraliaPassengers enjoying views of Sydney Harbour Bridge during a boat tour in the mid 70s.
1961RussiaA May Day (labor day) parade in Manezhnaya Square, Moscow during the early 60s.
1942PolandGerman soldiers marching through an occupied Polish town during WWII.
2006USAFirefighters working at the scene of a destroyed clothes store in New York City.
1977TurkeyA street scene in 70s Turkey.
2007USAMike Bair, chief of Boeing's 787 program, and Kunio Shimizu, vice president of Japan Airlines, speaking to Boeing employees at an announcement of JAL's order of five 787's.
2024NetherlandsGerman rider Liane Lippert riding over the Erasmusbrug bridge in Rotterdam during the third stage of the 2024 Tour de France Femmes.
2012IndiaThe West Tower at Meenakshi Temple, a Hindu temple worshipping the goddess Meenakshi.
1959ItalyAmerican actors Clark Gable and Sophia Loren surrounded by fans in Capri, Italy. The pair were in Italy whilst filming for the 1960 rom-com 'It Started in Naples'.
2016LaosPresident of Laos, Bounnhang Vorachit and US President Barack Obama sharing a toast during an Official State Luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Vientiane, Laos.
1901USAWilbur Wright lying prone on one of his Wright Gliders, a series of test gliders the brothers built as they worked towards achieving powered flight.
1967RussiaRussians gathered in Red Square, Moscow on a winter day during the late 60s.
1959HungaryA still from Hungarian film director Mönich László's 1959 film Az én városom.
2013SwitzerlandCongolese goalkeeper Brice Samba watching the ball hit the crossbar during a 2013 Valais Cup match between Marseille and Porto. Porto won 3-0.
2017EgyptA group of boys playing football on the streets of Cairo.
1984ArmeniaChildren riding trikes in Armenia on the National Day of the CCCP.
1948USAThe exterior of the 'Bronx El' train station on 34th Street and Third Avenue during the late 40s.
2018USAThe Anchorage skyline during a cold February morning.
2022GuyanaUK Hip-Hop artist Loyle Carner in Georgetown, Guyana.
1968CzechiaPrague residents rioting on the streets during the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
1947DenmarkDanes gathering on the streets of Copenhagen to mourn the death of King Christian X.
1968RussiaSoviet models posing in Leningrad in the late 60s.
1984USAFirst Lady Nancy Reagan receiving the White House Christmas tree. The tree was a 20-foot, 27-year-old Blue Spruce from Michigan.
1937ArgentinaBuenos Aires, known at the time as the 'Paris of South America', during the late 30s.
1963FranceThree workmen looking over a model walking out of French fashion designer Jacques Heim's boutique in Paris.
1912USAWomen gathered outside of the Ohio woman's suffrage headquarters. Ohio ratified the Nineteenth Amendment in 1919, allowing women to vote.
1990FranceBritish miners celebrating in Northern France after meeting French miners halfway through the Channel Tunnel.
2014USAPresident Barack Obama honouring Major League Soccer club Sporting Kansas City in the White House’s East Room during a ceremony celebrating the team’s 2013 MLS Cup championship.
1945USAA Japanese American soldier being assisted by a service dog through the streets in downtown Honolulu, Hawai'i.
1900IrelandA murky day on Patrick Street in The Liberties neighbourhood, Dublin.
1959HungaryThe facade of the Keleti station under renovation. The station operates as the main railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary.
2008USAA High School Senior Classroom in Calhan, Colorado during the late 2000s.
1970FinlandA street scene in Helsinki, Finland, during the early 70s.
2012UKBritish three time gold medalist Ben Ainslie holding the Olympic torch alongside Lieutenant commander Rich Full at Land's End.
1942HungaryA street scene in Budapest. In the early 1940s, Hungary was aligned with Nazi Germany, but in 1944, Germany launched Operation Margarethe and occupied the country to stop it from negotiating a separate peace with the Allies.
1934BelarusPolish soldiers spending time in the recreation room of Stołpce barracks. After WWII, when Poland’s borders shifted west due to agreements between the Allied powers, Stołpce became part of present-day Belarus.
2016SpainThe Festa Major of Vilafranca - a Catalonian festival that has been running since the 17th century.
2015ItalyDaniel Craig being photographed while filming a scene for the 2015 James Bond film 'Spectre' in Rome.
1987ItalyA mirror selfie on the gulf of Naples.
1982NetherlandsDutch demonstrators protesting against the closure of Slotervaart hospital. The hospital remained open, until going bankrupt in 2018.
1983PolandCrowds lining the streets of Warsaw with flowers whilst awaiting Pope John Paul II's motorcade.
1984SpainA street scene in Granada, Spain, during the mid 80s.
2024AustraliaUS tennis player Sloane Stephens signing autographs after defeating Russian player Daria Kasatkina in the second round of the Australian Open.
1934TurkeyA street scene in 30s İstanbul.
1980USAA couple taking a mirror selfie in downtown New York.
1964CyprusThousands of Turkish Cypriots gathered in Nicosia's Ataturk Square to protest against the recently deployed UN peacekeeping force, which the demonstrators accused of failing to protect their community amid the island's intense intercommunal violence.
2018NepalA market scene in Kathmandu, Nepal, in the streets of the city centre.
1976HungaryTwo Canadian clowns performing at a pedestrian crossing in Budapest, Hungary.
2009RussiaPresident Obama laying a wreath at the Russian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
1995LebanonA busy street scene in Beirut, Lebanon.
2005USAThe oldest McDonald's, now a museum, in San Bernardino, California.
2024FranceA beach volleyball game in front of the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
1979SerbiaA street scene in Belgrade, Serbia when it was a part of Yugoslavia.
2023SpainA photo of me inside La Sagrada Familia.
1969HungaryHungarian commuters waiting at a tram stop in Budapest.
1984USAThe scoreboard in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum reading 'See you in Seoul 1988' during the closing ceremony for the 1984 Summer Olympics.
2018KazakhstanSoyuz Commander Oleg Kononenko, who is in quarantine, puts his hands up to the glass to meet his daughter at the conclusion of a press conference.
1958USAA Kodachrome film photo of the Golden Gate Bridge during the late 50s.
1991LatviaLatvian demonstrators protesting for legislation to protect against communism.
1936ArgentinaA street scene in 30s Buenos Aires.
1981USASecret Service personnel standing on guard moments after Ronald Reagan's assassination attempt.
2023MongoliaPope Francis waving to crowds gathered outside the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, during his 43rd Apostolic Journey and the first-ever to the predominantly Buddhist country.
2013PolandA view of the crowds at Woodstock Festival Poland 2013.
1984FrancePresident Ronald Regan giving a speech on the 40th Anniversary of D-Day at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France.
2025Vatican CityCardinals attend a mass on the fifth of the nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica.
1988NetherlandsCrowds at an annual fair in Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands.
2008USADonald Trump at a press conference with David Blaine announcing Blaine's latest feat, The Upside Down Man, at the Trump Tower.
1989GermanyEast-berliners celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
1968MexicoA bullfight in Mexico City's Plaza de toros México arena, the world's largest bullring.
1959FranceThe Dutch national team posing for a photo in Saint-Louis, France during the 1959 Tour de France.
1975CubaCuban leader Fidel Castro standing in a crowd of supporters near a housing project in Jibacoa, Cuba.
1976KenyaTraditional Kenyan dancers performing during the 30th anniversary celebrations of UNESCO in Nairobi, Kenya.
1944FranceCrowds of French patriots lined up along the Champs Elysees to view French tanks after Paris was liberated.
2024UKTaylor Swift fans walking down Olympic Way after attending night two of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts at Wembley Stadium.
1977Central African RepublicEmperor Jean-Bedel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, seated on a golden throne for his coronation.
1961HungaryHungarian crowds taking part in a May Day celebration in Budapest.
1932AustraliaPupils from Brisbane State High School gather to listen to the Anzac Day address, 23 April 1932.
2025PalestinePalestinian families fleeing Khan Yunis, a town in the Gaza strip, amid amid intensified Israeli airstrikes.
1958SpainThree women standing next to a vintage car on the Spanish coast.
2024AustraliaPolice flocking in downtown Melbourne in anticipation of a protest intended to disrupt traffic.
2008GermanyA couple taking a mirror selfie in a Berlin shop window.
2025DenmarkA Trump Organization plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. landing in Nuuk, Greenland amid speculation about U.S. interest in acquiring the territory.
1986USAHawai'ian hulu dancers greeting passengers after disembarking a British Airways Concorde flight to Honolulu. The event was the first landing in Hawai‘i by a supersonic commercial jet.
2007UKA couple on a tour around the old Al Jazeera studios in London.
1980CanadaA man posing in front of Niagra Falls during the early 80s.
2001USAGeorge Clooney and Brad Pitt on set filming for the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven.
1937Vatican CityA group of clergy walking through St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
1983USAPresident Ronald Regan looking at a model of The Space Shuttle during a ceremony commemorating the 200th anniversary of manned flight.
1988USAChristians protesting against Scorsese's 1988 film 'The Last Temptation of Christ' on opening day.
2006UKA boy playing on his game boy outside of Buckingham Palace.
2019ArmeniaYoung Armenians enjoying the Yerevan Wine Day.
2022UkraineUkrainians crowd under a destroyed bridge as they try to flee Kyiv.
1904New ZealandA busy street in Auckland, New Zealand during the 1904 Labour Day parade.
1935AustraliaTrucks transporting goods on Hickson Road, Sydney, in front of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
1986AndorraA street scene in Andorra la Vella during the mid 80s.
1975FinlandWärtsilä shipyard workers rushing out during their lunch hour.
1975USAA view on the Las Vegas Strip during the 70s.
2018UKFrench President Emmanual Macron celebrating as France scored in the 2018 World Cup final. Vladimir Putin can also be seen in the background.
1982HungaryThe finals of the youth traffic safety cup held in Körcsarnok, Hungary.
1955SwedenA street scene in the town square of the small Swedish town of Ronneby.
2023USASouth Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol singing American Pie in the State Dining Room of the White House. Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on December 14 following his controversial declaration of martial law.
2025SpainRevelers packing the main square during the start of nine days of celebrations in Pamplona's running-of-the-bulls festival in Pamplona, Spain.
2024USAScotty Pippen Jr. colliding with KJ Martin during a Grizzlies vs 76ers game. The Grizzlies won 124-107.
1955NetherlandsSailors taking part in a ceremony welcoming Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard to the Dutch constituent country Sint Maarten.
2012BelgiumPolice officers being sprayed by European milk farmers outside of the European Parliament during a demonstration against unfair milk prices.
1951HungaryA busy morning in downtown Budapest, Hungary during the early 50s.
1982JapanTwo Japanese women holding placards during the 1982 Toyota Cup final between Aston Villa and the Uruguayan team Peñarol. Peñarol won the match 2-0.
1901CzechiaChildren outside the old Town Hall in Prague.
2024USAAn interactive 'portal' which connects a street in New York to a street in Dublin via livestream. The portal has been temporarily closed following inappropriate behaviour.
1987GreeceA view towards the Athens Flea Market during the late 80s.
2021Papua New GuineaA delivery of 302,400 Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines landing in Papua New Guinea from the United States.
1980SwitzerlandCrowds gathered for the opening of the Gotthard Road Tunnel in Switzerland.
1980UKA man unpacking deliveries on a Gibraltan street.
1933USAA girl standing at the intersection of 5th Avenue and Broadway in 30s LA.
1914USAA motorcylist parade in Pioneer Square, Seattle during the mid 1910s. The century saw a sharp rise in motorcycle usage, led by manufacturers like Harley-Davidson and Indian.
1963FinlandA woman picking up the Friday edition of the Maaseudun Tulevaisuus newspaper in Vihti, Finland.
2019ItalyOrange throwing at the Carnival of Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy, as part of a symbolic reenactment of a local legend.
1934PolandTrams and cars passing over the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland during the mid 30s.
1958USAPassengers on the inaugural KLM transpolar flight en route from Amsterdam to Tokyo, during a refueling stop in Anchorage, Alaska.
1944FranceA French soldier firing at a concealed sniper in Paris, one day after the liberation of France.
2019ChinaHundreds of thousands of protesters flooding the streets in Hong Kong.
1961SwitzerlandA woman walking her pet kangaroo through the streets of Basel. Since 1978 the Swiss Animal Welfare Act has ensured owners of exotic species have a license.
1965ItalyChristmas decorations on Via Frattini, Rome.
1963USAPresident Kennedy with his wife Jackie Kennedy in a limousine in Dallas, Texas, minutes before the assassination.
1919UKPiccadilly Circus in the 1910s.
2000IndiaMumbai police officers on duty for Bill Clinton's state visit to India.
1941USATraffic on the main street of Fayetteville, North Carolina during 5 o'clock rush hour.
1923FranceMembers of 'Les Cent Kilos de Paris', a fat men's club in which members must weight at least 100kg (220lb).
1925TurkeyCars parked by the Galata Bridge in Istanbul during the mid 20s.
2021USAA night scene at the 2021 State Fair of Texas.
1973UKPC Paul Blake standing in Trafalgar Square.
2022VenezuelaA motorcyclist carrying three women whilst performing a wheelie on the streets of Caracas, Venezuela.
1963FranceA photo taken during filming for 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg', a 1964 French musical film set in the French coastal town of Cherbourg.
2018RussiaFIFA President Gianni Infantino, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Croatia's President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic during the awards ceremony for the 2018 FIFA World Cup final.
1929USAA man on the streets of Manhattan at the beginning of The Great Depression.
1982USAHarvesting a wheatfield in downtown Manhattan, part of Agnes Denes' 1982 art project 'Wheatfield—A Confrontation'.
1919CanadaWomen wrapping and packing bars of soap in the Colgate-Palmolive Canada plant.
1985UKPitch invaders at St Andrews stadium when Birmingham City beat Leeds United 1-0 to get promoted.
1943LibyaSigns in German and Italian pointing towards Axis offices in Tobruk, Libya, 10 months after Axis powers were forced out of the region during the North African Campaign.
1912SwitzerlandA parade in the Swiss town of Sion.
2023ThailandStreet food being prepared in Bangkok.
1963USABunting hanging from above a street in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
2012VenezuelaA worker submerged in water whilst attempting to repair a broken pipe in Caracas, Venezuela.
2023USAProtesters shouting 'do something' to Republican State Representative Jeremy Faison following the 2023 Nashville school shooting.
2006GermanyFans of Montenegro and Serbia at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
1912UKNed Parfett, best known as the 'Titanic paperboy', holding a large banner about the sinking outside the White Star Line offices.
1967USADick Van Dyke and his wife attenting the 39th Academy Awards.
1971IrelandViews outside Boyers Department store in Dublin.
1990South Africa2,000 black teachers from the South African National Education Union marching in support of the anti-apartheid ANC political party.
2023SwitzerlandThe burning of the Böögg during Sechseläuten, a traditional Swiss holiday celebrating the end of winter.
1964JapanThree members of the U.S. Olympic track and field team look over a map of the Olympic Village in Tokyo.
2016IndonesiaEclipse watchers in Indonesia.
1969USAPresident Richard Nixon leaving San Francisco after greeting South Korean President Park Chung Hee on his visit to the States.
1969EgyptA street scene in Cairo.
1965HungaryA bus crash on the streets of Budapest.
1987USAA trader on the New York Stock Exchange shouting orders during the Black Monday stock market crash.
2003VietnamPeople on bikes waiting for a train to pass at a railway crossing in the port city of Hai Phong, Vietnam.
1922USAPeople ice skating at Lincoln Memorial.
2024GhanaGhanian muslims celebrating Eid al-Fitr holiday at the Black Star Square (Independence Square) in Accra, Ghana.
1972CanadaA snowy day in Montréal.
1914USAThe painters for the Brooklyn Bridge posing on the bridge's cable supports.
2022Sri LankaCrowds gathered for an anti-government protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1975NetherlandsDutch folk protesting for the release of Vladimir Bukovsky, a Soviet dissident and Human Rights campaigner who was jailed for exposing Soviet use of psychiatry against political prisoners.
2009IndiaA Sikh pilgrim taking a ritual bath at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, India.
1935FranceA busy view of Rue Royale, Paris in the mid 30s.
2014USAPresident Barack Obama reading Where the Wild Things Are at the Easter Egg Roll on the south lawn of the White House.
1968USACrowds gathered in Los Angeles to see Robert F. Kennedy, the brother of President JFK, give a talk during his presidential campaign.
2020UKA sign in Wythenshawe dedicated to Marcus Rashford's campaign for free school meal vouchers.
1957AustraliaA street scene in Leura, Australia.
2015NetherlandsA 747 KLM asia plane landing in Princess Juliana International Airport on Sint Maarten island.
1959MoroccoMilitary horse guards escorting President Dwight Eisenhower and King Mohammed V. of Morocco through Casablanca.
1989Sri LankaSoldiers patrolling the streets of Colombo, which returned to normal after a week-long work stoppage by Sinhalese extremists protesting the presence of Indian troops.
2025USAA Tesla driver shrugging while passing crowds protesting against Tesla CEO and Senior Advisor to the President Elon Musk.
1962AustriaA long exposure photo taken in downtown Vienna.
1947UKA man participating in a Highland Games championship in Dunoon, Scotland.
1957SpainTwo Biscúter Zapatilla microcars on the streets of Barcelona. The cars were popular during the economic harship of postwar Spain; they were affordable, minimalist, and often had no doors or reverse gear.
1985SwitzerlandCity Council workers shovelling snow from an intersection in downtown Zürich during one of the most severe winters in the city.
1980NetherlandsMass protests opposing the demolition of buildings in the historic Nieuwmarkt area to clear space for the Amsterdam metro.
1963IrelandThe presidential motorcade carrying JFK through Cork, Ireland. Kennedy often spoke of his Irish heritage saying it 'is not the land of my birth but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection'.
1990UKCrowds during the 1990 poll tax riot. The tax, introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government, imposed a fixed per-person charge on residents, disproportionately affecting lower-income individuals.
1988South KoreaAn athlete carrying the Olympic torch during the 1988 Summer Olympics in South Korea.
1965UruguayA street scene in Montevideo, Uruguay, showing the corner store 'Casa Schiavo,' where the body of the Nazi war criminal Herberts Cukurs was found murdered. Mossad agents reportedly purchased the trunk used to conceal the body within the corner store.
1990UKPhoto of Free Derry Corner during the troubles.
2012USAPresident Barack Obama viewing the Hoover Dam during a stop at the 1,900-foot long structure during his campaign trip for the 2012 election.
2006ChinaA movie poster for the 2006 mystery thriller 'The Da Vinci Code' in Hong Kong.
2015GreeceA western view of the Parthenon in Athens during restoration works.
1961GermanyPeople watching the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1983GermanyThen Vice President George Bush looking over the Berlin Wall into East Berlin during his tour through the city.
1936USAA view of Herald Square pedestrian crossing in Manhattan, during the mid 30s.
2021UAEPeople waiting for a water taxi in Dubai.
2022SpainA caixer (horse rider) surrounding by a cheering crowd during a tradition called 'Jaleo' at the Sant Llorenç Fiesta in Menorca.
1938GermanyLoyalty Oath of SS troops - 'I vow to you, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and chancellor of the German Reich, loyalty and bravery. I vow to you and to the leaders that you set for me, absolute allegiance until death. So help me God'.
1971CroatiaA street scene in downtown Zagreb.
1923GermanyHitler's stormtroopers in the back of a truck before the Munich Putsch, Hitler's failed coup d'état.
2017ItalyThe Trevi Fountain being dyed blood-red by activist Graziano Cecchini, who pulled the same stunt in 10 years prior.
1940ItalyA Gondola tour of Venice during the Second World War.
2019UKScenes in Brixton after Tyler, the Creator announced a surprise gig. The event was Tyler's first performance since being banned from the UK by home secretary Theresa May.
1937USAA pawn shop in Manhattan, New York during the late 30s.
2013USALong queues outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue for the iPhone 5s.
1916SwitzerlandCrowds gathered for a military parade through Bern during World War I.
2021USAUS President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris watching House members vote on the President’s COVID-19 relief bill from the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
1912DenmarkThree men at work in an office in Copenhagen during the early 1910s.
1908CanadaSir Wilfred Laurie's visit to Lashburn, Saskatchewan.
2019UKA shop in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, a village in Anglesey, Wales. The long name was conceived as a promotional stunt in the 1860s to attract railway tourists.
1997BoliviaA street scene in Cochabamba, Bolivia, filled with members of a school band after a performance.
2017ItalyTourists entering the Colosseum in Rome. Every year over 7 million tourists visit the ancient amphitheater, which is recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
1931FrancePeople celebrating the 1931 Nice Carnival.
1984HungaryPolice officers pull over two Trabant cars at Budapest.
1998USANew Yorkers drinking at a café in Little Italy.
1958AustriaA street scene in 50s Vienna.
2006UKCambridge students from Clare College punting along the River Cam during the end of year May Ball.
1918FranceAn autochrome lumière photo of a cinema in post WWI Paris.
1986USATwo young men walking the streets of Grand Rapids.
1999EgyptA parade in front of the main entrance of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, during the late 90s.
1945JapanA rising mushroom cloud from Nagasaki, taken from a nearby town.
1952UKA traffic collision in Oldham.
1975FrancePeople waiting on the platform at Saint-Lazare station in Paris' metro system.
1959USAA car with Swiss flags driving through Newark, New Jersey.
1992UKA miner support group campaigning on the streets of Reading, England.
1908AlgeriaA postcard showing the Madrasa Thaalibia, an educational institution in Algeria.
1969GermanyBerliners watching the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon Landing through the window of a store selling televisions.
2024UKA straw bear walking through Whittlesey as part of the Whittlesey Straw Bear festival.
2011CubaSultan Kosen, the world's tallest man at 251 cm (8ft 2in), walking through Havana, Cuba on a goodwill tour aimed at promoting peace and cultural exchange.
2023UKEngland fans react as they watch the Fifa Women's World Cup semi-final against Australia.
2023SwitzerlandElectric taxis in Zermatt. The town is entirely car-free, and can only be accessed using the electric taxis or horse-drawn carriages.
1953USAMarilyn Monroe and Jane Russell putting handprints in wet concrete at Chinese Theater, Los Angeles.
1915USAStreet Peddlers in the Lower East Side of New York.
1964Vatican CityChurch Council fathers leaving St Peters Basilica during the Second Vatican Council.
2008MoroccoStreet food in Morocco.
1997USAA mob of angry parents gathered to protest a math teacher who handed out a math test with questions on the street value of cocaine, the square footage a graffiti can can cover and the cost of living on welfare.
1970AustraliaA giant 'bookworm' being displayed during a parade held during the 'Back to Wagga Wagga' week in Wagga Wagga, Australia, celebrating 100 years of local government since the city's incorporation.
1969IrelandA nun walking a group of girls to their Holy Communion in Dublin.
1988South KoreaWest German tennis player Steffi Graf in a crowd of delegates representing West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics opening ceremony.
1973RussiaA model posing whilst standing inside of the Tsar Bell, the largest in the world. Shortly after being cast a fire broke out near the Kremlin, in an effort to save the bell people poured cold water on it, causing a 11.5-ton chunk to break off.
1944FranceAP photographer Harry Harris and his brother Jack cross a street at the end of the war.
1951LibyaCrowds gathered in front of the Royal Palace in Benghazi, Libya during an Independence Day ceremony.
1976USAStar Trek cast members at the unveiling of Space Shuttle Enterprise.
2013ThailandAnti-government protesters filling the streets of Bangkok in a bid to drive Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra from office.
2011SpainCasa Milá, a Modernista building in Barcelona. It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí.
1975UKA Greater Manchester Police officer controls traffic outside Merseyway Shopping Centre.
1998EgyptThe production team for the egyptian version of Sesame Street (Midan Simsim) posing in front of the Pyramid of Khafre.
1940CanadaTwo men refueling their car at a service station in Ontario, Canada.
2007LesothoA man buying a pint at the Highest Pub in Africa during the mid 2000s.
2012MalaysiaPolice confronting protesters who broke a cordon near the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where thousands had gathered to demand sweeping changes to election rules, seeking to improve the integrity of the voting process.
2023GermanyA gatehouse on a bridge over the river Main in Miltenberg, Germany.
1936USAA street scene in front of the Ninth Avenue elevated station in Manhattan, New York.
1944IndiaA vintage postcard at the Gateway of India.
1989MalaysiaQueen Elizabeth II greeting children during her state visit to Malaysia.
1955FranceParisians watching a street painter at work.
1936USAA long exposure of the Golden Gate Bridge under contruction, 1 year prior to opening.
1900MexicoA stereoscopic photo of a crowded market in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, during the early 20th century.
1982MexicoMexican troops passing past crowds following the inauguration of President Miguel De La Madrid.
1956MonacoCrowds rushing to see Prince Rainer III of Monaco and Grace Kelly on the day of their wedding.
1948VenezuelaThe Municipal Theater in Caracas, Venezuela on a sunny day.
1948FranceA student at the University of Paris, who works part time as a taxi driver, reading a newspaper whilst filling up his car.
2024NorwayFive football fans playing TimeGuessr on Norway's smallest ferry.
1992SwitzerlandPeople eating outside in downtown Zürich.
2023USAAt the Eiffel Tower restaurant in Las Vegas.
1964USAPeople outside the Hollywood Bowl on the morning of The Beatles performance.
2010UAETom Cruise hanging off the side of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai whilst shooting for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol. Cruise insisted on performing the stunt without a stunt double.
2019IndiaPeople going home after the Ganga Aarti, a religious ceremony in which Hindu priests dance with large flaming lamps.
2015South KoreaMembers of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions pulling wires to move a police bus blocking their path towards the Presidential House.
2012USAA fisheye photo taken inside Progressive Field during an Indians-Angels game.
2003UKLeonardo DiCaprio posing for photos on the red carpet during the UK premiere of 'Catch Me If You Can'.
2022TaiwanCommuters riding on motorbikes in Tainan City.
1980SwitzerlandA picturesque scene in 80s Lucerne.
1915HungaryArmy reservists parading through Budapest during WWI.
2024UKA protester reading a newspaper outside the High Court in London during a demonstration against the extradition of Julian Assange to the US.
1969NorwayQueen Elizabeth II and King Olav of Norway greeting crowds in the small town of Åndalsnes.
2008USAA 15 foot tall replica of Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square as part of a promotional stunt for the 2008 science fiction comedy 'Meet Dave'.
2010BahrainA US Navy officer from the Naval Support Activity in Bahrain base talking to Cub Scouts about his job.
2011SwitzerlandA Google Street View trekker taking 360 photos on ski slopes near to the famous Matterhorn mountain in Zermatt, Switzerland.
1995GermanyThe Reichstag wrapped in fabric as part of an art installation.
2020ThailandPro-democracy activists flash three-fingered salutes during a demonstration against the country's prime minister.
1961FranceA Cityrama bus under the Eiffel Tower.
1964ArgentinaPosters featuring French President Charles de Gaulle covering the streets of Buenos Aires, six days before his arrival to Argentina.
1905SlovakiaA street scene in Trenčín, Slovakia during the mid 1900s.
1958USA35mm Kodachrome film of what today is part of the Freemont Street Experience Mall.
1964ItalyA tourist admiring Alma Cathedral on the Almafi coast.
1955BrazilMartha Rocha, who came second in the 1954 Miss Universe beauty pageant, doing a press conference in Rio.
1900USAA street scene in New York at the turn of the century.
1957USAActress Joan Bradshaw walking her poodle in 50s Hollywood.
2011South KoreaA spokesperson for the Seoul Metropolitan Fire & Disaster Headquarters briefing the press about rescue efforts following the collapse of a a four-story commercial building.
1945GermanyRed Army soldiers hoisting their hammer and sickle emblazoned banner atop the Reichstag, signalling the end of Nazi Germany.
1911USAAn open air classroom in New York, to help combat tuberculosis spreading through schools.
1998SwedenFlags hanging above Drottninggaten, one of the main shopping streets in Stockholm, Sweden.
1975UKA pro common market youth rally in Trafalgar Square.
1993PalestineKing Juan Carlos of Spain being given a book by Rabbi Yehuda Getz during a visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
1920NorwayCelebrations in downtown Oslo for Norway's Constitution Day.
2015PeruA street scene in Aguas Calientes (officially Machupicchu Pueblo), the town located at the base of the famous Incan citadel Machu Picchu.
2025PalestinePalestinians sitting between the rubble of destroyed buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan.
1914FranceBelgian reservists exiting Gare du Nord station in Paris. Germany invaded Belgium in 1914, forcing Belgium to change from being a neutral state to an allied power.
1906NorwayA view of the Nidaros Cathedral from the busy Town Square of Trondheim, Norway.
2009USABarack Obama moving sofas out of the Oval Office following a press event.
1993USABill and Hillary Clinton in costume during Halloween celebrations at the White House. The President and First Lady are dressed as President James Madison and Dolley Madison.
2016UzbekistanAn old Lada (Russian state-owned car manufacturer) displaying products for sale at an Uzbek bazaar.
1973SwedenPolice on the scene of the Norrmalmstorg robbery, in which the term 'Stockholm syndrome' was coined.
1913PanamaWorkers atop the Miraflores Lock during the construction of the Panama Canal.
2020UKGoats roaming the empty streets of Llandudno during the 2020 lockdown.
2015SpainPeople celebrating La Tomatina, an annual festival in which participants throw tomatoes at one another.
2024Timor-LestePope Francis visiting young people during his 2024 pastoral visit to Timor-Leste.
1920FranceMonet in his home studio in Giverny painting his famous Water Lilies series.
1949SwitzerlandHorse riders circling the burning of the Böögg (snowman) in Zürich. The tradition happens anually, marking the end of winter and the arrival of spring.
1969USAABC crew members preparing to capture the launch of Apollo 11 at the Kennedy Space Center.
1989NetherlandsMembers of the 'Association for Nursing Home Doctors in Training' celebrating the official formation of their association.
2013MoroccoSahrawi tribal men performing fantasia, a traditional exhibition of horsemanship, in Tan-Tan, Morocco.
1963HungaryA long exposure shot of a street corner in 60s Budapest.
1963USARobert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of President JFK, speaking to a rally for racial equality in Washington.
1970ChinaA street scene in downtown Hong Kong when it was a British colony.
1989CzechiaA memorial for Jan Palach, a Czech student who died protesting against the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia which ended the Prague Spring.
2022Saudi ArabiaMuslim pilgrims gather on Jabal Al-Rahma (the Mountain of Mercy) on the Day of Arafat, the 9th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar, as part of the annual observances of Hajj.
2006USAA New York Fire Department fire fighter leaning out the side of a fire engine.
2007GhanaPeople reading newspaper front pages at a newsstand in Accra, Ghana.
1982USAA cablecar in Teton Village, Wyoming with views of the Teton Mountain Range.
1941USAThe A.F.L. Screen Cartoonist's Guild, a labor union representing animators and cartoonists, striking against unfair pay and Disney's refusal to unionize.
1937USAA parade of young women marching through Hagerstown, Maryland in the late 30s.
1942USAA caravan of camels crossing Fifth Avenue on their way to a circus in Madison Square Garden.
1981Vatican CityPope John Paul II pictured moments before being shot twice during a failed assassination attempt. The murderer can be seen pointing a gun in the centre.
1903USAFirst successful flight of the Wright Flyer, by the Wright brothers.
2013UAEA Lamborghini Aventador police car on duty in Dubai.
1914IrelandMembers of the Irish Women Workers' Union posing for a photo in Dublin, Ireland. The trade union fought to represent women workers, particularly in industries like textiles, laundries, and manufacturing, where they faced poor wages and harsh working conditions.
2019CzechiaA film photograph taken outside the Národní Muzeum in Prague.
2016BrazilCyclists competing in the women's omnium scratch race inside the Velódromo Municipal do Rio during the 2016 Summer Olympics.
2014USATimes Square advertisements in 2014.
2008AustraliaPeople posing for a photo in front of Ayres Rock (Uluru) in Australia.
1999MonacoKate Moss attending the 1999 Grand Prix.
2003IraqA crowd of Iraqi citizens shouting at coalition forces participating in the US-led Operation Iraqi Freedom during the invasion of Iraq.
2011GermanyA drunken man is led up a hill by his friends during Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival.
2022RussiaPresident Vladimir Putin speaking to President Macron at a very long table during talks to diffuse the war in Ukraine.
2010PortugalPresident Barack Obama walking with Russian President Dimitry Medvedev and and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the 2010 NATO Summit in Lisbon.
2024SwedenLund University computer engineering students playing their favourite game at lunch.
1964UKTwo Dalek's on Westminster Bridge as part of a marketing stunt for Doctor Who's first season.
2013ChileCelebrations during the award ceremony for the 2013 Dakar Rally, a race across multiple vehicle classes which starts in Lima, Peru and finishes in Santiago, Chile.
2016NorwayA street scene in Oslo.
1975IndonesiaA street scene in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the mid 70s.
2015NepalA square in Nepal during the 2015 Holi Festival.
2024MexicoOver a hundred protesters forcibly storming the Senate of the Republic of Mexico to protest a reform in Mexico's judicial system.
2023USAJoe Biden celebrating his 81st birthday with a cake ablaze with 81 candles. Biden joked in the caption 'Thanks for the birthday well-wishes today, everyone. Turns out on your 146th birthday, you run out of space for candles!'.
2004NetherlandsThe body of a Boeing 747 being shipped through canals in Amsterdam to an aviation museum in Lelystad. The plane, donated by Dutch airline KLM, had been retired from active duty and couldn't be flown to its new home in Lelystad.
1988USAJoe Biden returning to work after suffering an aneurysm which kept him out of the senate for seven months.
1945VietnamA Japanese soldier posting the first official notice on a wall in Ho Chi Minh City following Japan's surrender at the end of World War II. The notice was printed in Vietnamese, French, and English.
1990HungaryA painter tranferring his works between buildings in downtown Budapest.
2011CanadaVancouver Canucks ice hockey fans celebrating after a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins.
1986HungarySecurity guards for the leader of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, who was on a tour of Budapest which was at the time under Soviet rule.
1944FranceBritish infantry landing on Sword Beach during D-Day.
1922USASilent film actor Harold Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock during filming for 'Safety Last!'.
2024PeruA woman guiding a llama around the streets of Cusco, Peru.
2019MozambiquePope Francis waving to crowds in Maputo during a pastoral visit to Mozambique, Mauritius and Madagascar.
1962GermanyA street scene in Hamburg, Germany during the early 60s.
1996FranceA scene at the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris during the mid 90s.
1960FranceA Parisian street scene.
1991RussiaA tank driver handing two cans of Coca-Cola to a soldier near the Russian Federation building in Moscow during the failed Soviet coup attempt, four months before the official collapse of the Soviet Union.
1972RussiaPresident Richard Nixon and Diplomat Henry Kissinger taking a stroll on the grounds of the Kremlin.
2024USARepublican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump pointing through a McDonald's drive through window during a campaign stop in battleground state Pennsylvania.
1999CanadaA car carrying former Toronto Maple Leaf players in a parade to the Leaf's new arena.
1984IranFamilies of missing Iranian soldiers and POWs convening in front of the International Red Cross Bureau in Tehran, Iran, to protest against the inhumane treatment of Iraqi rulers to Iranian POWs.
1984FrancePrime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a European Economic Community (EEC) Summit in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.
1997SloveniaA match between Croatia and Slovenia in the late 90s.
1902CroatiaA view over Jellasics Bán square in Zagreb, Croatia.
1917UKWounded American soldiers who are recovering in England visiting the Palace of Westminster during a recreational trip to aid morale.
1974UKA busker performing in Knightsbridge Undergeround Station.
1966TurkeyCrowds gathered on the streets of Varto, Turkey following the 1966 Varto earthquake.
1994USAThe cast of Friends next to the iconic fountain used in the opening credits before the premiere of the show’s first season.
1966IrelandA view in front of the recently exploded Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland. It remains unknown who was behind the explosion.
2017GermanyBuses at Pforzheim Central Bus Station.
1969UKA screen in Trafalgar Square broadcasting the 1969 lunar landing.
2005ItalyA woman swarmed by pigeons in Piazza San Marco, Venice.
2022FranceA crew car driving the route during the 15th stage of the 2022 Tour de France.
1912USAA banner advertising the sale of clothing goods by Boston Brokerage Co.
1950South KoreaThe crew of a M24 tank relaxing by the Naktong River during the Korean War.
1986ChinaA street scene in Hong Kong whilst it was still under British rule.
2022UKTwo singers performing during the opening ceremony of the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, held in Montreal, Canada.
2004PortugalFlags on the field before the UEFA Euro 2004 final. Greece beat Portugal 1-0.
2019VietnamVisitors walking along Vietnam's Golden Bridge, a 150-metre-long pedestrian bridge supported by two giant hands.
2024UKWelsh folk playing TimeGuessr daily #238.
1947UKA police officer gesturing to vehicles on Bond Street in post-war London.
1975SpainPeople in Sevilla reading about the death of Francisco Franco, who ruled over Spain as a dictator from 1939 until his death in 1975.
1985UKWelsh village of Monmouth in the 1980s.
2017FranceA joint press conference between President Vladimir Putin and President Emmanuel Macron in the Palace of Versailles. The two presidents discussed affairs in Syria and Ukraine.
1996UKA couple looking through postcards in Trafalgar Square.
1958ThailandPromotional billboards for local films standing over a road in Bangkok, Thailand.
1945USAThe Gadget awaiting detonation atop the Trinity Test Site tower. Physicist Norris Bradbury (left), who later took over Oppenheimer to direct Los Alamos, and experimentalist Boyce McDaniel (right), inspect the device shortly before the world’s first nuclear explosion.
1992USARush hour in Los Angeles.
2007North KoreaChinese tourists taking photos during a strictly supervised tour in Pyongyang, North Korea.
1945USABoy Scouts who helped to deliver posters during the war effort standing in front of the Capitol.
1996UKCrowds surrounding the Prince of Wales taking a stroll through Little Shambles, York.
1973AustriaA police officer on duty in the Vienna traffic control room.
2022CubaPura, a 15 year old Cuban riding around her neighborhood in a pink Chevy convertible as her community celebrates her quinceañera.
2008IndiaA street scene next to the 17th century Fatehpuri Mosque in Delhi, India.
2020EthiopiaAn Ethiopian man reading a newspaper in a café in Addis Ababa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1995SwitzerlandSkiers sitting at a mountain hut in Brienz, Switzerland, during the mid 90s.
1922USAWashington policeman measuring the distance between knee and suit; women were required to wear swimsuits less than six inches above the knee.
2014SomaliaCurrency exchangers on a street in Hargeisa, Somalia.
1904USAThe New York Times Building, under construction in 1904.
1933FranceThe 1933 'Most Beautiful Cat in Montmartre' competition in the Montmartre district of Paris.
1957DenmarkA street scene in front of the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen during the late 50s.
2014CanadaA scene inside of Cambridge Bay Airport in Northern Canada.
1958BelgiumDutch girls who work in the flower trade throwing flowers in the air in front of the Atomium during the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels, Belgium.
2017ItalyA group of alphorn players performing in the Dolomites.
1958ItalyItalian police officers clearing a path for French film star Brigitte Bardot on her arrival at the 1958 Venice Film Festival.
1967CanadaCrowds at a fair during the 1967 International and Universal Exposition in Montréal, Canada.
2022ItalyAttendees of the film premiere of 'Bones and All' holding up portraits of Timothée Chalamet during the 79th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
1995PolandA Marlboro billboard standing over a square in Warsaw, Poland. In 1999 Poland legislated a full ban on outdoor and print advertising for tobacco companies.
2021USALive streamer Ludwig posing with youtuber Disguised Toast at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas.
1965UKA windshield view towards Kings Cross during the mid 60s.
1926NorwayRoald Amundsen waving to cheering crowds on Karl Johans gate in Oslo following his return from the historic 1926 North Pole expedition aboard the airship Norge. The expedition made him the first person to reach both poles.
1948NorwayA woman, a man and a Volvo PV at the border between Sweden and Norway in Älvdalen, Norway.
1988USAPresident Reagan, Vice-President Bush and General Secretary Gorbachev on Governor's Island for the 1988 Governors Island Summit.
1968ItalyA view of Campo San Luca in Venice, Italy, bustling with crowds and decorated with prominent advertisement boards.
2019KyrgyzstanCars driving out of a petrol station in the Kyrgyzstani border city Osh.
2012PolandMembers of the press reporting during the 2012 Woodstock Festival Poland.
1939USAMickey Rooney watching Judy Garland putting her hands in wet cement on the Hollywood Walk of Fame before the premiere for the 1937 coming-of-age musical comedy 'Babes in Arms'.
1991ArmeniaA group of Armenians holding up a banner in Moscow in protest against the USSR during the fall of the Soviet Union.
1976JapanA street scene in Akihabara, Tokyo, during the mid 70s.
1937Vatican CityTwo boys playing between the Doric columns of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square, Vatican City.
2025USAA stand in for President-elect Donald Trump during a rehearsal for the 60th Presidential Inauguration.
1974GermanyWest German football player Franz Beckenbauer trying to intercept a shot from Dutch midfielder Johan Neeskens during the 1974 World Cup final in Munich. West Germany defeated the Netherlands 2-1.
1908USACrowds lining up for the New York - Paris Race. The race lasted for 169 days making it the longest motorsport ever held.
2022SwitzerlandRapper Tyler the Creator at a cafe in Switzerland.
1969NetherlandsJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono protesting in Amsterdam on the first week of their honeymoon.
1994JapanShot from the Shibuya Scramble Crossing in the early 90s.
1984NetherlandsActivists protesting against the eviction of a squatters house in Amsterdam.
2018DenmarkThe party leader of Siumut, the Greenland social democratic party, posing for a photo in Nuuk, Greenland.
2011ItalyCrowds gathered for the Palio di Siena, an traditional Italian horse race held annualy in Siena, Tuscany.
1939New ZealandTravel buses in Wellington, New Zealand.
1968VietnamSaigon in the late 60s.
1959USAChildren being drenched by Chicago Police Officers on a hot summers day.
1934SpainA group of Catalan children posing in front of Gaudí's La Sagrada Familia.
2009UKA street scene next to Rio Cinema in Hackney.
1988NorwayNorwegians cheering on the streets of Lillehammer on the day it was announced the small Norwegian town would be the host of the 1994 Winter Olympics.
1977FranceRoger Moore and co-star Barbara Bach at the screening for 'The Spy Who Loved Me' at the Cannes Film Festival.
1901New ZealandCrowds at Cheltenham Beach in Devonport, New Zealand.
1968UKGreek actress and singer Melina Mercouri demonstrating with crowds in Trafalgar Square against the right-wing military Greek junta.
1916USATactical voting banners hung by the National Women's Party in Tucson, Arizona.
1967USAAn anti-Vietnam War demonstrator offering a flower to a military police soldier on guard at the Pentagon.
1942LibyaAllied forces pointing at a road sign in Al Qubbah, Libya shortly after capturing the town from Axis powers.
1989GermanyEast German guards restrain people from climbing to the other side of the wall as a section is pulled down by the west.
1967IranPeople lined up at a bus stop stop in Tehran during the late 60s.
2022UkraineA civilian building damaged following a Russian missile attack on Kyiv.
2009GhanaPresident Barack Obama greeting members of parliament after addressing the Ghanaian Parliament during his state visit to Ghana.
1983USAA lover's lane in Jersey City, New Jersey.
1957HungaryA woman selling flowers on a street corner in Budapest, Hungary, next to a building damaged during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. The building still stands today and the damaged wall is now the entrance to a small café.
1925USAA safety demonstration showing passengers how not to disembark trams in Detroit.
1970RomaniaA street scene in Bucharest, Romania, during the early 70s.
2024RussiaMuslims praying in St. Petersburg during the Eid al-Adha holiday.
1969ItalyPedestrians cross the Ponte Vecchio, the oldest stone arch bridge in Europe.
1987FranceFrench folk relaxing in Bordeaux.
2009PanamaBelgian Crown Prince Philippe taking a photo of the Panama Canal, standing next to Panamanian President Martin Torrijos.
1954USAMarilyn Monroe posing on top of the updraft from the New York Subway grates during filming for 'The Seven Year Itch'.
1932USAA queue of extras waiting for lunch boxes whilst on set for the 1932 Cecil B. DeMille film 'The Sign of the Cross'.
1945IranWinston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin, the 'Big Three' Allies of World War II meeting at the Yalta Conference to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe.
2025GermanyBayern Munich's Jamal Musiala being doused with beer as part of the club's traditional Bundesliga title celebrations after a 2–0 win against Borussia Moenchengladbach.
1921NorwayNorwegian women marching through the University of Oslo campus as part of a celebration of women's suffrage, which was fully gained in 1913 in Norway.
2018Vatican CityPope Francis greeting crowds during his weekly public audience in Vatican City.
1940USAA street scene outside a drug store in Taos Plaza, New Mexico during the early 40s.
1963GermanyGermans enjoying the 1963 Kieler Weinfest.
2011JapanVice President Joe Biden giving a speech in Sendai, Japan following the devastating 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami.
1952JapanA calisthenics session during a 5 minute stopover from Osaka to Tokyo. The session was intended to allow commuters to stretch their legs during the journey.
1985RussiaA winters morning in Moscow.
1951FranceA view of the Arc de Triomphe from the Champs-Elysees Avenue in Paris.
1995SpainChildren playing with drums during a street festival in Barcelona, Spain.
1980LiberiaA street scene in Liberia's capital Monrovia. Liberia was founded in 1822 by freed African American slaves and was named after U.S. President James Monroe.
1966USAMuhammad Ali jumping from a bridge over the Chicago River.
1983NetherlandsTwo demonstrators against nuclear cruise missiles protesting in The Hague.
2022PortugalThe Braga Municipal stadium ahead of a Rangers vs Braga match. Rangers won 3-1.
1974PortugalProtesters on the streets of Lisbon during the Carnation Revolution, a military coup by military officers that overthrew the authoritarian Estado Novo government.
1990KenyaSouth African leader Nelson Mandela and Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi waving to a crowd at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi, Kenya during a public rally for the African National Congress.
1937ChinaA Japanese soldier stands guard over part of the Great Wall of China captured during the Sino-Japanese War.
1943ItalyTwo soldiers having a discussion in Sicily during Operation Husky.
1937FranceCrowds gathered for the 1937 Paris World's Fair.
1976USAAn LGBT march in The Castro, San Francisco.
1976UKA nun walking down London's Charing Cross Road in the mid 70s.
1956USARosa Parks being fingerprinted in the basement of Montgomery City Hall, one month after refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated city bus.
1959UKAn athlete during the 1959 Milk Race (now the Tour of Britain).
1973UKRolling Stone Keith Richards appearing at Marlborough Street Court to face drugs and firearms charges. Richards was later released on a £1000 bail.
2018TurkeyA street scene in Turkey during the late 2010s.
1908USAMotorists lined up for the 1908 New York to Paris race.
1901FranceParisians waving at the Santos-Dumont 6 airship, which won it's inventor the Prêmio Deutsch award for travelling from Parc Saint Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back in under 30 minutes.
1900FranceA group of gentlemen standing on the newly built Pont Alexandre III bridge during the 1900 Paris Exposition World Fair.
2010USAPresident Barack Obama shoots hoops with his personal aide Reggie Love at the White House basketball court.
2007UKWrexham A.F.C. defender Ryan Valentine scoring a penalty to keep the club out of relegation in the 2006-07 League Two season.
1976HungaryCrowds gathering to celebrate the 1848–49 Revolution and War of Independence in Budapest, Hungary.
1944NetherlandsDutch civilians celebrating the liberation of Holland.
1975PortugalA young shoe shiner working on the streets of Lisbon in the mid 70s.
2017DenmarkMusicians performing on the back of a truck during the annual G! Festival in the Faroe Islands.
1961UKCanon John Collins giving a speech during a rally for nuclear disarmament.
1961RussiaA long queue in Red Square, Moscow in the early 60s.
1944FranceFashion photography in post-liberation Paris.
1959NetherlandsAudrey Hepburn unveiling a street in the Dutch town of Doorn. Hepburn, born in neighbouring Belgium, spent part of her childhood in the Netherlands during WWII and actively supported the Dutch resistance against the Nazis.
2010UgandaA street scene in Kampala, Uganda. Kampala is one of Africa’s fastest-growing cities and serves as a major economic, political, and cultural hub in East Africa.
2023BrazilPolice in Brasilia storming a building broken into by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro.
2012TurkeyDaniel Craig photographed filming scenes for the 2012 James Bond film 'Skyfall' in İstanbul.
1969USAA view towards the 5 acre park inside of The Pentagon.
2019UKNigel Farage, the leader of the Brexit Party, having a milkshake thrown at him in Newcastle.
2011UKAndy Murray's Australian Open semi-final match being screened in a TV shop in his home town of Dunblane. Murray won the match, going on to lose to Djokovic in the final.
1954ChinaNew Year's Day 1954 on a Hong Kong street.
2020IranA Caspian Airlines airplane pictured after overrunning the runway on landing at Mahshahr Airport, Iran. All 144 passengers survived.
1997UKCrowds flooding Oxford Street for Paul McCartney's album signing for his new album 'Flaming Pie'.
1960ArgentinaUS President Dwight Eisenhower waving to welcoming crowds as he rides through streets of Buenos Aires after arriving in Argentina.
1957SpainA street scene in Barcelona during the late 50s.
1963USABob Dylan and his girlfriend Suze Rotolo on Jones Street. The photo was used for Dylan's 1963 album 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'.
2024IcelandUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson meet at the Ukraine-Nordic Summit in Reykjavik, where discussions focused on continued military and financial support for Ukraine and its path to NATO membership.
1941USAThe Boeing 314 Clipper, a transatlantic flying boat.
1945AustriaAustrians stopping to read posters at the Communist Party headquarters in Innsbruck, Austria.
1957JapanA mushroom cloud model being paraded through the streets of Tokyo in protest of planned British H-bomb tests at Christmas Island.
1968UKA group of girls walking through Carnaby Street during the Swinging Sixties.
2009IndiaA group of Indians watching the total solar eclipse at Nehru Planetarium in New Delhi.
2009ChinaFlower vendors on the streets of Beijing during Valentine's Day 2009.
1921GermanyA sightseeing bus in Köln (Cologne) outside a now demolished building.
2016EgyptCrowds watching the 2016 Al Ahram Open squash tornament in Giza, Egypt.
1966CroatiaA Renault Caravelle driving above Dubrovnik's old town.
1937FranceBanners hanging from Galeries Lafayette, one of Paris' most iconic and historic department stores.
2016PolandCrowds gathered for World Youth Day 2016 in Kraków, Poland.
1973USAPolice gathered on the scene of a shooting in San Francisco's Chinatown.
2013JapanA sports day at a preschool in Sapporo.
1997SpainA Catalan orchestra playing outside of Barcelona Cathedral in the late 90s.
1959USACuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro speaking to a crowd of 10,000 Harvard students during his tour of the United States.
2018UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy being filmed on the streets of Lviv one year before taking the oath of office. Before serving as Ukrainian president Zelenskyy was a well known comedian and actor.
1966ItalyU.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, on a tour of Italy to inspect the damage from the 1966 floods.
1958SwitzerlandA street scene in downtown Bern, Switzerland.
1999KazakhstanA town square in late 90s Kazakhstan.
1962USAJFK with his pet pony Macaroni. During his stay in Washington he also had several dogs, a cat, one canary, two parakeets, hamsters and a rabbit named Zsa Zsa.
1976USACrowds watching the annual Carole Kai Bed Race, a charity bed race sponsored by Hawai'ian entertainer and recording artist Carole Kai.
1904IrelandHorses drawing trade carts through Market Square in Dromore, Northern Ireland on a wet day.
2013JapanMembers of the International Atomic Energy Agency committee working to safely decommision Fukushima Nuclear Power Station after the 2011 disaster.
1941RussiaGerman soldiers posing with 'Misha' the stuffed bear during Operation Barbarossa.
1965GermanyA quaint street scene in Bonn, Germany.
1933NorwayPassengers sailing in a sloop to the Norwegian village of Fjærland.
1945GermanyMembers of the US Military Police Corps standing in front of a pontoon bridge connecting Remagen with Linz. The bridge was a vital foothold for Allied forces advancing into Germany at the end of WWII.
1978CroatiaPeople walking past the Salona Roman ruins in Split, Croatia (then Yugoslavia).
1986CambodiaA street scene in Yangon, Myanmar. In the background the Shwedagon Pagoda stupa (a hemispherical structure containing relics for worship) can be seen.
2016USAA Juneau Democrat yawns during a prepared speech promoting Democratic presidential candidate Roque De La Fuente.
1951ItalyWinston Churchill and his family riding a motorboat through Venice during the 1951 Venice Film Festival.
1979PalestineA busy street crossing in late 70s Jerusalem.
1981CyprusA street scene in 80s Cyprus.
1954USAA casino in Vegas welcoming soldiers travelling to Nevada during the peak of nuclear tourism.
1987Bosnia and HerzegovinaA woman sitting in front of Mostar Bridge. The famous bridge was destroyed by Croatian forces in 1993 during the Bosnian War, and later rebuilt in 2004.
2021ChinaA billboard for the iPhone XR standing above a street in Beijing, China during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020ItalyA man en route from Lisbon to Vladivostok via motorbike.
2001USAWith smoke still billowing from the World Trade Center disaster site, President Bush en route from New York City to Washington.
1976SloveniaA view towards an Aquarium in former Yugoslavia, now Slovenia.
1974USAIranian students march through the streets of Washington DC in protest against the U.S.-backed Shah of Iran. The protest was part of a growing international opposition movement that would culminate in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
1961HungaryA group of friends drinking in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest.
1979RussiaA street scene in St. Petersburg, Russia during the late 70s.
2023ChinaSpectators gathered around Raffaele Marciello, the winner of the 2023 FIA GT World Cup, which was held as part of the 70th Macau Grand Prix.
1964GreeceA street scene in Athens.
1959RussiaA Royal Dutch Airlines plane refuelling in Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow.
2013JapanA view from the crowds during a Yomiuri Giants game in Tokyo.
2025UKNewcastle United fans outside St James' Park ahead of the Carabao Cup trophy parade. Newcastle United beat Liverpool 2–1 in the Carabao Cup final, ending a 70-year wait for a major domestic trophy for the club.
1905USAAn early 20th-century view of Washington Street in Boston, Massachusetts.
1994South AfricaAfrican National Congress supporters heckling President F.W. de Klerk at a campaign rally. De Klerk was the president who saw South Africa transition from apartheid to democracy, however ANC supporters saw him as a representative of the old regime.
2015FranceA rally in Paris supporting the victims involved in the shooting at the office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
1962USAAstronaut Walter Schirra riding in the back of a car during a welcome parade in Houston, Texas, just three months before his Mercury-Atlas 8 mission - the fifth US manned space flight that orbited Earth six times.
1970USAApollo 14 flight crew during lunar EVA training.
2010AfghanistanThree women wearing burqas buying dates from a street market in Kabul. Since 2021 the Taliban have made mandated that women wear burqas in public.
1950FranceParisians being dropped of on line 168.
1987ChileChilean protesters marching against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, demanding justice and accountability for the 'detenidos desaparecidos' - individuals secretly arrested and killed by the regime.
1976USAPresident Ford meeting Girl Scouts in Orlando during a campaign trip to Florida.
1970MexicoPele being hoisted onto his teammates shoulders after Brazil won the 1970 World Cup final against Italy.
1941HungaryA view of a trade fair in 40s Budapest.
1933FranceA show jumping event being held in the Grand Palais, Paris.
1934PolandFarm wagons on the streets of Warsaw during the mid 30s.
1951NetherlandsChildren playing on flooded streets in Amsterdam during the early 50s.
1983UKMiss Ramsbottom with the Ramsbottom Fire Service Retained Crew in Ramsbottom, England.
1913DenmarkA group of people riding in a horse-drawn carriage on Børnehjælpsdag (Children's Aid Day) in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1965NorwayA youth parade celebrating Norway's Constitution Day on the streets of Oslo.
1945USAUS President Truman and French President Charles de Gaulle meeting to discuss post-war reconstruction efforts and the future of Europe at the White House.
2015USAJerry Seinfeld knocking on the window of the Oval Office for a segment in his series ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee’.
1956MonacoCrowds gathered for the wedding of Prince Rainer III of Monaco and American actress Grace Kelly.
2023VietnamA view from the banks of a lake in Nam Định, Vietnam.
1974CzechiaA May Day (Labor Day) parade in Czechoslovak Prague.
2023GermanyGermans racing to enter the 188th Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich.
1972NetherlandsA group performing in Dam Square, Amsterdam on Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) in honour of Queen Juliana's birthday.
1995GermanyThe Reichstag wrapped in fabric as part of an art installation.
2009USAThe tail assembly of US Airways Flight 1549 protruding out of the Hudson River. The plane lost all engine power after striking a flock of birds, prompting the pilots to ditch the plane in the river.
2025IndiaA cardboard cut out of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the side of a road during the swearing in ceremony for the Delhi chief Minister.
1988RussiaCrowds flocking to buy Astro Pizza - the first American fast food within the Soviet Unions.
1988HaitiA large banner in Port-au-Prince urging Haitians to vote, referencing the spirit of 7 February 1986 - the day dictator Jean-Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier fled, ending decades of authoritarian rule.
1970HungaryA poster advertising a documentary about Vladimir Lenin in Soviet Budapest.
2017BhutanA monk crossing a street in downtown Thimphu, Bhutan.
2010South KoreaA pillow fight in Seoul on International Pillow Fight Day 2010.
1985NetherlandsA protest against apartheid in South Africa on Leidesplein Square in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2009GeorgiaPedestrians walking through a street in Tbilisi, Georgia.
1976USACrowds stopping at a Claremont Colleges booth during the Village Venture street fair in downtown Claremont, California. The booth promoted campus arts and cultural events to the local community.
1963UKA Dalek from the BBC programme 'Doctor Who' waiting at a London bus stop, as part of a promotional photo for the series.
1937USAThe statue for Francis P. Duffy, the Canadian-American Catholic priest, military chaplain, and World War I hero, wrapped up in Times Square ahead of it's unveiling.
2022USALeBron James exchanging greetings with his childhood idol, Michael Jordan, on the court at halftime of the 2022 NBA All-Star Game in Cleveland during the NBA's 75th Anniversary Team ceremony.
1989LatviaThe Baltic Way - a human chain of 2 million protesters spanning three countries protesting against Soviet occupation of Baltic states.
1987SpainA street scene in Sitges in the late 80s.
2025TurkeyRiot police officers using pepper spray against a protester in Istanbul. Thousands have taken to the streets to protest the arrest of Istanbul's mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent opposition figure and potential challenger to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
1973AustriaA woman walking through an underpass in front of Votive Church in Vienna, Austria.
1988USAA child clinging onto the back of a taxi outside the City College of New York.
2000JapanDaft Punk walking through a metro station in Tokyo.
2012RussiaRussian riot police dispersing anti-Putin protesters in downtown Moscow, on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration as president.
1957BelgiumConstruction of the Atomium, ahead of the 1958 Brussels World's Fair.
2018USAA North Carolina State cheerleader and a US Army Cadet celebrating a touchdown during a Wake Forest vs. NC State game. The game ended 27-23 to Wake Forest.
2012HaitiSecretary of state Hillary Clinton being briefed by a USAID engineer.
1953HungaryA classroom decorated with socialist slogans and portraits of Stalin and Rákosi in Füzérradvány, Hungary.
2012MoroccoHorse riders gathered for Fantasia - a traditional exhibition of horsemanship in countries throughout Northwest Africa.
2019IndiaPeople commuting through Varanasi, India.
2025UkraineKeir Starmer, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Tusk and Friedrich Merz making a call to President Donald Trump to discuss a proposed 30-day unconditional ceasefire for the Russo-Ukrainian War.
1952MonacoA pile-up crash at the 1952 Monaco sports car race.
1997IrelandA woman handing Tony Blair a loaf of bread during his visit to Armagh, Northern Ireland, one year prior to the Good Friday Agreement.
1949USAFireworks lighting up the sky over the Washington Monument during President Truman's Inaugural celebration.
1920DenmarkHorse drawn carriages and cars driving through the streets of Copenhagen.
1981IsraelTel Aviv Port workers demonstrating for better pension payments during the early 80s.
1932GreeceFour men posing for a photo in Athens during the early 30s, with the Acropolis in the background.
2016USAArnold Schwarzenegger sleeping in front of a statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
1976USAViews from a restaurant in the World Trade Center's north tower.
1973HungaryCommuters travelling through a Hungarian metro station in Budapest.
1958USAA woman wearing a lei (wreath) on a beach in Honolulu, Hawaii, during the late 50s.
1963USAJacqueline Kennedy, President Lyndon B. Johnson and others mourning the death of JFK.
1931AustraliaFirst Australian-born Governor General takes the salute from the steps of the then new Parliament House.
1995FranceJohnny Depp posing with film director Jim Jarmusch at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival for their latest film 'Dead Man'.
1958AlgeriaThousands gathered on the main square in Constantine, Northeast Algeria, to listen to French Prime Minister Charles de Gaulle’s speech. De Gaulle was appointed as prime minister just 4 days before.
1981FranceCrowds below the Eiffel Tower during the early 80s.
1946HungaryHospital workers participating in the May Day parade at Nyugati Square in Budapest, Hungary, shortly after the end of World War II in 1946.
1966NorwayNorwegian anti-war demonstrators marching in protest of the United States bombing of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1953IranA pro-Mossadegh crowd gathered outside the gate of the Parliament building in Tehran, Iran. Mossadegh was the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran who famously nationalized the Iranian oil industry. A few months later Mossadegh was overthrown in a CIA/MI6 backed coup.
2020NorwayT-Centralen station on the Stockholm Metro. The Stockholm Metro claims to be the longest art museum in the world.
1971IndonesiaCrowds welcoming Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands in Jakarta, Indonesia, during their state visit.
1963UKA couple at Carter Bar, a pass on the Anglo-Scottish border.
1974NetherlandsA tourist posing on the waterfront in Volendam, Netherlands.
1956UKProtests in Liverpool against the deliberate sinking of Capel Celyn, a small Welsh community which was flooded to make way for a reservoir.
2012UKPupils in Manchester dressed as Police Officers as part of a police outreach event.
1959RussiaA view inside the historic GUM department store in Red Square, Moscow.
1986ChinaA plane flying low to approach Hong Kong's old Kai-Tak Airport.
2017North KoreaA waitress moving a dining chair at a restaurant terrace in Pyongyang, North Korea.
1907DenmarkA street scene in Denmark, seen through a stereoscopic camera.
1964CyprusHundreds of Cypriot secondary school students taking to the streets to protest for 'enosis', a word meaning the union of Cyprus and Greece.
1956MexicoCanillitas (newspaper boys) trying to sell the daily paper to a photographer in Mexico City.
1956CzechiaA father and son celebrating during a Labor Day parade in Soviet Czechoslovakia.
2023ItalyCardboard cutouts of SSC Napoli players in Naples.
1989LuxembourgA street scene in Luxembourg city.
1986PhilippinesA billboard in Laoag City, put up by the dictator Ferdinand Marcos shortly before his ousting from power later in the year.
1968UKVietnam War protesters before a clash with police in Grosvenor Square.
1980BelgiumA street scene in Brussels at the start of the 80s.
1953CambodiaA street scene at the Phnom Penh Central Market in Cambodia during the early 50s.
1991RussiaA crowd watching a statue of the KGB founder Dzerzhinsky being toppled during the fall of the Soviet Union.
1964DenmarkThe Beatles arriving in Copenhagen during their first and only world tour.
1976UKA street scene in Piccadilly Circus during the mid 70s.
1970FinlandA cheese-breathing dragon being paraded through Helsinki as a marketing stunt, during an experiment to pedestrianise Aleksanterinkatu, one of Helsinki's main shopping streets.
1984USADisney's Donald Duck setting his footprints in cement outside of the TCL Chinese Theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
2024USABlacked out screens seen in Times Square, caused by a bug in software from cybersecurity company CrowdStrike, described as the 'largest IT outage in history'.
1914Bosnia and HerzegovinaArchduke Franz Ferdinand leaving the town hall of Sarajevo, moments before his assassination.
2021TaiwanMembers of the Republic of China Armed Forces spraying disinfectant over the streets of Taipei.
1992USABystanders take cover as a Korean shop owner fires a gun in the air to prevent looters from storming his business during the '92 Rodney King Riots.
1993ChileA street scene outside of the Santiago Stock Exchange in the early 90s.
1958AustraliaTwo Australian gentlemen standing outside of a newsreel theater in downtown Sydney.
1931GermanyA man filming a documentary about about traffic in Berlin for the German weekly newsreel 'Wochenschau'.
1932FinlandSoldiers in Mäntsälä following the Mäntsälä rebellion, a failed coup attempted by the far-right Lapua Movement.
2018UKBrits eyeing up the waves before a charity Boxing Day Swim.
1999IcelandA view on Laugavegur shopping street in Reykjavík, Iceland.
1997FrancePhoto from the '97 Tour de France - the second to last stage was a time trial at Disneyland Paris.
1992UKA bicycle parked up by King's College, Cambridge. Cambridge has the highest percentage of cyclists in the UK with almost half of adults riding at least once a week.
1916PortugalThe funeral procession for Brazil's Ambassador to Portugal, Francisco Regis de Carvalho, proceeding through Largo do Chiado in Lisbon.
1966UKBritish singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan performing at Piccadilly Circus.
1943UKA Douglas DC-3 being prepared for flight under the searchlights of the Rock of Gibraltar.
1986HaitiThe Ministry of Defense adorned in Haiti flags on Flag Day.
2003New ZealandA protest in Auckland against the lifting of a temporary ban on genetic engineering. Despite a large turnout of 35,000 protesters, the ban was still lifted.
2014OmanPrince Harry taking part in a traditional Omani sword dance during his tour of Middle East.
2021UKA beer garden overlooking St Michael's Mount in Cornwall.
1960CzechiaA street scene in Prague in front of the Blaník Cinema in Wenceslas Square showcasing the premiere of the 1960 film 'Přežil jsem svou smrt' (I Survived My Own Death).
1981UKA woman reading a newspaper announcing the engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer outside of Buckingham Palace.
2016TunisiaA street scene in Sidi Bou Said, a popular tourist town on the Mediterranean in Tunisia known for its vibrant blue and white buildings.
2017SwitzerlandChildren playing in the water jets at the Sechseläutenplatz, in Zürich.
2024IndiaA tuktuk parked on a roadside in Bengaluru, India.
1909SpainAn overturned tram, after being struck by a vehicle, in Barcelona.
1988EgyptA traffic policeman directing the flow of vehicles in downtown Cairo, Egypt.
1919GermanyTwo New Zealand soldiers on leave having a chat by the Rhine River in Cologne after the end of World War I.
1957USAModel and actress Vikki Dougan walking past crowds in LA.
2020USAA statue of President Andrew Jackson, defaced by police brutality protesters, in front of the White House. The previous day President Tump had tweeted that those who tried to topple the statue would face 10 years in prison.
1975PolandCrowds gathered en route to watch a marathon near Poznań, Poland.
2022UKTwo women dip their heads into the fountain to cool off in Trafalgar Square.
1964USADelegates on the floor of the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1996FranceLeonardo DiCaprio appearing on the red carpet with grandma at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
1974EgyptUS President Richard Nixon and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat waving from a motorcade in Alexandria during Nixon’s 1974 Middle East tour, which aimed to reduce Soviet influence and position the US as a key mediator in Arab-Israeli peace talks.
2010UKA street corner in Hackney.
1924NorwayA march in Oslo, Norway following the death of Vladimir Lenin, a Russian revolutionary who led the Bolsheviks to power during the 1917 October Revolution, establishing the Soviet Union.
1971USAA billboard in Seattle. The billboard was put up as a humorous response to the crumbling aerospace industry, heavily relied upon within the city.
1970South KoreaRush hour in Seoul during the early 70s.
1980GermanyA street scene in Trier, Germany, one of the oldest cities in the country.
1984USAEmpty pockets in Las Vegas.
1908USAThe welcome arch outside of Denver Union Station in the late 1900s. The arch was dismantled in 1931 due to traffic congestion and high maintenance costs.
2010MongoliaA view of crowds during Naadam Festival, a traditional annual Mongolian festival of horse racing, wresting, and archery - dubbed 'the three games of men'.
1990UKA protester climbing a lamp post during the poll tax riots. The tax, introduced by Margaret Thatcher's government, imposed a fixed per-person charge on residents, disproportionately affecting lower-income individuals.
1900EgyptA man standing atop the Saladin Citadel in Cairo.
2002USAA father and daughter walking on a highway which was closed due to a collapsed bridge following a traffic accident.
1989New ZealandA street scene in Auckland, New Zealand during the late 80s.
1931Vatican CityPeople standing in front of the Vatican obelisk, one of the thirteen ancient obelisks of Rome.
1940USAA street scene in the small mining town of Bisbee, Arizona.
2016ItalyA street scene next to Milano Centrale railway station.
2015Sri LankaA street scene in Puttalam, Sri Lanka.
1953UKA busy evening at the bottom of Newcastle Upon Tyne's Northumberland Street.
1978JapanStreet photography in downtown Tokyo.
2023MongoliaPope Francis meeting the Mongolian President in front of a gigantic statue of the Mongol Empire Genghis Khan.
1904RomaniaA memorial plaque to Count István Széchenyi, a Hungarian statesman and engineer who played a crucial role in modernizing Hungary in the 19th century.
1959CubaCuban leader Fidel Castro drawing a laugh from a crowd whilst making a speech in a Cuban town.
2014VietnamCommuters travelling to work on scooters in downtown Hanoi, Vietnam.
2020AustraliaRescue boat of Kurrawa Surf Life Saving Club, Kurrawa Beach, Queensland Feb 2020.
1966NorwayAn anti-Vietnam demonstration in Oslo during the mid 60s.
2019Sri LankaPeople walking through downtown Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1989ItalyA mirror selfie taken on a boat in Venice.
1977SwedenAn athletics competition at the Slottsskogsvallen stadium in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the late 70s.
1993USACrowds filling a street in Fort Worth, Texas, during the Chisholm Trail Roundup, an annual event commemorating the historic cattle drive route.
2024USAA student from Illinois playing TimeGuessr at school.
1992GermanyA man sunbathing on the roof of his car in Hanover, Germany.
2011LibyaRevolutionary Libyans parading the streets of Benghazi during the 2011 Libyan civil war.
1985SwitzerlandA motorcycle meeting in Ascona, Switzerland during the mid 80s.
1931USACrowds on Broadway in 30s LA.
1989North KoreaA North Korean army office filming a meeting through a window at the Military Armistice Commission Conference Hall on the Korean DMZ.
1981SwitzerlandA street in Lausanne, Switzerland in the early 80s.
1962NetherlandsDutch skaters kluning (crossing over land on skates) during an unskatable part of the Elfstedentocht race. They are crawling to avoid damaging their skates.
1951ItalyA rural Italian scene in the early 50s.
1914FranceAn autochrome photo of Parisians shopping in the 1910s.
2024USAIllinois fans holding mock newspapers with the headline 'Curdled Dreams in Champaign' as the Wisconsin basketball team is introduced at the start of a NCAA college basketball game.
1946SwitzerlandSwiss children welcoming the Dutch royal family during their Royal visit to Bern.
1991CroatiaYugoslav army tanks blocking a road in Slovenia to the Austrian border, a day after Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia.
1981UKPunks sitting on the lions in Trafalgar Square during a jobs rally.
2019BhutanTwo men carrying a painting of the King of Bhutan's family down a street in Thimphu, Bhutan.
1965UKThe Sound of Music showing at Gaumont Cinema, Manchester.
2014USAPlayers for the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball team taking part in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge before a Tar Heels vs Liberty Flames game.
1922USAPhotographers shooting cherry blossoms at Tidal Basin.
1982MexicoCrowds releasing doves into the air during the inauguration parade of President Miguel de la Madrid in Mexico City.
2019VietnamPolicemen keeping watch during the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1975IndonesiaA street scene in Bandung, the capital city of the West Java province of Indonesia, during the mid '70s.
2021TajikistanTajiks shopping at a bazaar in Khujand, Tajikistan.
1973USAPeople gathered in the United States Capitol rotunda to pay respects to the late President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1998IndonesiaAn anti-government protest at Yarsi University in Jakarta.
2023UKSycamore Gap - a tourist destination along hadrian's wall. The tree was recently felled in an act of vandalism.
2013AustraliaThe Australian rules football league 2013 Grand Final between Hawthorn and Fremantle.
1975GermanyA car accident along a street in East Berlin.
1978HungaryA street scene in Szeged, Hungary.
1970BulgariaA street scene during the Christmas period in a rural town in Bulgaria. Under Soviet rule, public celebrations of Christmas were suppressed, with religious customs driven underground and New Year taking precedence as the main winter holiday.
1990GermanyBerliners celebrating the reunification of Germany.
1944FranceFrenchmen removing a Vichy sign after the liberation of France.
1959AustriaMary Martin in the Vermont mountains during production for the broadway version of The Sound of Music, 6 years before the film adaptation was released.
1991IraqThree members of a Navy combat camera team standing beside a road sign in Iraq. The team was tasked with documenting Operation Provide Comfort, an effort to aid Kurdish refugees in Turkey and Iraq.
2001CanadaElora, Ontario in the early 2000s.
1961SwedenA view down Kungsgatan, a major shopping street in Stockholm.
1943USAAn instructor of the Capitol Transit Company teaching a woman how to operate a one-man streetcar, a job typically reserved for men, due to job shortages during WWII.
1963GreeceA street scene in Marathon, Greece during the early 60s.
1984ArmeniaArmenians celebrating the National Day of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
1948JapanJapanese actors Miki Norihei and Tange Kiyoko standing in the Kyōbashi district of Tokyo, captured by celebrated postwar photographer Hayashi Tadahiko during Japan’s “kasutori” era - a time of hardship, recovery, and vibrant cultural expression.
1991UKPeter Phillips showing his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II a burgler alarm he made for a classroom project.
2008UKUsain Bolt waving to crowds after defeating the 100m world record with a time of 9.58s at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
1960ItalyA Dutch photographer eating spaghetti with scissors whilst travelling to Italy to photograph the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics.
1952USAA city bus loading on Key West Island, Florida.
1917IrelandCrowds waiting for prisoners who were arrested during the 1916 Easter Rising to be released under general amnesty.
2004Palestine'The Friend Stays' - A newspaper stand in Jerusalem selling newspapers celebrating President George Bush's win in the 2004 US presidential election.
1970ItalyItalians in awe of the Lancia Stratos Zero.
2001USAA street scene on a summer evening in New Orleans.
1999FranceA clown on a train leaving Mabillon Métro Station in Paris.
1959GermanyThe West German and Dutch football teams entering the Müngersdorfer Stadium for a friendly match. West Germany won the match 7-0.
1999FranceA couple in Avingon train station in the late 90s.
2013CanadaA perfectly lined up truck near Alberta.
1968CzechiaResidents attempting to stop a Soviet tank in downtown Prague during the Prague Spring, a period of political reform and protest in Czechoslovakia.
1998UKMy parents outside The Palace of Westminster in 1998.
1985HungaryA rally by the paramilitary organization MHSZ during May 1st celebrations in socialist Budapest.
1910FranceA bus parked outside of the Louvre Palace in 1910.
1975GermanyInside Hamburg train station in the 70s.
2010AustriaFC Porto players celebrating in the snow after scoring a third goal against SK Rapid in the 2010–11 Europa League. FC Porto won 3-1.
1940UKCrowds gather to listen to a military band playing in front of the Birmingham City Town Hall.
1978HungaryA view of the refurbishments at Nyugati Railway Station in Budapest, Hungary.
1941USAScenes from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawai'i.
1974USAA group of girls from Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia on the steps of the National Archives Building on Constitution Day.
1985UKElton John's Delahaye 175 parked outside of Sotheby's auction house in London.
2013SwedenPress photographers taking photos of cross country skiiers during the 2013 FIS Cross-Country World Cup.
1956AustraliaAustralians having a swim at the North Sydney Olympic Pool, against the backdrop of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
1987USACalifornian bodybuilders on Venice Beach.
1930FinlandPeople waiting to watch Ernst Lubitsch's 1929 musical comedy The Love Parade.
1940UKA German bomber flying over London as part of the 7th September Raids.
1977AndorraA street scene in Andorra la Vella during the 70s.
2011UKOutside a polling station during the 2011 Jersey general election.
1958ItalyA marketing stunt from the Italian Communist Party to get votes in the national elections.
2014BrazilA presentation about cell phone history during the 2014 Campus Party Technology Festival held in São Paulo, Brazil.
1940CanadaPhoto capturing a young child running away from his mother to see his father, a private in The British Columbia Regiment.
2023BelgiumEuropean Leaders gathered for discussions at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium.
2021UruguayA CPR demonstration during 'Heart Week' in Montevideo, Uruguay - an educational event aimed at raising community awareness about the importance of health promotion and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
2005AustraliaPolice officers on patrol at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Christmas Day.
1936GermanyHelen Mayer, a Jewish fencing champion exiled from Germany, doing the Nazi salute at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
1989New ZealandA group of Maori children walking home after school.
1919USAMembers of the National Woman's Party protesting as part of the 'Watchfires of Freedom' demonstrations for woman's right to vote.
2006IndiaA group of exiled Tibetans dragging a Chinese flag through the Indian town Dharmsala before burning it. The town gained prominence when the 14th Dalai Lama settled there following the 1959 Tibetan uprising.
2015SloveniaSlovenian crowds cheering at the Ski Jumping World Cup. Peter Prevc and Jurij Tepeš became the sixth and seventh men in history to get a 'perfect jump', with all five judges awarding them top style marks (5x20).
1904South KoreaA crowd of civilian and military dignitaries gathered at Changdeokgung Palace in Seoul, South Korea for an unknown event.
2007USAActor Tony Sirico being filmed as Paulie Walnuts for one of the last episodes of the hit HBO show 'The Sopranos'.
2006NetherlandsThree workers tracking live sports scores at a sports statistics firm in The Netherlands.
1957SpainA street scene in downtown Barcelona during the late 50s.
2013USAPolice on the scene after the second explosion during the Boston Marathon bombings.
2011LibyaStalls on Benghazi's sea front.
2024BelgiumBelgian students playing TimeGuessr during a physics lesson.
1968SwitzerlandA group of boys fishing outside the Schloss Oberhofen castle in Bern, Switzerland.
1940UKResidents in Lambeth Walk dancing following bombing in the area as a means of keeping spirits high.
2023ItalyMe and some friends walking around Crema in Italy.
1969UKPeople gathered around the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain in Piccadilly Circus during the summer of '69.
1957USAAudrey Hepburn on her bike with her dog at Paramount Studios.
1971USAYoung people milling Outside the Black Panther Community Center.
1964SwitzerlandSean Connery and Tania Mallet shooting in Switzerland for the 1964 Bond film 'Goldfinger'.
1960BrazilVisitors gathered around the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during the early 60s.
1943NetherlandsA secret photo taken in The Hague during Nazi Occupation. Menno Huizinga, the photographer, was a member of the Dutch resistance and used a hidden camera to document life under Nazi occupation.
2015CzechiaTourists on a segway tour in Prague, Czechia.
2015GermanyAngela Merkel and Barack Obama share a private moment during the 2015 G7 Summit.
1991JamaicaJamaicans gathering to welcome Nelson Mandela to Kingston to receive the Order of Jamaica, the highest honour a non-national can receive.
1900USANikola Tesla sat in his laboratory with magnifying transmitter generating electrical arcs around him.
2025SyriaSyrian Kurdish children celebrating during Nowruz, a festival of spring that marks the beginning of the Iranian calendar.
1992RussiaChildren watch the changing of the Kremlin Guard in front of Lenin’s tomb shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The tradition was moved from Lenin's tomb to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1993 and continues today.
1935PolandA scene at Jabłonna train station in Poland during the mid 30s.
1939SwitzerlandA parade through Zürich in the late 30s.
2004NetherlandsA family fisheye photo in Dordrecht.
1970FranceFrench actress Jane Birkin buying magazines from a newsstand in Paris.
1944FranceAmerican troops seeking cover from German fire during the Battle of the Bulge.
1984Vatican CityA nativity scene during Christmas time in Vatican City.
1999UKSkateboarders hanging out in front of the London Eye a week after it was lifted into its vertical position.
1969USAA crowd watching the Saturn V rocket lift Apollo 11 from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on its way to the moon.
1916SwitzerlandA Swiss military division parading through Bern during WWI.
1918GermanyNew Zealand soldiers gathered outside of a YMCA in Ehrenfeld, Cologne at the end of WWI.
1975AustriaA view down Kärntner Straße, one of the main shopping streets in Vienna, Austria.
2024FranceBrazillian surfer Gabriel Medina celebrating mid-air in French Polynesia after making a difficult tube section during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
1955SerbiaA traffic officer on duty in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, in the mid 50s.
2024MongoliaRussian President Vladimir Putin and Mongolian President Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh speaking at a meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
2025AustraliaA tennis match between Russia's Andrey Ruble and Brazil's Joao Fonseca during the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne. João Fonseca won the match.
1988PortugalA summer street scene in Coimbra, Portugal.
2011Timor-LestePresident of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta taking a photo of crowds running during the Marathon for Peace race in Dili, Timor Leste.
1982UKA UK Marine Guard on duty during the Falklands War.
2024USATwo children watching the US election results coming in at a Minnesota DFL election night party.
1950USAA float carrying 'Miss Kennett' proceeding through downtown Kennett, Missouri, during the Cotton Festival parade, celebrating the region's thriving cotton industry.
2016JapanPeople taking selfies in front of a replica of the Statue of Liberty in Odaiba, Japan.
1965IsraelA street scene in 60s Jerusalem.
2003UKSir Paul McCartney hosting a party at The Cavern Club, a venue The Beatles regularly played at, to celebrate the end of his 'Back in the World' tour.
1970UKHitchhikers trying to catch a lift to the south coast to catch a ferry for the Isle of Wight Festival 1970.
1985UKA bomb disposal squad investigating a potential explosive on the streets of Belfast during The Troubles.
2020New ZealandMembers at an event held by the America Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand organisation watching the 2020 US election unfold.
1971UKExcited spectators run into the Wimbledon grounds as the gates are opened.
1964MexicoA taco vendor catching up on the day's news.
1960NepalCrown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko of Japan during a visit to the Hindu temple Pashupatinath in Kathmandu, Nepal. The royal couple visted to reciprocate the state visit of King Mahendra and Queen Ratna of Nepal to Japan earlier the same year.
2010ChileChilean footballer Iván Zamorano heading a ball before a charity match for those affected by the 2010 Chile earthquake.
1937USAThe Hindenburg, hours before bursting into flames, flying above Manhattan.
1980TurkeyTwo men glaring into the camera at İstanbul's Karaköy Ferry Pier.
2011USAPresident Barack Obama at a meeting in the White House Situation Room discussing the mission to kill Osama bin Laden.
1978USAA White House staff member shaking Jimmy Carter's hand on Halloween.
1931USACrowds form outside the Bank of United States when it failed in 1931.
1967USACast members for 'Planet of the Apes' (1968 film) on the streets of LA.
1963USALeaders of the civil rights movement sitting in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom'.
2004PolandA street corner in Zakliczyn, Poland.
1946NetherlandsA collision between a tram and a British truck in Amsterdam during the mid 40s.
1955GermanyPosters campaigning for support during the Saar Statute referendum in Saarbrücken, Germany. The referendum, which aimed to decide the future of the Saar region, was rejected, leading to Saarland rejoining West Germany.
1987USABiden campaigning during his first run for president; he was forced to drop out of the race after reports of plagiarising a speech.
1970FinlandA street scene in Helsinki, Finland, during the early 70s.
1914New ZealandA view of the 'Wonderland' attraction at the 1914 Auckland Exhibition.
2024FranceAntigua and Barbuda, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Armenia and Aruba Olympic teams on a boat during the 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony.
1901USAExcursion steamers at the White Star Line docks in Detroit, Michigan, during the early 1900s; the Detroit Riverfront has since been completely redeveloped and is now the site of Hart Plaza.
1954ChinaKai Tak Airport, taken by a Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
1938HungaryA group of boys playing a shooting game in rural Hungary.
2015AustraliaA parade through Wagga Wagga during Anzac Day, an annual day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga.
2007USATwo people arguing about religion after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the sixth president of Iran, gave a talk at Columbia University.
1964USACrowds outside of the Washington Coliseum, now the Uline Arena, in Washington D.C. before a show by The Beatles.
1950JordanA traffic warden directing traffic in Amman, Jordan.
2003PakistanA man in Islamabad, Pakistan, reading an anti-American newspaper, on the day the US began its surprise military invasion of Iraq.
1941UKLondoners using the now abandoned tube station Aldwych as a bombing shelter during The Blitz.
2007RomaniaTrams travelling down a street in Bucharest, Romania during the mid 2000s.
1995USADonald Trump posing outside of the New York Stock Exchange after listing his Hotel & Casino company on the stock exchange. 9 years later the company filed for bankruptcy.
1956ChinaA VW transporting goods from a harbour to warehouses in Hong Kong.
1940UKDamage outside Buckingham palace during The Blitz.
1976SwitzerlandThe 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grandson to commemorate the Swiss Confederacy's victory over Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
1939USAA mother teaching her children numbers and letters inside a sharecropper's home.
2002USABartender Joe Gilmartin in a Pope outfit in the Black Horse London pub in San Francisco. Gilmartin reportedly wears the outfit every Thursday night.
1918USACrowds gathering to recieve news about the 3rd Liberty Loan Act, designed to generate funds for the United States' involvement in WW1.
1995JapanAftermath from the 7.0 magnitude Kobe earthquake.
2011Timor-LesteTimor-Leste prime minister Xanana Gusmao high-fiving a US Military Commander during the 'Marathon for Peace' race in Dili.
1968BrazilBrazilian students protesting against Artur da Costa e Silva, the country's dictator.
1969JapanHostesses of a Tokyo cabaret cheering 'banzai' in front of the US embassy in Tokyo after the Apollo 11 moon landing.
2017IranA village girl during celebrations for Nowruz, a festival of spring that marks the beginning of the Iranian calendar.
1971UK Pedestrians walk past soldiers crouched on a street corner during The Troubles.
1995South AfricaA sports photographer for PA Media transmitting photos during a 1995 Rugby World Cup match between South Africa and Romania. South Africa won 21-8.
1930FinlandCars parked up by attendees of the 'Peasant March', a far-right demonstration from the radical Lapua movement in Finland.
2018ChileA cyclist navigating through burning debris and military vehicles barricading the street in Santiago, Chile, during a 2018 protest linked to the longstanding Mapuche conflict, as indigenous groups and supporters demanded land rights and justice amid rising tensions with the state.
1945Bosnia and HerzegovinaMembers of the Yugoslavian National Liberation Army entering liberated Sarajevo.
1971IndonesiaCrowds gathered in Jakarta during the state visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands to Indonesia.
2016UKTourists posing for a photo at the Harry Potter Platform 9¾ attraction at London King's Cross.
2019FranceThe flèche (spire) of the Notre Dame engulfed in flames, shortly before it collapsed.
2001USAPresident George W. Bush watching live television coverage of United Airlines Flight 175 crashing into the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks.
1945GermanyA U.S. soldier stands near a burned out Panther tank, following the allied invasion of Cologne.
2009USAAn impromptu snowball fight in Times Square during the winter of 2009. The snowfight lasted for 45 minutes.
2013AfghanistanAfghan customs officials checking travelers' passports at Torkham Gate, the main border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1970CanadaA brass band playing during the crowning ceremony for the Miss Edmonton beauty pageant.
1970FinlandA street scene in snowy Helsinki, Finland in 1970.
2017PanamaFamilies pictured in a food court at the Albrook Mall in Panama City. Albrook Mall is the 25th largest mall in the world and the second largest in the Americas.
1989USAA laundromat bulletin board in 80s San Francisco.
2011MontenegroMontenegro supporters celebrating on the pitch after a 2-2 draw against England during a Euro 2012 qualifying match. The draw secured Montenegro a spot in the playoffs, which they lost.
1970FinlandAn anti-Vietnam protest in Senate Square, Helsinki.
1966HungaryA street scene in Budapest, Hungary during the mid 60s.
2013UKAn ultra-wide panorama of the British Museum Great Court.
1968MonacoPress photographers during the '68 Monte Carlo.
1958ChinaA street scene in Hong Kong during the late 50s.
2020AustraliaAustralian tennis player Nick Kyrgios throwing his towel towards the crowd after defeating France's Gilles Simon during the 2020 Australian Open. Kyrgios won the match with a score of 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.
1918UKCaptured German planes being paraded through the streets of London at the end of WWI.
2009JordanA group of Jordanians reading the morning newspaper in downtown Amman.
1980SwitzerlandHundreds taking part in a Waffenlauf, a long-distance run popular in Switzerland in which participants are required to carry a heavy backpack and rifle.
1932USAAmelia Earhart standing next to her Lockheed Vega 5B, in which she became the first woman to complete a solo transatlantic flight.
2011IraqNavy Admiral Mike Mullen addressing US service members in Saddam Hussein's Al-Faw Palace.
1955SurinameThe Dutch Royal Family in Suriname, which was at the time a Dutch Colony, visiting the WWII Monument to the Fallen.
2015Saudi ArabiaA sea of pilgrims walking around the Kaaba, performing the Tawaf as part of the Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
1992Hong KongA street scene in Kowloon, Hong Kong, during the early 90s.
2019UKA young man wandering through Zòcalo in Mexico City.
2014USAThe Ukrainian Ironbelly dragon from the Harry Potter movie series atop Gringotts Bank, at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter theme park in Florida.
2024ThailandA view inside of the Terminal 21 shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, where each floor is decorated to represent a different city around the world.
2015AustraliaCarla Zampatti's SS15 runway show inside the Sydney Opera House.
2002IraqChildren with portrait of Saddam Hussein.
1970DenmarkA street scene in 70s Copenhagen.
2024IsraelStudents at the Israel Institute of Technology playing TimeGuessr daily #237.
1965USATerminal 7 at LAX airport in the late 60s.
1960AustriaA winter's morning in Innsbruck.
1978JapanA McDonald's in 70s Tokyo.
1930New ZealandA view along a street in Wellington, New Zealand.
1956CanadaA street scene in 50s Montréal.
1970PolandA group of girls chatting on a public bench in Wrzesnia, Poland.
1975FrancePosing on the Pont Alexandre III bridge in Paris.
2001UKPhotographers waiting to snap photos at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
1948NetherlandsA busker playing on a street in Amsterdam, with a banner saying 'Unepmployed musicians ask for your attention. We offer good value for your money and are eager to work, requesting no temporary aid'.
1957USAA Chicago White Sox player warming up before a match.
1984UKFormer leader of the UK Labour party Jeremy Corbyn being arrested at a picket against apartheid outside the South Africa Consulate in London.
1964SwitzerlandA scene at the main train station in Zürich, Switzerland, during the mid 60s.
2025IsraelCitizens of Poland and Austria assembled at a hotel in Tel Aviv for evacuation amid heavy strikes on Israel by Iran.
2003VietnamHundreds of commuters on bikes travelling through Hanoi.
1900IrelandCrowds gathering to see Queen Victoria I on College Green, Dublin.
2024BangladeshAnti-regime protesters in Dhaka celebrating the resignation of the Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country after widespread violent protests, leading to her loss of military support.
1997UKChildren looking at a portrait of Lady Diana amidst the floral tributes left by mourners outside her official residence, Kensington Palace, in the days following her death in a car crash.
1964USAGreenwich Village in the 60s. The neighbourhood was home to Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg and Andy Warhol during this time.
1975UKA car dealership in Brixton.
1980NetherlandsA man throwing an object at riot police during the Amsterdam coronation riots, on the day of the accession of Queen Beatrix.
1956HungaryA view of Kossuth Lajos Street street in Budapest, Hungary during the mid 50s.
1998USASeinfeld co-creator Larry David on the set of New York Street during the shows last few days of production.
1982USAParticipants of the 1982 San Francisco Marathon running through Chinatown.
1969IrelandA woman sitting next to the Charles S. Parnell Monument in Dublin.
1922IsraelA Jewish immigration camps in what is is now Tel Aviv.
1976PhilippinesPeople gathered at a memorial at Rizal Park in Manila, Philippines during the mid 70s.
1963UKCrowds walking around Stonehenge during the early 60s. The prehistoric monument was built between 3000 BC and 2000 BC, and its exact purpose remains unknown, but it is believed to have been used for ceremonial or astronomical purposes.
1960ItalyA street scene in Rome.
2025USAPresident Donald Trump welcoming Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska during a summit to discuss the war in Ukraine and future US-Russia relations.
1944PolandCivilians looking up to the skies during an air raid amidst the Warsaw Uprising, the battle where the Polish resistance fought to liberate the city from German occupation.
1985BrazilCrowds climbing the Congresso Nacional after the Electoral College elected Tancredo Neves, restoring civilian rule after 21 years of military dictatorship.
2022New ZealandAnti-lockdown protests in Wellington, New Zealand.
1944BelgiumResidents of Tournai flocking the streets to greet the vanguard of American troops during the liberation of Belgium.
1962ItalyItalians collecting their daily paper from a newsstand in Rome.
1990UKBritish holidaymakers waiting to drive onto a SR.N4 Hovercraft before crossing the English Channel.
1937USAA photo on 49th Street, part of a collection reviewed by FSA director Roy Stryker who would 'kill' photos he disproved of by punching a hole through them.
1939HungaryA man pushing a baby carriage in Budapest.
2000AustraliaAustralian swimmer Brendan Burkett celebrating with his coach and flagbearer Brett Jones during the Sydney Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony.
1953UKQueen Elizabeth II's official coronation portrait, taken by Sir Cecil Beaton in Buckingham Palace's Green Drawing Room after her coronation.
1961HungaryA newsstand in downtown Budapest in the early 60s.
1979UKOutbound flights from London Heathrow.
1981BelgiumA street scene in Brussels, Belgium, during the early 80s.
2011ThailandPeople eating at foodstalls in Bangkok's Chinatown, one of the largest Chinatown's in the world.
1912Denmark'Children's Aid Day', an annual charitable event held in Denmark to raise funds and awareness for children's welfare.
2016JapanA massive shinkhole on a street in Fukuoka, Japan. The sinkhole was fixed within a week.
1961GermanyCrowds surrounding a newsstand in Berlin during the early 60s.
1986NetherlandsPeople in the Netherlands protesting against austerity measures.
1940UKBrits celebrating Christmas in a deep-level bomb shelter in London.
1940USAPontiacs at the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition.
1955NetherlandsTwo boys playing in Madurodam, a tourist attraction in The Hague which features 1:25 scale models of famous Dutch landmarks, cities, and historical buildings.
2016ItalyPedestrians walking through an underpass in Milan's fashion district.
2018USAA plane dropping fire retardant over a forest in California during the Holy Fire. The destructive fire was named after its point of origin, Holy Jim Canyon.
1945ArgentinaA meeting for the Democratic Union, an electoral alliance that brings together the Radical Civic Union, the Socialist Party, the Communist Party and the Progressive Democratic Party, in Buenos Aires.
1944FranceMembers of the Canadian Infantry Brigade disembarking onto 'Nan White' Beach during D-Day.
2015ArgentinaA recreation of the landing of Mimosa, a ship that gained fame for carrying the first Welsh emigrants to South America.
2011CanadaRioters on the streets of Vancouver during the 2011 Stanley Cup riot, which was sparked when the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals to the Boston Bruins.
1971IsraelPeople wearing costumes on a street in Tel Aviv during Purim, a traditional Jewish holiday celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to annihilate them in ancient Persia.
2016MongoliaMongolian Archers staging a display for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his state visit to Mongolia. Kerry described the country as an 'oasis of democracy', located between Russia and China.
1923USAA group of boys standing around a broken Chevrolet in Washington DC.
1976USAA view along a street in 70s New York City.
1968AustraliaTwo workers performing maintenance on overhead tram lines in Brisbane, Australia.
2004USAAustrian-born Hollywood actor and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger shaking hands with supporters during a campaign trip at the California Orange County Fair.
1935GermanyA night-time shot of the Tauentzienstrasse shopping street in Berlin during the mid 30s.
1989RomaniaProtest signs hanging from the National Theatre during the Romanian Revolution.
1908USAHorse drawn carriages being pulled down a street in Burlington, Vermont.
1973KenyaShops along Government Road in Nairobi, Kenya.
2009FranceTour de France riders ascending a hill in Saint-Fargeau.
2013PortugalA sunny afternoon in Porto.
1989Ireland'Floozie in the Jacuzzi' - a bronze sculpture installed on O'Connell Street in Dublin.
2017UgandaThousands of taxis lined up in the Old Taxi Park, Kampala, Uganda.
2009JapanA crowd gathered in Tokyo's Shiokaze Park to witness the unveiling of the life-sized Gundam statue from the series 'Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn', celebrating the franchise's 30th anniversary.
2005BahrainA Bahraini fan watching the fourth practice session of the Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, south of the capital Manama.
2023ItalyWalking through Milan.
2003Saudi ArabiaA muslim supplicating on a pilgramage to the Great Mosque of Mecca.
1975NorwayA street scene in downtown Oslo, Norway during the mid 70s.
1981UKPhotograph capturing Marcus Sarjeant's assassination attempt on Queen Elizabeth II.
2015BoliviaUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon photographed during his visit to Vila Vila, Bolivia to address the Peoples World Conference on Climate Change and the Defence of Life.
1913UKDomesticated zebras in Brixton.
1985SpainA holiday rep running a winter holiday fitness class at a resort in Majorca.
1951USATraffic congestion on the West Side Highway in Manhattan due to roadworks.
2014IrelandSt Patrick's Parade 2014 in Dublin.
1940New ZealandA funeral procession for the Australian-born 23rd Prime Minister Michael Joseph Savage of New Zealand.
2021EgyptVehicles drive along a road near Egypt's still under construction New Administrative Capital.
1944DenmarkThe SS headquarters during German occupation of Denmark. The building was a lodge of the Danish Order of Freemasons.
1994USAA drag queen performing at Wigstock '94.
1956SwedenA street scene in Stockholm, Sweden, on a winter's day during the early 50s.
1981FranceA conductor directing traffic through Paris.
1989GermanyPeople waiting at the Berlin Wall to open a temporary gateway between West and East Berlin.
1992SpainMarathon runners Hwang Young-Cho (front) and Koichi Morishita (behind) running in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Hwang went on to win gold and Morishita went on to win silver.
1984UKVisitors queuing outside the Whitehall Theatre in London during the mid 80s. For a brief period, the venue was converted into the 'Theatre of War' - a branch of the Imperial War Museum that recreated scenes from World War II.
1994SpainThe Castropol trawler celebrating their victory after winning the 'Bandera Princesa de Asturias' regatta.
1909DenmarkNikolaj Church, adorned with Danish flags, after the spire's reconstruction following the 1795 Copenhagen Fire. Taken with a stereoscopic camera, capturing two images from slightly different angles for a 3D effect when viewed through a stereoscope.
1920USAWall Street following a terrorist bombing which killed 30 people; those responsible were never formally identified.
2009USAScientists monitering the effects of a 8.3 magnitude earthquake near American Samoa at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawai'i.
1928FranceA night-time street view of Paris during the late 20s.
1975NetherlandsMass protests against plans to demolish buildings in the historic Nieuwmarkt area to make room for the Amsterdam metro.
1970USAA foggy morning in Youngstown, Ohio.
1923FranceColour photos of the Notre Dame in the 1920s.
2008South KoreaAttendees of the Boryeong Mud Festival walking through the South Korean beach town Daecheon.
1960GermanyA street scene in Berlin.
1960BrazilA view towards the Igreja Matriz do Santíssimo Sacramento de Santo Antônio Catholic church in Recife, Brazil.
1999FrancePhoto of a Tamil fair in Paris.
1975PortugalPosters on display for the Portuguese Workers' Communist Party (MRPP) in downtown Lisbon, Potugal.
1993MalaysiaA rainy day on Penang Island in Malaysia.
1950UKCrowds waiting outside the Palladium, hoping to catch a glimpse of Frank Sinatra who is performing there.
1971CanadaA horse-drawn carriage at the 1971 Calgary Stampede Parade in Calgary, Alberta.
2001USAPresident George W. Bush greeting military personnel outside of the Pentagon, one day after the September 11 attacks.
1989TurkeyTraffic crossing Galata Bridge in İstanbul.
2014BangladeshTwo Boli Wrestlers fighting in a wrestling match as part of the Bengali new year celebrations.
1977UKA street party on London's Oxford Street for Queen Elizabeth's Silver Jubilee.
1989New ZealandPassengers boarding a bus for Blockhouse Bay on Queen Street in Auckland.
1914FranceA float towering over Nice during the 1914 Nice Carnival.
1942USAA Red Cross mobile canteen serving refreshments outside of the United States Capitol.
1957HungaryA composite photo of a street scene in 50s Budapest.
2024PortugalSporting CP fans lighting flares during a UEFA Champions League game between Sporting CP and Arsenal FC. Arsenal won 5-1.
2011SwitzerlandProtests as part of the 'Occupy movement' in downtown Zürich.
2013BangladeshProtests in Dhaka demanding the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.
1941USACars parked outside the Goodyear Airdock in Akron, Ohio. The building was considered the world's largest with no internal supports at the time of its completion in 1929, and was used to construct and house giant ariships, such as the USS Akron.
1989NetherlandsFarmers holding a relay race on the Afsluitdijk dam in protest against agricultural legislation.
1940UKA shop assistant shows a customer a luminous flower in Selfridge's department store, London. The flowers were designed to glow in the dark during wartime blackouts, helping people navigate streets safely amid enforced darkness.
1989New ZealandA fisheye photo outside a bookstore in Auckland.
2000USAVisual clutter on Sunset Strip, Los Angeles.
1989New ZealandA newspaper hawker selling copies of the Auckland Star on Queen Street.
1961CzechiaA street scene in recently post-Soviet Czechoslovakia.
1993RussiaA group of Russians walking next to Lenin's tomb in Moscow’s Red Square.
1940USAA line of men in Dubuque, Iowa waiting for a free meal during the end of the Great Depression.
1963AustriaStylish spectators of the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics.
1909USANewsies in Newark New Jersey captured by Lewis Hine. Hine played a crucial role in influencing legislators to protect child labourers with his photography.
2022Sri LankaAnti-government Sri Lankans storming the President's office during a severe economic crisis within the country.
2020EthiopiaPeople wearing face masks on the streets of Addis Ababa during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1987USASan Francisco Chronicle photographer Eric Luse talking in a cell phone on the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge.
1998JapanA view of a waiting area in Tōkyō Station, Japan in the late 90s.
1950ItalyA lake-side restaurant in the Tuscan town Versilia.
2010UKMembers of a Brighton swimming club contemplating whether to take on the choppy waters.
2010PolandFilming on the streets of Gdynia for the 2011 Polish historical drama 'Black Thursday' about the violent suppression of striking shipyard workers by communist forces.
1985NetherlandsCrowds cheering during the '85 Los Vast Live in the Netherlands.
1927USAMembers of the Washington girls rifle team posing for a photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
1988CyprusAyia Napa in the late 80s.
1980NorwayA glass and homewares store on fire in Trondheim, Norway. The fire caused extensive damage and ultimately led to the total destruction of the building.
1935GermanyA view down Kurfürstendamm in the mid 1930s. The street suffered significant damage during WWII, including the church's spire being damaged which can be still seen today.
1960USAAftermath of a mid-air plane collision that caused a Douglas DC-8-11 to crash into the streets of Brooklyn.
1973USAPeople waiting at traffic lights in 70s Miami.
2019FranceParisians watching in shock at the 2019 Notre-Dame fire.
1963USAPassengers waiting for flights in Dallas Love Field airport the day after the assassination of President Kennedy. One day day before, JFK had landed in the same airport for his campaign trip in Dallas.
1964USAWilliam Scranton supporters riding a tram in San Francisco during the 1964 Republican National Convention.
2016ItalyOrange throwing at the Carnival of Ivrea in Ivrea, Italy. The event is a symbolic reenactment of a local legend.
1977IndonesiaCrowds gathered to campaign a few days before the 1977 Indonesian legislative election.
1961SpainA group of men reading the daily news in Madrid.
1939FranceA street scene at Place de Clichy, Paris.
2023SwedenYoung climate protesters attending a 'Fridays For Future' march in Stockholm, Sweden.
2013SloveniaDemonstrators in Ljubljana protesting for Slovenia's 'political elites' to step down.
1949UKKodachrome photo of Piccadilly Circus.
2024USAA group of 'Cabezudos' (processional giants) performing on a street in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1900IrelandIrish children on the street for Queen Victoria visit to Dublin.
1996ChinaA Cathay Pacific airplane flying over rooftops in Hong Kong as it touches down in Kai Tak airport. Before redevelopment the airport was notorious for dangerous landings.
2000USANative Americans dancing at a celebration for the 125th Anniversary of the Four Corners National Monument.
2007JapanA view of the Kabukicho intersection in Shinjuku, Tokyo during a busy summer afternoon.
1989YemenA view of a market square in the Old City of Sana'a, Yemen. The old city, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site, has been inhabited for over 2500 years.
2011DenmarkA traveller posing for a photo during a transit in Kangerlussuaq Airport, Greenland.
2020Saudi ArabiaCourtyard of the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
2010NorwayMembers of the South Lebanese girls team protesting against the use of cluster bombs.
2020Vatican CityPope Francis delivers his blessing to an empty St. Peter's Square during the Covid pandemic.
2014UkraineProtests during the Euromaidan Uprising, a period of civil unrest in Ukraine.
2025RomaniaPeople shine lights behind coloured papers in an attempt to make a heart shape during a pro-European rally to counter what the organisers described as a 'wave of ultranationalism'.
2012LuxembourgPrince Guillaume and Countess Stephanie waving to crowds after their wedding from the balcony of the Luxembourg Royal Palace.
1931New ZealandCrowds awaiting the results of the 1931 New Zealand general election.
2016VietnamPresident Barack Obama walking to his motorcade in the rain after having a meal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi, Vietnam.
1950SyriaThe entrance to Al-Hamidiyah Souq, the largest souk (marketplace) in Syria.
2013USAPresident Barack Obama arriving at the ceremonial swearing-in for his second term as US President during the 57th Presidential Inauguration.
1956ItalyA view towards the Stadio Olympica at the 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.
2008ChinaWest Beijing's main station on the eve of Chinese New Year. The usual holiday rush was blocked by severe snowstorms that hit China that winter.
1918USACampaign poster to send novels to American Soldiers fighting in WW1 outside of The New York Public Library.
2018SingaporeMembers of the Padang Park Cricket Club playing a match in front of the Marina Bay Sands hotel.
2020KosovoA man wearing a mask walks down Bill Clinton boulevard in Kosovo.
2010CubaA Cuban street band playing at the Plaza de la Cathedral in Havana.
1979IrelandTwo boys handling horses during the 1979 Dungarvan Horse Fair in Ireland.
2022NepalTransylvania University alumni on a trek to Everest base camp to raise money for cancer research.
2024UkraineFirst-graders celebrating their first day of school in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
2001EgyptA stele from the lost Egyptian city of Heracleion being lifted from the Mediterranean Sea.
1963USAAn aerial view of the 'March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom', taken from the top of the Washington Monument.
1962SwitzerlandTravellers walking around Zürich HB railway station between Christmas and New Year.
1958FranceA street scene in 1958 Marseille.
2011FrancePeople enjoying a hazy evening at the Tuileries Garden in Paris.
2012USAAn acroyoga flashmob at the Viva Street festival in Austin Texas.
1963NetherlandsChildren dressed in traditional Dutch clothing and klompen (wooden shoes) at the Soestdijk Palace in the Netherlands.
1932IrelandO'Connell Bridge, Dublin in the 30s.
1978USAA view of the Atlantic City Steel Pier Boardwalk at dusk.
1983ItalyAn Italian policeman speaking to commuters in Milan.
2005VenezuelaVenezuelan doctors and nurses marching through Caracas, Venezuela to demand a salary increase and to protest against Cuban doctors coming into the country.
1938USAA child holding a pipe and a gun in Morgantown, West Virginia.
2011USAPresident Barack Obama greeting tourists at the Lincoln Memorial during an unannounced stop to the monument.
1938USAA newspaper stand for The Columbus Citizen on a street in Lancaster, Ohio.
1986AndorraA street in Andorra la Vella in the mid 80s.
2014LiberiaLiberians at a street market in Monrovia during the 2013–2016 Western African Ebola epidemic.
1979USADisco Demolition Night - a promotional stunt in which a crate of disco records were exploded, sparking a riot on the pitch. The pitch was so badly damaged the White Sox were forced to forfeit that night's game.
2024SingaporeA view of the 2024 Singapore Formula One Grand Prix. McLaren driver Lando Norris leads the starting grid at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
1999USAA state highway intersection in 90s South Carolina.
1963USAA study at the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator at NASA's Langley Research Center. Many of NASA's high-profile space missions were planned and designed at the center.
2024CroatiaMy girlfriend stroking street cats in Trogir, Croatia.
2016PolandKraków Dance Theatre performing 'Estra & Andro' on the streets of Kraków.
1981USAPablo Escobar posing in front of the White House during the height of his power.
2009EcuadorTwo Irish cyclists in Quito, Equador, each in a different hemisphere.
1969CanadaAn oversized taxidermy specimen poking through the sunroof of a Volkswagen en route to its new home in Winnipeg, Canada.
1935EgyptA street scene outside of a café in Cairo during the mid 30s.
1989New ZealandShoppers leaving Avondale a street market in Avondale, Auckland.
1905IrelandGrafton Street in Dublin, Ireland.
1964IsraelDeparting passengers at Ben Gurion International Airport boarding an El Al airline flight.
2021USAA protester storming the Capitol during the January 6 United States Capitol attack. The crowd sought to keep Trump in power by preventing a joint session of Congress to formalise the victory of President-elect Joe Biden.
1964UKChildren playing on the streets of Rhiwlas, North Wales.
1935FranceDock workers unloading luggage from a ship in Marseille, France.
2024ArgentinaStudents at the University of Buenos Aires holding a class outside in protest of President Javier Milei's veto of a law to increase funding for public universities.
1975USAA friend group hanging outside the Gold Rush Restaurant in Nashville.
2009EgyptUS President Barack Obama touring the Pyramids of Giza during a visit to Egypt, where he delivered a major speech to the Muslim World at Cairo University.
2024MongoliaForeign Secretary David Cameron meeting students at a school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on a visit to promote educational cooperation between the UK and Mongolia.
1950UKA paper boy on the streets of London.
2019USATourists visiting the Apple Park Visitor Center in Cupertino, California.
1944FranceAllied soldiers lined up in front of the Arc De Triomphe during the Liberation of Paris.
2024USAA crowd gathered to see Gordon Ramsay at his restaurant 'Hell's Kitchen' in Las Vegas.
2015ArgentinaMembers of the Welsh-Argentine community participating in a parade in Trelew, Argentina. Trelew was founded by Welsh settlers in 1886 seeking a place where Welsh culture could be preserved without the pressure of anglicisation. To this day Trelew remains a stronghold of Welsh culture.
1946BelgiumA stylish lady by a magazine stand in Brussels capturing the admiration of a passing gentleman.
1984UKA Greater Manchester Police Range Rover patrolling the motorway.
1909New ZealandCrowds gathered on Takapuna Beach in the early 1900s.
1975HungaryA Hungarian geography class in 1975.
1977UKPeople boarding a bus next to Cardiff Castle.
1937IsraelPeople walking towards the Alhambra Cinema in Tel Aviv.
2025USAPhiladelphia Eagles defensive back Cooper DeJean celebrating after intercepting a pass and and running it back for a touchdown during the NFL Super Bowl 59.
1965USAThe St. Louis Gateway Arch under construction.
2016UzbekistanAn Uzbek transporting a sofa bought from a street market near Margilan.
1940USAFarmers exchanging news and greetings outside a post office in Linwood, Kentucky.
1997GermanyA demonstration against police brutality in Bremen, Germany.
1978USAAn American police officer playing with Children in Harlem.
1938GermanyA German crowd wishing goodbye to Hitler on his departure to meet Mussolini in Rome.
1921IsraelPhotos of Jerusalem after exceptionally rare snowfall.
1986HaitiStreet scene in 80s Haiti.
2022LatviaA Latvian folk music choir performing for marathon participants at the Freedom Monument in Riga.
1936GermanyJesse Owens setting the long jump gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. Owens won four gold medals in front of Hitler and the Nazi regime, shattering the myth of Aryan supremacy in the heart of Nazi Germany.
1938EgyptTourists having a tea party atop The Great Pyramids.
1937USAMen on 'Skid Row' in Modesta California.
1994IndiaThe entrance point for the Taj Mahal; Agra is known for it's stark contrast between extreme wealth and poverty.
1934EgyptA busy street in Old Cairo during the mmid 30s.
1973FranceProto-punk fashion in the early 70s.
2025USAPresident Donald Trump speaking to a room full of press reporters about the mid-air collision between a American Airlines passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter.
1965GermanyCheckpoint Charlie during the Cold War.
1987SwitzerlandChildren running through Zürich on New Year's Eve.
2024FranceTwo passengers looking out of a window in front of the Eiffel Tower during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.
1989New ZealandPedestrians walking down Queen Street in Auckland during the late 80s.
1977UKTeddy boys and other mourners attending a memorial service for Elvis Presley in Cockfosters, London.
1927GermanyA busy day at the Marktplatz in Leipzig, Germany during the late 20s.
1937ItalyTwo men singing opera at a Christmas Market in Piazza Navona, Rome.
1981GermanyAn 1840 oil painting of the Neue Wache in front of the Neue Wache in 1981.
1969BoliviaA street scene in La Paz, Bolivia during the late 60s.
2017Vatican CityPope Francis being photographed with his bespoke Lamborghini Huracán, donated by Lamborghini.
1973SwedenPolice snipers during the Norrmalmstorg robbery. The hostages bonded with their captors and distrusted the police, leading to the term 'Stockholm syndrome' being coined.
1962UKShoppers in Piccadilly Circus.
1995USAA man holding a newspaper announcing the news of O.J. Simpson being found not guilty of two murders.
1956CzechiaA street scene in downtown Prague during the 50s.
2015USABarack Obama on a visit to Boise State Univeristy.
1978EgyptA street scene in Cairo, Egypt, at Ramses Square near the main train station.
1965ItalyThe Beatles posing for a photo in front of the Duomo di Milano prior to a show at the Velodromo Vigorelli.
2022ItalyA woman holding her leg up whilst posing for a photo in front of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
1979UKSid Rawle, known as the King of the Hippies, sprinkling a group with water as a blessing during the 1979 Free Festival for the summer solstice at Stonehenge.
1948SwedenA street scene in Ronneby, a small town in Blekinge County, Sweden, during the late 40s.
1975FranceA rain-washed street in Bellegarde-sur-Valserine.
1965ItalyClint Eastwood walking through Rome.
2013BulgariaA street race in Ruse, Bulgaria.
1988GermanyA train station in 80s Berlin.
1980USAPhotograph of Ronald Reagan giving his Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention, Detroit, MI.
1957UKPassengers boarding the London–Calcutta bus service. The 10,000 mile trip cost £85 for a one way ticket.
2025IndiaFans cheering as the bus carrying the Royal Challengers Bengaluru cricketers, winners of the Indian Premier League, arrive in Bengaluru, India.
2000USAThe Spirit of America river cruise docked at a wharf in Cincinnati.
2009GuatemalaDemonstrators marching during a Labor Day rally in Guatemala City.
2013ChinaNSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong. After breaking his story, Snowden fled from the US to Hong Kong for three weeks.
1970DenmarkA street preacher on a busy street in Copenhagen.
1975SwitzerlandA herd of cows walking through the streets of Tavannes, Switzerland.
2016CanadaA street artist using sun rays and a magnifying glass to to burn designs onto wood in Vancouver, Canada.
2011FranceA family reading a map in the old town at the Puy du Fou historic theme park in France.
1936AustraliaA street scene in Kings Cross suburb in Sydney, during the mid 30s.
2011IraqIraqi soldiers watch residents gather in celebration of US troops pulling out of Iraq.
1914GermanyGerman soldiers pose near a horse mounted with a purpose-built frame used to accommodate a captured Russian Maxim M1910 machine gun.
2014FranceThe River Seine being taken over by 400 paddleboarders during Le Nautic Paddle à Paris race.
2019FranceNotre Dame Cathedral ablaze against the night sky.
1964NetherlandsFirefighters practicing drills outside Victoria Hotel, Amsterdam.
1971BrazilPeople queuing at a bus station in São Paulo, Brazil during the early 70s.
1975UKCrowds gathered in London for sunday street markets during the mid 70s.
1908FinlandChildren along a street in Helsinki, Finland during the 1900s.
1948UKMembers of the press passing time by playing cards whilst waiting for news about Princess Elizabeth’s first baby, now King Charles III.
1945JapanRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima is an iconic photograph of six United States Marines raising the U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in the final stages of the Pacific War.
2011CanadaCrowds at Ottawa Bluefest 2011.
2019UgandaA view over the central bus station in Kampala, Uganda.
1975UKTwo girls turning cartwheels in South London.
1960BrazilA group of friends watching a man build a sand church on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro.
1958GermanyGerman shoppers walking through the cobbled streets of Marburg.
1945FinlandFinnish soldiers clad in snow equipment raising the flag of the three-country cairn between Norway, Sweden and Finland after the end of the Lapland War and thus, the end of World War II in Finland.
2025USAPresident Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and JD Vance's son Vivek photographed at the Presidential Inauguration parade event.
1993USAA mounted policeman shepherding a protest against the 'sit-lie' ordinance, a proposed law which would ban sitting or lying on public sidewalks.
1973UKMick Jagger attending Marlborough Street Magistrates Court to support his bandmate Keith Richards during a trial related to drug and firearm possession.
1999USAA man dressed up as Elvis Presley riding a bus in front of the newly built Venetian Palazzo in Vegas.
1974USAA street scene in 70s Miami.
1961CzechiaShoppers in downtown Prague.
2019MexicoPeople dressed as Catrinas, a symbol of death, during Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City.
1950LebanonA ceremony for the Papal Nuncio Giuseppe Beltrami in Lebanon.
2024UKA Reform campaigner carrying electoral leaflets in Clacton-on-Sea.
1961SwitzerlandAn advertising poster for the Volkswagen Beetle in downtown Zürich.
2014ItalyA vintage car rally through the the Tuscan city Lucca.
2010South AfricaSouth African fans revelling in Cape Town, South Africa before the start of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
1953ChinaBoats passing through Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong during the early 50s.
2022Sri LankaA protester sitting at the desk of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after storming his office during the 2022 anti-government protests in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
1971SwitzerlandSwiss children playing on top of a road marking in Zürich.
2023UKSeagulls raiding a bowl of chips in Beaumaris, North Wales.
1965USARiggers dismantling a Brontosaurus exhibit at the 1965 New York World's Fair.
1948CanadaConservative leadership candidate John Diefenbaker delivering his nomination speech at the 1948 party convention in Ottawa; he later served as Prime Minister of Canada from 1957 to 1963.
1979SwedenCars participating in a drag race held at Mantorp Park circuit in Sweden.
1942USAA U.S. Navy Wildcat airplane being paraded through New York City during WWII as a promotional stunt to sell war bonds.
2018AzerbaijanThe president of Azerbaijan and senior government officials, often criticised for their authoritarian rule, waving to crowds during the country's Armed Forces Day.
1930USABeams of sunlight spilling onto the floor of Grand Central Station. Nowadays the neighboring skyscrapers obstruct the sunlight from streaming in.
1959CubaFidel Castro addressing a crowd of revolutionaries in Havana.
2024FranceVenezuelan fencer Grabiel Lugo competing against Canadian fencer Nicholas Zhang in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Lugo defeated Zhang 15-11.
1926USAA flooded street in Miami following the 1926 tropical cyclone. It is estimated that the hurricane would cause $235 billion in damages if it were to hit Miami today.
1962JapanFrank Sinatra being greeted by hundreds of fans upon arriving at Tokyo International Airport. Sinatra was in Japan to perform three concerts to raise money for underprivileged children.
1961DenmarkA busy morning in Copenhagen.
2018ItalyAn Apple Store in Milan in front of the Austrian consulate.
1978Vatican CityA group of nuns looking up at the newly-elected Pope John Paul I as he appears on the balcony in Vatican City.
2017ChinaA Sino/North Korean restaurant on the waterfront in Dandong, China. The town faces the North Korean city Sinuiju.
2019RussiaA demonstration in Moscow, demanding that independent and opposition candidates be allowed to register and run for the Moscow City Duma elections.
1944FranceTroops in a Higgins boat landing on Omaha Beach during the D-Day landings.
2017UAECrowds looking down from the 125th floor of Burj Khalifa.
1991Saudi ArabiaA group of men using the telephone booths outside of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca.
2001USAA New York City fireman calls for 10 more rescue workers to make their way into the rubble of the World Trade Center.
1937USAPhoto taken during the 1937 Washington Automobile show.
1969PortugalA street scene in late 60s lisbon.
1964New ZealandThe Beatles greeting crowds after arriving at Wellington Airport during their first and only tour of New Zealand.
1913USAA blizzard in New York. The unique shape of the Flatiron Building channeled norotious winds making the crossing across Fifth Avenue treacherous.
1974UKStonehenge appearing through the mist.
2011USAPipers performing at the Canmore Highland in Alberta, Canada.
2015USAPedestrians crossing a road in Times Square.
2012AustriaAustrians buying from a Würstelstand, which sells traditional Austrian street food.
2007ChinaA view of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in the mid 2000s.
1900New ZealandA man perched on a rock formation on New Zealand's south island.
1971IndonesiaQueen Juliana of the Netherlands meeting President Suharto of Indonesia during the 1971 Jakarta Fair. Suharto ruled Indonesia with authoritarian control from 1967 until his resignation in 1998.
1979ItalyA petrol station during the 70s in Livigno, northern Italy.
2006ItalyItalian football fans celebrating their 2006 World Cup final victory against France at the Trevi Fountain.
1991GermanyIn front of Frauenkirche church in Munich.
2023IcelandEmergency responders on site at the volcano eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula.
1940EgyptThe Cameron Highlanders, a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, marching past the Great Pyramids.
2013AustraliaJeremy Clarkson, James May and The Stig posing for a photo at the Sydney Top Gear Festival.
2003KosovoA group of friends in Pristina walking past a billboard erected when Bill Clinton was President of the US. The former president is revered in Kosovo due to his role in the 1999 NATO intervention that halted conflict in the region.
2021South KoreaPeople waiting to be monitered for possible side effects after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine in Seoul, South Korea.
1964IrelandA scene on O'Connell bridge in Dublin during the mid 60s.
1956UKLondon buses driving over Westminster Bridge in the 50s.
1991ArgentinaDiego Maradona playing football indoors in Buenos Aires. Maradona was suspended from playing professionally for 15-months after after testing positive for cocaine while playing for Napoli.
1990MongoliaThousands of Mongolians gathered in Sukh Bator square to show their support for independence from the Soviet Union.
1998IrelandPresident Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton visit with the band U2 at the U.S. Ambassador's residence in Dublin, Ireland.
2019QatarSports photographers manning the press cameras for the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
1967ItalyTourists photographed on the Spanish Steps in Rome. The historic steps were built in the early 18th century, and offer sweeping views of the city.
2021AfghanistanAfghans preparing to flee from Kabul on the morning of the takeover by the Taliban.
1900AustriaAustrians posing on the street for a photo in downtown Vienna.
2022GreeceMy mate Joe at a restaurant in Laganas, Zante.
1983HungaryA worker for the Budapest Road Administration answering phone calls in Budapest.
1915SwitzerlandSwiss soldiers unloading wagons in Flüelen. During WWI, Switzerland remained neutral, but heavily fortified itself in case of an invasion.
1979UKA group of hippies attending the free festival at Stonehenge to celebrate the summer solstice.
1958ColombiaA view of the Plaza de Bolívar in Bogotá, Colombia, and the city's grand cathedral during the late 50s.
2013KenyaA street scene in downtown Mombasa, Kenya.
1983GermanyTwo boys standing on the border between East and West Germany.
1987USAA Chevrolet parked outside Arco city office, Idaho. Arco was the first community in the world ever to be lit by electricity generated solely by nuclear power.
1970FinlandA man hitting another man on the streets of Helsinki.
2016DenmarkA street scene in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
1967RomaniaA mass gymnastics performance in Soviet Romania. Choreographed mass performances were common in socialist celebrations to showcase unity, collective discipline, and the strength of the socialist system.
1950TurkeyCrowds walking along a busy street in Ankara, Turkey during the early 50s.
1900FrancePeople boarding the moving walkway at the 1900 Paris World Fair. The two left platforms moved at different speeds to allow visitors to get around quickly.
1990UKA street scene looking towards Edinburgh Castle.
1960USAAftermath of a mid-air plane collision that caused a Douglas DC-8-11 to crash into the streets of Brooklyn.
1940NorwayA long-exposure shot of a street scene in 40s Oslo.
1997UKJohnny Depp and Kate Moss leaving London Heathrow Airport. The couple dated for four years in the 90s.
1990GermanySLM steam locomotives, which operated in Switzerland before being sold to Vietnam in 1947, being sent back to Switzerland through the port of Hamburg.
2016VietnamThe old city gate for the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in modern day Hanoi. It is the only surviving gate for the ancient citadel.
1986ChinaPeople walking through a street market near to the Hong Kong pier.
1930FinlandFinns gathered on the streets of Helsinki to read news about the annual Holmenkollen Ski Festival.
2015UKA view towards the Shard from the Walkie-Talkie building in London.
1965SurinameQueen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, both members of the Dutch royal family, on their way to the Surinamese parliament during their 1965 state visit to the nation.
1962FranceA still taken in Paris from the rom-com starring Audrey Hepburn 'Paris When It Sizzles'.
1957SpainA street scene in Barcelona during the late 50s.
2010ThailandPeople running from security forces during the 2010 Thai political protests.
1963CroatiaSt. Mark's Church in Croatia. The tiling on the roof represents the coat of arms of Zagreb.
2015CubaA cuban girl riding through the streets of Cuba on her way to her quinceañera (a tradition in Mexico and Latin American cultures celebrating a girl's 15th birthday).
1962NetherlandsFrench-Moroccan film star Eliane D'Almeida posing for a photo inside the trunk of a Cadillac in Amsterdam.
1953UKA street in Leek ahead of celebrations for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
1985KenyaCars lined up along the highstreet in Nakuru, Kenya.
1944FranceThe Mayor of Cherbourg unveiling a plaque renaming the city square to 'Place Général de Gaulle' during Bastille Day celebrations, held just days after the city's liberation from German occupation.
2023SingaporeTourists lounging below the Supertrees in the Gardens by the Bay park in Singapore.
1967USAMembers of the military police keep back Vietnam protesters from the Pentagon.
1960PhilippinesA street scene in Manila, Philippines, during the early 60s.
2012RomaniaAthletic Bilbao fans being interviewed on the street ahead of the 2012 Europa League final in Bucharest. Athletic Bilbao lost to Atlético Madrid 3-0.
1968ItalyPolice officers removing a car from a street in Rome shortly after the introduction of a parking ban in the city centre.
1910USAMcKinley Street in Valdez, Alaska. Valdez suffered significant damage during the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake leading to the town relocating slightly North of the old town, and the old high street becoming abandoned.
1982RussiaThe construction of a Soviet Typhoon-class submarine.
1962ItalyAmerican actress and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield walking through Rome whilst filming for the 1962 comedy 'Panic Button'.
1916DenmarkA long-exposure shot along a street in downtown Copenhagen.
2011UKA reenactment of the painting 'The Death of Major Peirson' in Saint Helier, Jersey in the spot the painting depicts.
2016RussiaThe world's most powerful man and Vladimir Putin at a meeting in the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin presented Steven Seagal with a Russian passport and congratulated him on receiving Russian citizenship.
2009CzechiaPresident Barack Obama appearing in Prague to give a talk about nuclear disarmament.
1944FranceAn aerial view of troops landing on Omaha Beach during the Normandy Landings.
2018MexicoJorge Luna, a professional Mexican pole vault jumper, trains by the border fence on the beach of Tijuana.
2014USAA view down the main street in Skagway, Alaska.
1936SpainA 17-year-old communist militant, overlooking Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War.
2019ChinaA busy street scene on Shantung Street, a major shopping street in Hong Kong.
1975NetherlandsDutch hitchhikers flagging down cars during the mid 70s.
1981SpainMilitary police on guard outside the Spanish Cortes (parliament) during the 1981 Spanish coup d'état attempt in which a lieutenant colonel led 200 armed officers into the Cortes taking all the deputies hostage at gunpoint.
1981USAChildren lining up at the entrance to the Los Angeles Children's Museum during the early 80s. Opened in 1979 as part of the Los Angeles Mall, the museum stayed operational for 21 years before closing in 2000.
2010MexicoA matador in the ring with a bull in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
1955UKCrowds watching the 1955 Exmouth Beach Beauty Contest.
1960BrazilA view from a balcony in the Brazilian coastal town of Salvador.
1976UKDancing on the streets of Cardiff during an anti-Nazi demonstration.
1975FranceA street scene in Montmartre, Paris on the historic Rue Lepic.
2021TurkeyHonour guards on duty at the Anıtkabir mausoleum in Ankara, the resting place of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey.
1971GermanyA tour group in Dresden.
2016UgandaPresidents of Ethiopia, Burundi, Djibouti, and Uganda gathered at the Ugandan State House during the 2016 Kampala summit to discuss renewed support for Somalia amid ongoing humanitarian and security challenges.
2024JapanPedestrians on Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, one of the world’s busiest intersections.
2017HungaryFehérvár FC supporters celebrating a victory over FC Girondins de Bordeaux in Felcsut, Hungary. Fehérvár FC won 1-0.
1962USAA briefing slide presented to President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2006EstoniaQueen Elizabeth II, accompanied by Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, greeting welcomers in Tallinn during her 2006 state visit to Estonia.
1962CanadaTwo women waiting to cross a road near Elliot Lake, Ontario.
1939CanadaCrowds reading news bulletins on a street in Montreal, Canada.
1973JapanA street scene in 70s Tokyo.
1956USAAfter losing a bet, Thomas Fitzpatrick stole a plane from a New Jersey airport and landed it at the bar where the bet was made. Two years later Fitzpatrick repeated his stunt; both times he was charged with wrongdoing.
1977UKPaul and Linda McCartney crossing Abbey Road with a pony.
1946NetherlandsSinterklaas, the Dutch variation of Saint Nicholas, greeting onlookers in Amsterdam.
1976New ZealandQueen Street, Auckland in the 70s.
2018SenegalA group of Senegalese youths diving from a pier into the Atlantic Ocean.
1982ChinaA street scene in Hong Kong's Kowloon area during the early 80s.
1987NetherlandsAmsterdam opera star Christina Deutekom speaking to reporters outside the Royal Concertgebouw alongside Dutch politician Peter W. during a 1987 press conference.
1990USAPresident George H. W. Bush signing the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act).
1911CanadaA group photograph in Luseland, Saskatchewan.
1918USAMen from the Student Army Training Corps, a program established to train students for military service whilst attending college, wearing influenza masks during the Spanish Flu pandemic.
1975UKA hazy morning in central London.
1967UKFloats driving through the streets of Watford during an annual carnival parade.
1982EstoniaEstonian Punks in the early 80s.
2012ItalyTwo Venetians swimming in St. Mark's Square during the 2012 Venice Floods.
1980ItalyA couple standing in Piazza Della Signoria in Florence.
1973EthiopiaFrench President Georges Pompidou meeting the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, on his arrival at Addis Ababa airport.
2019IndonesiaMembers of the Sasak Tribe fighting in a traditional sport known as 'Peresean'.
1968ItalyThree ladies posing for a photo in front of the Pisa Baptistery - the largest baptistery in Italy and part of the cathedral complex including the famous Leaning Tower.
1905New ZealandCrowds watching a yacht race in front of Rangitoto Island in Auckland, New Zealand.
2007UKA fire in an empty warehouse in London.
1937USAThousands on Americans hiking across the 2.7km long Golden Gate Bridge during it's opening day for pedestrians.
1992ItalyA Kodachrome photo of traffic congestion in Rome.
2021USAU.S. Air Force Global Strike Command bombers performing a flyover during Super Bowl LV between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The Buccaneers won 31-9.
1972PolandParticipants of the second World Festival of Polish Amateur Bands marching through the streets of Rzeszów.
2019EstoniaA woman wearing a fish hat at a market outside the Town Hall Square in Tallin, Estonia.
1974GermanyA street preacher in Hamburg.
2008ChinaUsain Bolt celebrating after setting the 9.69-second 100m world record during the 2008 Beijing Olympics final. One year later, Bolt broke his own record, setting the current world record of 9.58 seconds.
2008MoroccoA street dentist in Morocco.
1974IndiaA scene at Chandni Chowk market, Delhi, during the mid 70s.
2011LibyaFormer UK Prime Minister David Cameron giving a speech in Libya during the Arab spring.
2025FranceVisitors taking photos of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa in the Louvre museum.
1999JapanA petrol station in Fuji City.
1985ItalyA group of friends sitting on the steps of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
1936GermanySpectators gathered in Berlin for the 1936 Summer Olympics.
1976South KoreaA street scene in Seoul, South Korea during the mid 70s.
2001USADebris covering the roof on top of the World Financial Center following the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center.
1963USACrowd gathers around the Reflecting Pool during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
1915FranceA column of German prisoners walking through Amiens town centre during WWI.
1968MexicoSoldiers standing guard as the West German team marches into the opening ceremony for the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
1977UKJane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg at a street market in London, before the premiere of their film 'Je t'aime moi non plus'.
1959CzechiaA Tatra 603 parked on the edge of Prague's Wenceslas Square.
1969USAA San Francisco Cafe in the summer of '69.
2008MoroccoCrowds watching a street performer in Marrakesh.
1991UKPhoto from when Arsenal won the 1991 English Football First Division.
2012KuwaitNational day celebrations in Kuwait, which sees the streets filled with children shooting water guns.
1995RussiaA metro station in 90s Moscow.
1942UKAirmen assembling a Spitfire Mark V in front of the Rock of Gibraltar.
1964RussiaA view inside a metro station in Soviet Moscow. Moscow's metro stations are renowned for their architectural beauty.
1985AustraliaPrincess Diana greeting crowds in Macedon, Australia. The trip was her first solo overseas tour as a member of the Royal Family.
1975NetherlandsPeople crossing a street in 70s Amsterdam.
2014RussiaA Russian peace march in Moscow against the invasion Ukraine, shortly after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
1971AustriaA busy Saturday in Innsbruck.
2023SpainA haptic model of Queen Nefertiti, which allows visually impaired people to experience the artifact through touch, on display at the International Tourism Fair 2023 in Madrid, Spain.
1977PhilippinesPedestrians crossing a road in downtown Manila during the late 70s.
1975HungaryA street scene on Váci Street in downtown Budapest.
1989USADonald Trump holding a ribbon at Logan International Airport, Boston for the opening of the Trump Shuttle. The airline had it’s first flight in 1989, flying from Washington to New York and then on to Boston.
1980LiberiaA car driving through Liberia's capital Monrovia in the early 80s.
1974PolandStudents at the Poznań University of Technology performing a fundraising concert.
1904IrelandA street scene from Ballyhaunis, Ireland.
2014UKUsain Bolt after winning a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the men's 4x100m relay with a Games record time of 37.58 seconds.
1974FinlandA view on highway 12 in Finland.
2014SomaliaSomalians gather at a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim festival markingnode the end of Ramadan.
1949FranceA bus tour of the village of Èze in France.
1954RussiaA colour photo of Stalin-Era Soviet Union, taken by a US Diplomat who was deported for Espionage.
2004USAA fisheye view of a Pittsburgh Steelers game.
1963USAPresident John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy arriving at Love Field airport in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy was assassinated hours later.
1981KenyaA view along a street in central Nairobi, Kenya during the 80s.
1940UKBritish troops evacuated from Dunkirk enjoying tea and other refreshments upon their arrival in London. The soldiers had just been rescued by sea during the Battle of France, narrowly escaping encirclement by the advancing German army.
1937ItalyThe column of Marcus Aurelius shrouded in mist in Rome during the late 30s.
2012SwedenSwedish history writer Christopher O'Regan riding a bicycle with fans through Stockholm.
1964GreeceThree men inspecting a column from the Temple of Zeus in Athens which was destroyed by an earthquake.
1912NorwayA view of the Skansekaien quay in Stavanger, Norway, during the early 1910s.
2022South KoreaVice President Harris visiting the Korean DMZ in 2022, reaffirming the enduring US-ROK alliance nearly 70 years after the Korean Armistice.
1989UKWelsh shoppers in the 1980s.
2025ChileA participant of the 2025 Santiago Marathon posing for a photo.
2023SpainThousands running through the streets of Pamplona with fighting bulls.
1942USAA minature Destroyer ship being used as a recruiting station in Times Square.
1955PolandSoldiers from Poland's Border Protection Force sharing cigarettes on a quay in the Port of Gdynia.
1969VietnamA South Vietnamese woman speaking with a military policeman on the day President Nixon announced his decision to withdraw 25,000 troops from Vietnam.
2024SwedenKing Frederik and Queen Mary of Denmark being greeted at the gates of Stockholm Palace on a state visit to Sweden.
1957AustriaA family posing on a roadtrip through Austria.
1993PalestineMichael Jackson surrounded by bodyguards as he walks through the Western Wall plaza in Jerusalem’s Old City. Ultra-Orthodox Jews barred him from approaching the Western Wall, fearing his presence would desecrate the Sabbath.
2014ChinaThousands of hongkongers occupying a road during the 2014 pro-democracy Umbrella Movement against China’s decision to restrict Hong Kong’s electoral system.
1960RomaniaA street scene in Bucharest, Romania, in front of the Central University Library.
1973SwedenA traffic sign in Stockholm.
1973UKHungarian Screenwriter Klári Fekete posing in front of the UK National Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
1969UKA view of crowds at the second Isle of Wight festival of music. The festival gained international attention when Bob Dylan, who had turned down Woodstock, chose to play at the venue.
2013UgandaA street scene in downtown Kampala, Uganda.
1916IrelandA destroyed building on O'Connell Street (then Sackville Street) following the Easter Rising, an armed insurrection led by Irish republicans seeking independence from British rule.
1961BelgiumA political demonstration in Brussels, Belgium during the early 60s.
1995MexicoA man wearing a mask of the Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in front of crowds gathered to hear the president's State of the Nations address.
2014NetherlandsA convoy of hearses driving down a dutch motorway following the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 by Russian-backed forces over Ukraine.
2011GhanaA street scene shortly before Ghana's 54th Independence Anniversary celebrations in Accra, Ghana.
1921USAThe Dante statue being unveiled in Meridian Park.
2023LithuaniaA spring evening next to Vilnius Central Train Station, Lithuania.
1966South AfricaSouth African policemen carrying the old national flag during apartheid in Durban, South Africa.
1980SwitzerlandA woman pushing a pram through the streets of Bulle, Switzerland.
1970FinlandPedestrians on a newly pedestrianised road in Helsinki, Finland.
1914BelgiumGerman soldiers decorating a tree on the Western Front during WWI.
2009SingaporeTourists taking photos in front of the under-construction Marina Bay Sands hotel.
1972IrelandMembers of the Ulster Defence Association, a Loyalist paramilitary organisation, form a barricade in Belfast.
2016ThailandCrowds lining the streets of Bangkok to celebrate Leicester City winning the 2016 Premier League. The team went on a two day tour of Thailand following their win.
1971USAJohn Lennon and Yoko Ono's anti Vietnam War billboard in New York.
1973FinlandA street scene in 70s Helsinki, Finland.
1986USAPhotos from the Cleveland Balloon Disaster. The fundraising stunt involving 1.5 million balloons caused unforseen problems with local roads and airports, resulting in at least 2 deaths.
1929ThailandView from outside Trocadero Hotel in Bangkok.
1997FrancePromotion girls rollerblading in Cannes during the annual film festival.
1907IrelandA tourist car in Kilkeel, Northern Ireland. The service ran daily between Warrenpoint and Newcastle until 1920, the building was later demolished in 1952.
2013PolandU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry photographed during a walking tour of downtown Warsaw, Poland.
1970FinlandParade at Senaatintori Square, Helsinki.
1961NetherlandsA group of boys painting on the streets of Amsterdam.
2008JordanA view of the of the Palace Tombs on the south-west face of the Siq mountain, near Petra, Jordan. The tombs are believed to have been the resting places of Nabataean kings and their families.
1988CanadaEast German athletes competing in the double luge during the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
1941USACars lined up along Main Street in Brattleboro, Vermont.
1932USAA car driving through the Wawona Tunnel Tree in Yosemite National Park. The giant sequoia stood at 69m tall and was 7.9m wide at it's base until it fell in 1969 under heavy snow.
1969NigeriaPrincess Beatrix of the Netherlands filming sword dancers in Axum during her state visit to Ethiopia.
2005USAA view of Times Square during the mid 2000s.
1932UKA border crossing between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the early 30s.
1912PortugalPortuguese industrial workers photographed on strike, marching past the O Século Editorial Office in Lisbon, heading towards the City Hall.
1978MexicoTourists taking photos at El Castillo, a Mesoamerican step-pyramid in the Mexican state of Yucatán, during the the late 70s.
1965FranceA street scene in the Jewish Quarter of Paris.
1941USAAnti-War protesters in front of Public Library, 5th Avenue.
1966USAPaul McCartney and John Lennon singing at Friday night's performance in Chicago's International Amphitheatre during The Beatle's final American tour.
1976JapanAn American ambassador from Disneyland California celebrating with crowds in Tokyo, 7 years before the opening of Tokyo Disneyland.
1965ItalyAn American circus parade travelling down Via Veneto during Epiphany holiday.
2013USAThe cast members for the American sitcom 'How I Met Your Mother' at a meet-and-greet event at the 2013 San Diego Comic-Con.
1997SpainA view outside of Casa Milà, the modernist masterpiece by Catalan arhictect Antoni Gaudí.
1906SpainStudents at a Catalan school learning about the geography of Northern Spain.
1966ItalyTwo men speaking outside a building in Florence during the 1966 flood of the Arno. The flood was one of the worst in the city's history.
1959ItalyOutside the Colosseum.
1985BelgiumViews for the 1985 European Cup Final between Juventus and Liverpool. The day ended in disaster when when 39 spectators were crushed to death against a collpasing wall.
1966AustraliaAn anti-Vietnam War demonstration in downtown Sydney during the mid 60s.
1962USAAmerican actor Kirk Douglas smearing wet cement over comedian Ken Murray's face whilst printing his hands in cement along the Hollywood of Fame.
1923NorwayA crowd of girls participating in the Salvation Army parade in Oslo, Norway, during the early 20s.
1973PhilippinesA girl holding her sister whilst looking warily at posters informing locals about family planning facilities.
1976UKThe Sex Pistols on Carnaby Street in the 70s.
1933MonacoRacing driver William Grover-Williams leading the field during the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix.
1948VenezuelaA street scene in 1940s Caracas outside the Art Deco headquarters of the Central Bank of Venezuela, a symbol of oil-driven economic growth. The building was demolished in the 1950s to make way for the modern BCV complex.
1918UKCrowds gathered at Ludgate Circus celebrating the end of the First World War.
1981SwitzerlandA policeman manually operating traffic lights at a crossing in Faido, Switzerland.
1962EgyptShooting in Egypt for the Hungarian film 'Egyiptomi történet' (Egyptian story), released in 1963.
2019FranceOnlookers gathered on a street in Paris watching the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire. Since the blaze, the cathedral has undergone extensive restoration, culminating in its reopening to the public in December 2024.
2013PalestineA view of a rare snowfall in Jerusalem.
1991SwitzerlandA street scene in front of Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station during the early 90s.
1945IsraelZion Square in post-war Jerusalem.
2009ThailandSoldiers face off against anti-government demonstrators in Bangkok during the 2009 political unrest in Thailand.
1920EgyptTourists and locals attending a garden party on the terrace of a hotel in Giza, Egypt, during the early 20s.
1970SwedenIngvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, standing outside the company's flagship store.
1975UKVisitors posing at the Land's End sign in England during the 70s.
1985SwedenA street scene in 80s Stockholm, Sweden.
1965UKJohn Lennon parked up at Abbey Road Studios, hours after passing his driving test.
1925IrelandPedestrians on O'Connell Street, Dublin during the mid 20s.
2018MexicoPerformers participating in Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico City.
1980SpainLa Boqueria market in Barcelona.
1986NetherlandsPeople running through Kimswerd, Netherlands during 'The Elfstedentocht', a long-distance skating tour. The 200-kilometer (124-mile) race takes place when natural ice conditions are safe enough.
1975GermanyA street scene outside of the under-restoration Berlin Cathedral, which was heavily damaged during WWII.
2012MexicoA dog running through a path lined with faithful as they wait for the the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI in Guanajuato, Mexico.
2010JapanA man speaking on the phone as the leftist student organization Zengakuren marches through the streets of Yokohama during a demonstration against the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit.
1977SwitzerlandHungarian and Soviet chess grandmasters Lajos Portisch and Boris Spassky, respectively, playing the semifinal match of the 1977 Chess World Championship in Geneva, Switzerland.
2008UKUmpire Carlos Ramos speaking to Venus Williams, as her sister Serena looks on during the Wimbledon Women's Singles Final. Venus defeated her sister, earning her fifth Wimbledon singles title.
2016FranceA drunk man sleeps outside of CGR Dragon Cinema during the 44th International La Rochelle Film festival.
1963USAClint Hill, a Secret Service agent, diving onto the presidential motorcade moments after JFK's assassination.
1981SwitzerlandA street scene in Lausanne, Switzerland in the early 80s.
1936USAA crowd gathering on a street in El Monte, California after a robbery at the Southern County Bank. Two bandits and two officers were shot during the ordeal.
1945NetherlandsMembers of the National Socialist Movement being publically arrested during the liberation of the Netherlands.
2019ItalyMen playing cards outdoors during the 2019 Venice floods.
2024TaiwanCleanup teams stationed outside a building damaged during the 2024 Hualien earthquake in Taiwan.
1999NetherlandsA rescue helicopter landing on a bridge in Amsterdam.
1978UKA Wheelbarrow robot in operation in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. Over 400 Wheelbarrow robots were destroyed while operating in Northern Ireland.
1971LuxembourgA view along Boulevard Royal in central Luxembourg City, built after the dismantling of the old fortress in the 19th century and now home to banks, trams, and modern glass towers.
2001FranceLance Armstrong glancing back at Marco Pantani during the 2001 Tour de France. Armstrong won the event in 2001 however he was later stripped of his title following the 2012 doping scandal.
1934UKScots reading the morning news on Princes Street, Edinburgh.
1905USAA night scene in Luna Park, an old amusement park in Coney Island, Brookyln.
2008SpainPeople watching as workers remove the last statue of the late dictator Francisco Franco in Santander, Spain.
1945UKTorn up paper filling the air, thrown from the windows of offices in London to celebrate the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of WWII.
1953ItalyAudrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck travelling through Rome on a Vespa.
1926FinlandA cafe in the Finnish countryside during the 30s.
2012FranceA rugby match in Toulouse between Stade Toulousain and Lyon Olympique Universitaire. Stade Toulousain won 51-10.
1968RussiaA girl dancing by the Neva river in Leningrad.
2014ItalyGeorge Clooney and Amal Alamuddin on their wedding weekend in Venice.
1992PolandTwo policemen watching the opening of the first McDonald's in post-Soviet Poland.
1989ArgentinaShoppers walking along Florida Street in Buenos Aires.
1903USAU.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and nature preservationist John Muir on Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.
1972NetherlandsA protest in Amsterdam on May 1st advocating for solidarity amongst the working class.
1945USATwo drunken sailors sleeping on a street during Victory Day.
1971SwedenOsama bin Laden (second from the right) photographed with his family in Falun, Sweden. The wealthy Bin Laden family visited the city whilst one of the elder brothers conducted business with Volvo.
1966USATwo New York City Police Department horses sharing a moment whilst shepherding a police rally.
1945NetherlandsCrowds welcoming allied forces into Amersfoort during the liberation of the Netherlands.
1980BelgiumA street scene in Brussels, Belgium, during the early 80s.
1938SpainSpaniards finding shelter in Sevilla Metro Station in Madrid.
1936USAA street scene at Union Square, Manhattan, during the mid 30s.
2010UKA policeman reading a 'Lern Yerself Scouse' booklet.
2006USATwo men dressed as the Queen's Guard outside the 2006 Met Gala. The theme was 'Anglomania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion'.
2021UKGlaswegian police returning Commonwealth Games mascot Clyde to a primary school after it was stolen for over 7 years by a local.
1990ChinaA British Airways Boeing 747 coming down to land at Kai Tak Internatioanl Airport.
1950NorwayA long-exposure photo outside a Kiosk in Norway during the winter of 1950.
1960Cuba'Guerrillero Heroico' - a photograph of Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara. The iconic photograph has been referred to as 'the most famous photograph in the world'.
1963USAActress Natalie Wood on the upper terraces of the Sherry Netherland Hotel, Fifth Avenue.
1975SwitzerlandA retired Swissair aircraft, which was donated to the Lucerne Museum of Transport, being transported to the museum on 'Flexifloats' over Lake Lucerne.
1964USAAn earthquake-damaged building being demolished in Anhorage, Alaska. The 1964 Great Alaskan Earthquake caused 139 deaths and hundreds of millions worth of damages.
1981USAA dancing roller skater at a street festival in the Bronx.
2006UKA still of Ant & Dec inside of the Museum of London, taken from the 2006 British comedy film 'Alien Autopsy'.
1919NetherlandsSerbian soldiers being treated for Spanish Flu at an auxillary hospital in the Netherlands. It is estimated 3% of the world's population died during pandemic.
1940USAPassengers aboard the RMS Cameronia, whilst at a dock in New York, gathered around a newspaper with a headline about bombing campaigns in Europe.
1903USAMardi Gras in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
1900HungaryHungarians posing for a photo outside a hat shop in Budapest.
2010FranceA group of musicians performing on the streets of Paris, France.
2015JapanA girl at Sapporo racecourse, Japan.
2014AustraliaA government hackathon in Sydney, Australia.
1987UKMargaret Thatcher demonstrating the use of a breathalyzer during campaigning in Wales.
1979NetherlandsShipyard workers on strike against the closure of Verschure shipyard in Amsterdam. The shipyard closed later on in the year.
2014CzechiaCrowds gathered in Prague during an event to commemorate the Velvet Revolution.
1943RussiaSoviet ski troops advancing the front line in Leningrad during World War II.
1971ChinaRickshaw pullers waiting for customers in Hong Kong.
1977HungaryNew Year's Eve revelers celebrating in a Budapest underpass.
2019Costa RicaA street in Kidzania Costa Rica, marketed as 'the mini-city where children are in charge'.
1992FranceBig screen confirms Roche's win during the Saint-Etienne to La Bourboule stretch of the 1992 Tour de France.
2011CubaA Cuban taxi in Havana.
1956CyprusCypriots reading about the deportation of Archbishop Makarios in the morning papers. Makarios was deported by the British administration for fostering nationalist sentiment against British colonial rule.
2024CroatiaMy girlfriend playing the TimeGuessr daily in Zagreb.
1995RussiaRonald McDonald performing in front of a newly opened restaurant in Moscow, Russia.
1938SlovakiaHungarian troops walking through a newly annexed territory in Slovakia during the First Vienna Award.
1995ItalyA view of the train station in Chiusi, Tuscany, Italy during the mid 90s.
2008TurkeyA National Lottery seller reading about the 2008 financial crisis in Ankara, Turkey. The seller stated lottery ticket sales had increased during the crisis with people pinning their hopes on winning.
2016Saudi ArabiaPresident Obama in Diriyah Palace, Saudi Arabia during a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting.
1957USAHollywood film set workers setting up to shoot a scene for the 1957 musical comedy 'Pal Joey' starring Rita Hayworth, Frank Sinatra, and Kim Novak.
2013USABryan Cranston and Aaron Paul on set for the flashback scene in Ozymandias, season 5.
2014UKTaylor Swift meeting fans outside BBC Broadcasting House, days before releasing her fifth studio album 1989.
1977TurkeyA street scene in Istanbul during the late 70s.
1997USAA street scene in Little Brazil, Manhattan. The neighbourhood has been home to dozens of Brazillian shops and restaurants since the 60s, although only a handful remain today.
1939USAAlvin 'Shipwreck' Kelly, a professional flagpole sitter, eating dunked donuts whilst handstanding on the Chanin Building. Kelly ate 13 donuts during the stunt.
1982UKHMS Hermes returing to Portsmouth after the Falklands War.
1900AlgeriaEuropean travellers disembarking from a ship in Algiers.
2015ItalyUmarell - an italian word to describe men of retirement age who watch construction sites, stereotypically with hands clasped behind their back and offering unwanted advice to the workers.
1983GreeceA street scene in Athens, Greece, during the early 80s.
1969AustraliaPeople walking through Kings Cross suburb in Sydney.
2006AlbaniaA car driving through Fier, Albania in the mid 2000s.
1914MonacoCelebrations for the 25th anniversary of Prince Albert I's accession to Monaco's throne.
1989GermanyA man juggling on the Berlin Wall, a few days after its fall.
2021SpainA view of the Guggenheim contemporary art museum in Bilbao, Spain.
2018FranceFrench fans celebrating France's 2018 World Cup victory against Croatia.
1908AlgeriaA postcard from Algeria.
1992UKViews outside Anfield football grounds in the early 90s.
1907HungaryA ferry crossing to the Hungarian Parliment Building.
1968NorwayA girl standing by a signpost at Bodø airport, Norway.
2020IndiaShoppers at Shyambazar Market in Kolkata India during the coronavirus pandemic.
2008South AfricaCyclists racing on Cape Town’s scenic roads during the annual Cape Argus, the world’s largest timed bike race.
1909USAThe Manhattan Bridge under construction in 1909. Works for the bridge began in 1901, and the project opened to the public on New Year's Eve 1909.
2008USAA republican volunteer working in the 'McCain Victory Center' in Lewis Center, Ohio during the 2008 presidential election.
1956FranceA view of Moulin de la Galette, a historic windmill in Paris.
1989GermanyWest Berlin crowds and members of the press gathering at the Berlin Wall waiting for a temporary gateway to open between East and West Germany during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
1983SwitzerlandA parade on the streets of Zürich for Swiss National Day.
1964FranceA street scene outside of the Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris.
1984New ZealandMembers of the US Air Force being processed by New Zealand immigration officials upon arriving in the country for a joint exercise with New Zealand and Australian forces.
1979FranceA street scene in Paris during the late 70s.
1903USAArchie Roosevelt, the son of President Theodore Roosevelt, riding 'Algonquin', his Shetland pony next to the West Wing of the White House. The oval office wasn't built until later in 1909.
2000USAGoalkeeper Tony Meola celebrating with the Kansas City Wizards' mascot after winning the 2000 MLS Cup at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C.
1939New ZealandA view of the MLC building in downtown Wellington.
1988JordanSteven Spielberg and Harrison Ford behind the scenes at Petra while filming Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
1958USAA Kodachrome photo of tourists visiting the Garden of the Gods park in Colorado Springs during the early 50s.
2011IrelandPresident Barack Obama drinking a pint of Guinness during his state visit to Ireland.
1923UKKing George V watching the crowd spill onto the pitch during the first FA Cup Final hosted at Wembley Stadium.
2012GreeceYoung crowds gather in Athens in support of the Greek conservative party's leader Antonis Samaras.
1971North KoreaRed Cross talks to facilitate discussions about family reunions taking place on the North Korea/South Korea border.
1958USACars lining up for checks at border crossing at the customs point between San Diego, USA, and Tijuana, Mexico.
1941USAA woman climbing the stairs to the Chicago's 'L' rapid transit system.
2012USAFirst Lady Michelle Obama participating in a potato sack race with Jimmy Fallon for an episode of 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon'.
1954UKPrincess Anne feeding nuts to a barbary macaque in Gibraltar. Legend says that as long as the macaques remain on the Rock, Gibraltar will remain under British control, prompting Winston Churchill to sustain their population throughout WWII.
1985UKGeorge Michael, Bono, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury and more on stage at Live Aid. Nearly 40 percent of the world population watched the live broadcast of the concert.
2023SpainA Catalonian carrying an estelada flag (independence flag) through Barcelona during Catalan National Day.
1938PalestineA street scene in Jerusalem whilst it was under the British Mandate of Palestine.
2024SenegalA bustling market area in Dakar, Senegal.
2022ChinaA speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping being broadcasted outside of a shopping mall in Beijing.
1972NetherlandsAFC Ajax players surrounding a poster in tribute to their 1971–72 European Cup win.
1975FinlandAdvertisements at a tram stop in Helsinki.
2011UKMy dad pulling my sister Ellie through Newcastle after the 2011 Mini Great North Run.
1901AustraliaWorkers standing next to a newly installed boiler for Castlemaine Brewery in Newcastle, New South Wales. The brewery shut down in 1931 during the Great Depression.
1985SwedenA woman, whose mother had survived Auschwitz, hitting a neo-Nazi with her handbag.
2017VenezuelaAnti-government protesters aiming a slingshot at security forces whilst protesting President Nicolás Maduro's decision to strip the opposition-controlled National Assembly of it's legislative powers.
2025USAIsaiah Collier, guard for Utah Jazz, falling to the floor after a basket against the Brooklyn Nets. Utah Jazz defeated the Brooklyn Nets 112-111.
1941SingaporeSingaporeans in the 1941, one year before Japanese invasion.
1986NetherlandsA protest against the Olympic Games in 80s Amsterdam.
2003TurkeyA shoeshiner working in Taksim Square, İstanbul.
1984GreeceA toddler taking an photograph atop the Acropolis of Athens.
2019UKElton John attending the premiere of his biopic Rocketman.
1999BarbadosA street scene in Bridgetown, Barbados, during the late 90s.
1976AustriaPeople gathered at Vienna's Christkindlmarkt in the mid 70s.
2011EgyptProtests against egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian rule. Mubarak was forced to resign after the unrest.
1970USAPresident Richard Nixon being photographed with a anti-Vietnam war student protester on LSD at the Lincoln Memorial. Nixon made the unplanned visit to the protesters at 4AM, and rambled to the students about college football, the beauty of Spain, and how students should visit Asia.
1977USASan Francisco's chinatown in the late 70s. The Chinatown is the oldest in North America and one of the largest Chinese enclaves outside of Asia.
2005BulgariaA street scene in Sofia, Bulgaria in the mid 2000s.
1988AustraliaThe Canberra Cannons men's basketball team receiving a spirited public send-off in Civic Square as they depart for the NBL finals, which they ultimately won.
1913USAA view down the boardwalk in Atlantic City. On the right a sand sculpting competition is taking place.
1935UKAn early pedestrian crossing variation being trialed in Trafalgar Square, London. The crossing later evolved into the now ubiquitous zebra crossing.
1981ItalyAn all boys school visiting Piazza San Marco in Venice.
1962UKForty sixth-formers of Midhurst Grammar School marching in protest of America's behaviour during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
2014BrazilThe German team celebrating after defeating Argentina 1-0 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup final.
2009FranceDefending champion Rafael Nadal signing autographs after a training session for the Roland Garros French Open. Nadal lost in the fourth round, ending his record breaking win streak at the tournament.
1974FranceA postcard of Saint-Agrève, France.
1973UKA view outside of Leeds University's Parkinson Building.
2021UKBuckingham Palace's flag at half-mast following the announcement of Prince Phillip's death.
2013PalestinePresident Barack Obama departing from Ramallah, Palestine aboard Marine One.
2012NigeriaTraffic congestion in Lagos, Nigeria.
1987GuatemalaA religious procession in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua is famous for it's holy week celebrations which commemorate the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.
1970USAA group of GAMS advocates (Girls Against Maxi Skirts) protesting for mini skirts.
2023TajikistanA propaganda billboard for Emomali Rahmon, who has been serving as president of Tajikistan since 1994.
1967USAAnti Vietnam War demonstrators taking to the streets of San Francisco.
1997NepalMalaysian mountaineer Magendran M. Munisamy on the summit of Mt. Everest, holding his country’s flag after becoming the first Malaysian to reach the world’s highest peak. Minutes later, his teammate Mohanadas Nagappan joined him at the top.
1960BrazilA view over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Corcovado mountain, in front of Christ the Redeemer.
1966NetherlandsChildren waving flags on the day of Princess Beatrix and Claus von Amsberg wedding.
2024South KoreaParliamentary staff and lawmakers using fire extinguishers to impede the advance of the South Korean military into the National Assembly, following President Yoon Suk Yeol declaring martial law.
1929BelgiumA couple of buskers outside of Antwerp Zoo.
1983ChinaSesame Street characters Big Bird and Barkley the dog walking along the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China.
1940USANavy sailors during downtime in Key West, Florida.
1969PhilippinesMembers of 'Kabataang Makabayan' (patriotic youths) carrying anti-US signs under a banner welcoming US President Richard Nixon to the Philippines.
2024FranceA group of teenagers hanging out on the streets of Angers in France.
1992UKConservative Prime Minister John Major attempting to drown out jeers and abuse from left wing activists during a walkabout in Luton.
1957AustraliaChildren from Australia, England, Germany, Lithuania, Holland, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia and Russia mixing at a camp to help migrant children.
1992IndiaPrincess Diana in front of the Taj Mahal, without Prince Charles, taken at a time of great strain and media speculation about their disintegrating marriage.
1980SpainTwo tourists with cameras posing for a photo on a street of Barcelona, Spain.
1959TurkeyPeople standing around a Ferry Terminal in Istanbul, Turkey.
2014BrazilThe German team celebrating after defeating Argentina 1-0 during the 2014 FIFA World Cup final.
1975GermanyA street scene in Uelzen, North Germany.
2011GreeceA flood of tourists on a summer evening in Little Venice, Mykonos, Greece.
1989IsraelVintage cars driving down the streets of Tel Aviv for the Adloyada Parade, celebrated during the Jewish holiday of Purim.
2008New ZealandA tank driving through Auckland during a parade.
1994USAPolice in riot gear throwing stun grenades to disperse football fans after an impromptu street celebration after Mexico's 1-1 tie with Italy in the 1994 World Cup.
1935UKA street scene in Southampton during the mid 30s.
1950UKTribal chiefs from Sierra Leone standing on the terrace of London's County Hall during a six-week British Council-sponsored tour of Britain.
1905NorwayCrowds gathered during the Norwegian referendum on the dissolution of the union with Sweden. Norway and Sweden were united as one kingdom from 1814 to 1905.
2007South AfricaA taxi with a sofa strapped to its roof in Cape Town, South Africa.
1938UKViews at the 1938 Royal Ascot.
1965JordanTourists posing after arriving at Amman Civil Airport, Jordan. Before the construction of the larger Queen Alia International Airport, this terminal was the primary international gateway for visitors to the country.
1970FinlandFinnish folk gathered around a public feedback board in downtown Helsinki.
1970AustriaA Monday morning in Innsbruck.
2018KosovoThe opposition party setting off a tear gas cannister within the Kosovo Parliment.
2013TanzaniaSuleiman Kova, the Tanzanian Police Commissioner, speaking to members of the press after the 2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse.
2016FranceFilming for Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk on Dunkirk beach.
1930USAStone carvers scaling Mount Rushmore to carve the face of Thomas Jefferson. The sculpture was completed 11 years later.
1990ItalyTourists taking photos with the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
1967CzechiaDutch football supporters waiting to enter Stadion Juliska in Prague for a 1967 UEFA Cup match between their team, Ajax, and the home side, Dukla Prague. Ajax won the match 2-1.
2023AfghanistanA vintage camera shot of traffic officers working in Kandahar City in 2023.
2022USAA Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber performing a flyover prior to the AFC Divisional Round playoff game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Buffalo Bills. The Kansas City Chiefs won 42-36.
1935EgyptPeople being photographed in front of the Pyramids of Giza.
1973NetherlandsTwo people on horseback travelling through Amsterdam; for 3 months during the Opec energy crisis, most cars were banned on Sundays in the Netherlands.
1972SwitzerlandKindergarten children being taught traffic safety by a police officer in Zürich.
1982FranceTwo women and a dog sitting outside a café in Paris.
2019SerbiaPolice on the streets of Belgrade during the 2019 Police Day parade.
1990HungaryThree women posing for a photo in front of the Pécs TV Tower in Pécs, Hungary.
2006SwedenElection posters hung ahead of the 2006 Swedish general election.
2007USAA group of friends at a bar before going to a Cleveland Indians (now Cleveland Guardians) baseball game against the Chicago White Sox. The White Sox won 5-1.
1926SlovakiaHorse-drawn carriages travelling down a street in Trenčín, Slovakia.
1964USATwo men standing outside the Roseland Area Planning Association office in Chicago during the mid 60s.
1933NorwayStreet markets in Bergen, Norway. The city is home to some of Norway's most famous markets including the Fisketorget (fish market) which has operated since the 13th century.
2021UKPeople taking photographs of a starling murmuration on Brighton Pier.
1974GermanyRailway enthusiasts and local children gathered as a steam locomotive pulls into a railway station in Kreuzlingen on the German-Swiss border.
1999KosovoA British Army defender travelling through the Balkans.
1947PalestineA soldier keeping guard along a road in Jerusalem, during a three-day strike by Arab workers against a United Nation's Partition Plan for Palestine.
2016VietnamAnthony Bourdain and Barack Obama dining a $6 meal in a Vietnamese restaurant.
1944USAPedestrians watching news of the Normandy landings on a scrolling electric marquee in Times Square, New York, on D-Day.
1991ArmeniaAn Armenian man dancing in Yerevan during a referendum to decide Armenia's independence from the Soviet Union. Over 99% of the population voted for independence from the Union.
2018RussiaA T-34-85 medium tank adorned with a Soviet Union Flag at the 2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade.
2010ChinaA group of Hongkongers in kilts marching through the streets during the Hong Kong Handover Parade, celebrating the transfer of sovereignty from the British to the Chinese.
2014SloveniaA woman planking next to street markets in Ljubljana.
2013PortugalThree women looking for directions on a city map in Lisbon, Portugal.
1976USAVisitors to the Statue of Liberty peering out of the windows in the statue's crown.
1939USAPeople walking through Iowa Falls on a Saturday night.
1913USAA woman helping a child into a streetcar on Broadway, Manhattan.
1962TurkeyVarious billboards on display on a street in Istanbul, Turkey during the early 60s.
1977FranceThe French Armed Forces marching through Paris.
2022SpainA street scene in Madrid.
1960SloveniaA street scene in Ljubljana, Slovenia during the early 60s.
2019GermanyFake soldiers charging tourists to have their photos taken at Checkpoint Charlie, an old crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin.
1970USAA fire blazing inside the Alcatraz Island lighthouse during the Occupation of Alcatraz by Native Americans.
1915FranceMasking tape covering Paris shop windows during WW1 to prevent glass shattering during bombing.
1975NetherlandsA salesman at the Capi-Lux record shop in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
1968PhilippinesA scene on Escolta Street, a historic thoroughfare in Manila, Philippines, once known as the city's main business and commercial district.
2019ChinaA view of anti-government protesters, seen through a window with peeled off posters in downtown Hong Kong. Protesters used the umbrellas to shield themselves from pepper spray and tear gas deployed by the police.
1982FinlandFinns hanging around the pier in Helsinki.
1975NetherlandsAn Amsterdam street in the 70s.
1977HungaryA hungarian traffic marshall ushering traffic in Budapest.
1944FranceA Jeep decorated with a captured photo of Adolf Hitler by members of the 1st French Army.
2017CubaA street scene in Havana. After the 1959 Cuban Revolution the US imposed an embargo on Cuba banning car importations, many of the cars today are from before the embargo.
1958USAA couple in San Francisco resting on a fence near the Golden Gate Bridge.
1953USAA night scene of State Street in Chicago.
1965USAA long-exposure photograph of cars driving down 42nd Street in New York during the Northeast blackout of 1965, which left over 30 million people without electricity for up to 13 hours.
2006RomaniaA large billboard featuring Brazilian football star Ronaldinho in Piața Unirii (Union Square) in Bucharest, Romania.
2005USAA Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 landing at Chicago's Midway Airport over the wreckage of another Southwest Airlines 737 (Flight 1248) that skidded off the runway whilst landing in heavy snow.
1922TurkeySultan Vahideddin departing from the backdoor of the Dolmabahçe Palace, marking the end of the Ottoman monarchy and the beginning of the end of the Ottoman empire.
2011PhilippinesLibyan expatriates and embassy officials hanging the Pre-Gaddafi era flag at the Libyan embassy in Manila, Philippines, to celebrate the end of Muammar Gaddafi's regime during the Libyan Civil War.
1904USACrowds gathered at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri. The exposition marked the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase.
2021RussiaA street scene in Nizhny Novgorod (Нижний Новгород), Russia.
1955DenmarkA street scene at the Ryesgade in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the mid 50s. The buildings in the photo were demolished to make space for Fredens Park, opened in 1973.
1966SwitzerlandContestants for the 1966 Miss Suisse pageant posing for a photo before the event in Zürich.
1910IrelandA bustling street market in Waterford, Ireland.
2013NetherlandsAn April morning in Volendam, the Netherlands.
1944FranceUnited States Air Force bombers destroying Nazi fortifications in Normandy prior to the D-Day landings.
1943USAA Times Square scene at Father Duffy's statue during the early 40s. Francis P. Duffy was a decorated military chaplain who served in World War I and became a beloved figure in New York City.
2016UKExtras on set for filming of Christopher Nolan's 2017 'Dunkirk' in Dorset, UK.
1955UKA street scene in Soho during the 1950s.
1998UKYoung lads playing football nearby to the construction of the Angel of the North.
1976KenyaA street scene in Kenya, Nairobi during the mid 70s.
1983GreeceTourists at The Acropolis, Athens in the early 80s.
2011USAA NASA engineer inspecting the James Webb Space Telescope's primary mirror segments at the Marshall Space Flight Center.
1973NetherlandsA May 1st (Labor Day) gathering in Amsterdam to discuss class struggle and post-colonial relations between the Netherlands and Suriname.
1986IndiaIndians pouring out of Churchgate Station onto the streets of Mumbai.
1932IrelandAmelia Earhart greeting crowds after becoming the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She flew from Newfoundland to Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
1991RussiaPepsi being sold on the streets of Moscow, taken during the 1991 Soviet coup attempt.
2022IndiaLathmar Holi, a festival celebrated in the towns of Barsana and Nandgaon where women playfully beat men with sticks and throw paint.
1972NetherlandsActivist group Stop de Kindermoord ('Stop the child murder') campaigning for stricter road safety in the Netherlands.
1961SloveniaCrowds of cyclists around a square in Maribor, Slovenia (then Yugoslavia).
2008SyriaPeople celebrating on the streets of Hama, Syria at the end of Ramadan.
1995MexicoA man looking at a copy of Microsoft Windows 95 in Mexico City.
2005PortugalA hilly street in Porto, Portugal.
1972ArgentinaPassengers of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 disaster stranded in the Andes mountains. After 72 days a rescue mission was organised and 16 survivors were rescued.
2009USAA woman planking in Times Sqaure. Planking was a viral trend in which people lay in a face down position, often in an unusual or incongruous location.
1945SloveniaThe arrival of partisan fighters in liberated Ljubljana, met with an enthusiastic reception from cheering crowds lining the streets following the end of German occupation in WWII.
1982FranceA lone piper in front of two Belgian supporters awaiting their team during the 1982 Tour De France.
2017SwitzerlandA long-exposure photo of a tram passing through a street in Basel, Switzerland.
2022GreeceMy mate Roan in Zákynthos town.
1971UKA plastic mannequin of British film director Alfred Hitchcock floating down the River Thames, the mannequin was used during filming of the 1972 film 'Frenzy'.
2004PortugalDutch and German supporters posing for a photo on the streets of Porto, Portugal during the UEFA Euro 2004.
2023IrelandPresident Joe Biden greeting US Embassy families at the Airport Fire Station at Dublin Airport.
2023SpainFallout from La Tomatina 2023 - an annual tomato throwing festival in Buñol, Spain.
1908USAA view of New York City's Times Square, captured as the city began it's ascent towards becoming a high-rise metropolis during the early 20th century.
2012ChinaThe Sha Tin Racecourse filled with spectators for the Chinese New Year horse race.
1988USARadio presenter Paul Harvey watching a worker put up a street sign in Chicago to honour his service to the entertainment industry.
1948HungaryA group photo in 40s Budapest.
1975FranceA man walking through cars on the Champs-Elysées, in front of the Arc de Triomphe.
2023UKTraffic at the Port of Dover during the getaway for the Easter Weekend.
2011USAA Laysan Albatross nesting colony on Midway Atoll. The birds can go for years without touching land.
1971UKProtestant residents on Britannic Street in Belfast, where a loyalist mural depicts King William III on horseback.
2016GeorgiaUnited States secretary of state John Kerry speaking with a Rabbi outside the Great Synagogue in Tbilisi, Georgia.
1909UKChief engineer, John Currie, and associates standing beneath RMS Mauretania, the world's largest ship at the time.
1973TurkeyA view of the entrance of Gençlik Parkı, the first urban park in Ankara and a key recreational space in the city's center.
1913HungaryA scene outside a post office in rural Hungary.
2013USAPolice officers breaking up a fight on the streets of New Orleans on the night of the Super Bowl XLVII.
1990RussiaA large Christmas tree on display in Russia's landmark GUM department store. Christmas was heavily discouraged under the Soviet Union due to the state's promotion of atheism, and only started becoming popular under Mikhail Gorbachev's leadership.
2016Brazil3 people doing the lightning bolt at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2015USATourists walking in front of the famous Half Dome at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.
1981IsraelTel Aviv Port workers demonstrating for better pension payments during the early 80s.
1981IsraelCrowds protesting against the Israel Defense Forces' intention to build a military facility on the summit of Mount Hillel.
2020USAA reminder in New York's financial district that visitors must adhere to 14 days of quarantine.
1966UKFamilies walking around the sarsen stones at Stonehenge.
2025CanadaBritish Prime Minister Keir Starmer picking up papers dropped by Donald Trump after they met on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
2021BangladeshVehicles driving through flooded streets during a monsoon season in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
1937USAA photo from the FSA photo collection documenting life during The Great Depression. The photos were reviewed by Roy Stryker who would 'kill' photos he disproved of by punching a hole.
2013ItalyA Lamborghini Gallardo being used by the Italian National Highway Patrol for urgent medical transport of organs and plasma.
2003IraqMembers of the US military gathering for a meeting inside one of Saddam Hussein's palaces during the US invasion of Iraq.
2012NepalTwo people covered in gulal (coloured powder) talking on the streets of Pokhara, Nepal during the annual Holi festival of Colours, Love, and Spring.
1987UKA scene of Salford street shoppers.
2008USAJanitors striking in Santa Monica.
2012UkraineCrowds watching the first match of the Euro 2012 Championship between Poland and Greece in Kiev, Ukraine. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
1956USAPedestrians crossing Pike Street in Seattle, Washington during the mid 50s.
2011USAA man planking on the side of a building in Ohio during the 2011 planking craze.
2013TongaStudents with disabilities taking part in an inclusive education pilot program in Tonga.
1947NetherlandsA woman reading a baker's strike notice - 'Due to the dictatorial actions of the minister, no bread'.
1975SwitzerlandThe headquarters for the Bank for International Settlements being built in Basel, Switzerland.
1952FinlandMembers of the French Olympic team drinking Coca-Cola during the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
2013USAA view of Times Square being reflected on a restaurant window.
2023USAA sailboat passing the Statue of Liberty.
1956AustraliaThe Olympic rings being transported to the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the 1956 Summer Olympics.
1985SwitzerlandA performer balancing mid-air on a tightrope outside Zürich's Town Hall.
1982IcelandThe Hallgrímskirkja Church in Reykjavík.
2020GuatemalaA view of the Santa Catalina Arch, one of the iconic landmarks of Antigua Guatemala. The arch originally connected the Santa Catalina convent to a school, allowing the cloistered nuns to pass from one building to the other without going out on the street.
1919FranceA postcard taken along Rue De Rivoli in Paris.
1946IrelandBicycles parked in the middle of O'Connell Street in front of Nelson's Pillar. The column was exploded in 1966 by Irish republicans.
2018JapanA fisheye image of Shibuya, Tokyo.
2024UKA few of my mates playing the TimeGuessr daily at a pub in Newcastle.
2011BangladeshBangladeshi fans celebrating outside the stadium hosting the opening ceremony for the ICC World Cup of Cricket in Dhaka.
2025UKLegia supporters lighting flares during the second leg of the Europa Conference League quarterfinals between Chelsea FC and Legia Warszawa. Legia defeated Chelsea 2-1.
1942CanadaA street scene in Edmonton, Alberta.
2019UKCrowds outside Windsor Castle waiting for news about the of birth of Prince Archie of Sussex, the son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
2010RwandaA man wearing a German football shirt along a road in Kigali, Rwanda.
2006UKA man wearing a sombrero at Wimbledon Train Station.
1941UKA member of the Royal Observer Corps standing on a rooftop in front of London's Saint Paul's Cathedral in search of enemy aircraft.
1988BrazilWorkers cleaning the pavement by Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
2021IndonesiaNgaben, a cremation ceremony as part of a Hindu funeral ritual in Bali, Indonesia.
1944BelgiumThe British Army entering Brussels during the liberation of Belgium.
1950NorwayA sign reading 'Children sledding - Temporarily closed for through traffic' in Oslo, Norway.
1988South KoreaThe Olympic Torch being carried through Seoul a day before the 1988 Olympics Opening Ceremony.
1989ItalyKurt Cobain visiting The Colosseum whilst touring with Nirvana in Rome.
2024CzechiaInternational 'Silly Walk Day' - an event inspired by a sketch from the 70s British comedy troupe Monty Python.
2021ParaguayA demonstrator doing a summersault over burning wood pallets during protests against President Mario Abdo Benitez's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
1979GermanyA man playing a barrel organ on the streets of Bonn in the late 70s.
1985HungaryPedestrians in downtown Budapest.
1951South KoreaA Republic of Korea officer teaching soldiers using a globe at their headquarters during the Korean War. This elite unit conducted critical clandestine operations including reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.
2014BoliviaPeople feeding pigeons at Plaza Munillo, the central plaza in La Paz, Bolivia.
2019PolandA street scene in Kraków.
1930FinlandCrowds gathered on Hietaniemi beach, one of the most popular beaches in Helsinki.
1940FranceOccupying German soldiers pass by the Moulin Rouge.
1977IranA street scene in Tehran, Iran, during the late 70s, with views of the Alborz mountain range which line the northern part of the country.
1999PolandPeople watching street performers during the Malta International Theatre Festival in Poznan, Poland.
2016GermanyNews broadcasters parked up outside Cologne Cathedral to cover a flash mob raising awareness against sexual violence.
2015USANewly commissioned Navy and Marine Corps officers toss their hats during the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2011 graduation and commissioning ceremony.
2016USAHawaiian dancers performing a traditional hula to entertain visitors at the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu.
2012CzechiaFamilies and train enthusiasts gathered on a snowy platform in Beroun, Czechia, to admire a historic steam locomotive.
1984IcelandA chilly morning in western Iceland.
2008VietnamJeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond in Vietnam during the filming of Top Gear season 12 special.
1960PortugalA woman walking through Chiado neighbourhood in Lisbon.
1982NetherlandsA protest against government cutbacks in Amsterdam.
1920MexicoCars waiting for inspection before crossing into the United States from Tijuana, Mexico.
1951USAA group of young women posing on stage after winning a fashion competition at the Oregon State Fair, where they modeled their own handmade clothing.
1960PolandA street scene in Bielsko-Biała, Poland.
2014BhutanIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting people in Thimphu, Bhutan, 1 month after being elected to office.
1933GermanyA Zeppelin flying over Bremen in 1933.
1925AustraliaWorkers rebuilding Hunter Street in Sydney during the mid 20s. This construction was part of a city-wide modernization effort, replacing old road surfaces and updating infrastructure for the emerging age of the automobile during a period of major growth in Australia.
2013ChinaRows of taxis lined up at a taxi rank in Hong Kong.
1977GreeceA view towards the Acropolis of Athens on a busy street in downtown Athens.
1945NetherlandsA sign in Holland reminding American Troops occupying the Netherlands that the Dutch are allies.
2009IraqUS Navy officers walking down a street in Baghdad during the Iraq War.
1940USAA view of pedestrians on a street corner in Los Angeles during WWII.
1969ItalyCars building up in downtown Naples during rush hour.
2022USAA flat earth hoaxer on Santa Monica Pier.
1956ItalyA news stand in Piazza del Duomo, Milan, during the mid 50s.
1979ArgentinaA couple of backpackers making their way across Argentina.
2023UKThousands of Geordies in Trafalgar Square ahead of Wembley cup final.
1975CanadaA street vendor in downtown Toronto.
1954CanadaEnglish socialite Audrey James standing next to a large road sign on the Trans-Canada Highway near Kirkland Lake.
1950FranceCommunist protesters throwing chairs towards the police during riots against the publication of the memoirs of Nazi SS officer Otto Skorzeny in the French newspaper 'Le Figaro'.
1974ItalyA man painting a Cubist-inspired painting of Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy.
1972PolandPresident Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon being greeted by crowds on their state visit to Warsaw, Poland.
1906NorwayA crowd gathered to see the Norwegian Royal Yacht docked in Kristiansund, carrying King Haakon VII and Queen Maud during their 1906 coronation tour of the Kingdom.
1984IcelandA street in Reykjavík in the 80s.
2011ArgentinaA street scene in Buenos Aires in front of the Obelisk, which marks the site where the Argentine national flag was first hoisted in the city in 1812.
1944CanadaWinston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and others gathered at the Second Quebec Conference during WWII.
2023USAChildren from the USTA Net Generation program playing on the court before a men's singles match at the 2023 US Open.
1929PolandPolish scout Jerzy Jeliński recieving an honour by a representative of the Silesian Automobile Club in Katowice, Poland, upon his return from a journey around the world in his Buick automobile.
2020LebanonPresident Macron visiting the devastated streets of Beirut following the 2020 explosion.
1915PalestineA view of the Dome of the Rock mosque in Jerusalem, Palestine, 33 years before the declaration of the State of Israel.
1987AustriaPedestrians on the streets of 80s Vienna.
1905SpainGaudi standing in front of his Sagrada Familia, 40 years after it began construction. The building to this day is still under construction.
2021SwitzerlandMembers of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations of Brazil on a tour around the Large Hadron Collider at the France-Switzerland border.
1983UKA street scene in Liverpool during the early 80s.
1975SenegalThe opening of a brewery in Dakar, Senegal. The site is still in operation today.
1973ItalyElton John pulling a photographer away from an altercation in Rome.
2011ChinaRowan Atkinson posing for a promotional photoshoot for 'Johnny English Reborn'.
1977IcelandA street scene in Reykjavík, Iceland, with a view towards the Hallgrimskirkja church in the background.
2000GreeceHydra port at the turn of the turn of the millennium.
1955Trinidad and TobagoPassengers boarding a plane at Piarco airport at the Spanish Port in Trinidad.
2010PolandA street scene outside the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Chile in Wrocław, Poland.
2019NorwayA car park in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The polar bear sign is a reminder that you must carry a firearm for protection.
1990HungaryThe 1990 Taxi Blockade - a four day strike against petrol prices in which hungarian taxi drivers blocked major roads throughout Budapest.
1911NorwayA view of Bragernes Square in Drammen, Norway during the city's 100th-anniversary celebrations.
1986USAStreet chess games in New York City.
2002UgandaA Ugandan radio broadcaster at work during the early 2000s.
2015IndonesiaHawkers selling street food in Jakarta.
1981USAA group waiting to see Abel Gance's Napoleon in The Chicago Theatre.
1987ItalySecurity personnel patrolling the waters of the Grand Canal during President Ronald Reagan's visit to Venice for a seven-nation economic summit.
1965ItalyA family posing for a photo among the pigeons in Venice's St. Mark's Square. For much of the 20th century, feeding the pigeons was an iconic tourist activity in the square; this has since been banned to help preserve the historic monuments.
2005ItalyA submarine, donated by the Italian Navy, being transported to the Museum of Science and Technology in Milan.
1937PolandBoy scouts with decorated bicycles standing in formation before the Aeroklub Krakowski hangars during a celebration at Rakowice airfield in Kraków, Poland. These hangers were destroyed in WWII.
1979IrelandTwo people browsing a bookshop on the streets of Dublin.
2017Mexico'Corruptour', an open air bus tour in Mexico City which focuses on the city's illegal activities instead of historic plazas and churches.
1931USACrowds gathered outside of New York's American Union Bank to withdraw money during The Great Depression.
1992EstoniaQueen Silvia of Sweden visiting school children on her state visit to Tallinn, Estonia.
1994USATom Hanks on set at the Kennedy Space Center during shooting for Apollo 13.
1910New ZealandThe foundation stone for Auckland General Post Office being layed. The building today serves as Britomart train station.
1969Italy60s sex symbol Brigitte Bardot walking through Rome whilst shooting for the 1969 film 'Les Femmes'.
1993CzechiaA view on Charles Bridge in Prague.
1943USAA US Navy Sailor taking a photo of his girlfriend in front of the United States Capitol.
1983Greece80s tourists flocking to the Acropolis of Athens.
1963PalestineCrowds gathered at a square in Bethlehem shortly before Christmas.
2014ChinaU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughing with Foreign Ministers during a toast at the 2014 APEC meeting in Beijing, China.
1963FranceFrench model Simone d’Aillencourt suspended over a Parisian street as part of Melvin Sokolsky's experimental photography collection 'Paris Pictures'.
1955SwedenCrowds waiting at a tram station in Stockholm, Sweden during the mid 50s.
1965MonacoA man in Monaco in the mid 60s.
1923IrelandCrowds in Dublin gathered to protest the Anglo-Irish Treaty, which ended the Irish War of Independence leading to the partition of Ireland into two entities, Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State.
1971South AfricaA street scene in Durban, South Africa.
2019South KoreaVolunteers and children cladded in Santa Claus costumes throwing their hats in the air during a charity event to deliver gifts to the poor in Seoul, South Korea.
1918RussiaGirls lining up to donate books to the American Library Association to be sent of to American soldiers on the front line.
2025AustraliaAustralians celebrating the arrival of 2025 with fireworks over Port Jackson.
1998USAA Yahoo employee in the company's early days working at the Yahoo! office in California.
2022GermanyNFL fans arriving at the Allianz Arena in Munich for a Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Seattle Seahawk game. The Bucs defeated Seahawks 21-16.
2018GermanyA street scene life in Berlin during the lates 2010s.
1969USAPeople arriving at Woodstock Festival. More than 460,000 attendees flooded the small town of Bethel for the 3 day festival.
2016BrazilAndy Murray embracing Juan Martin del Potro after winning gold for the UK in the men's singles at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
1968UKAn RAF pilot conducting an unauthorised flight over London to mark the RAF's 50th anniversary, a milestone he felt was inadequately recognised by the government. The pilot flew a Hawker Hunter jet low over landmarks, including Parliament, before passing through Tower Bridge.
1941UKPrime Minister Winston Churchill inspecting damage inside the House of Lords after the May 10th raids on London. The raid saw the highest number of casualities at 1,364 killed.
1956UKA group of Teddy Boys arriving at a court in London. Teddy Boys were a British youth subculture interested in rock and roll, R&B, and wearing clothes inspired by the Edwardian period.
1950NetherlandsA car getting lifted from the water of the Zwanenburgwal, Amsterdam, during the early 50s.
1976SwedenAbba taking photos on the streets of Stockholm after a recording session nearby.
1942USAShoppers walking through downtown Los Angeles, California, during the early 40s.
1986HungaryA street scene in 80s Budapest.
1970USAPolice officers lining a street in Disneyland during an anti-war protests by hippies.
1921IsraelBritish Soldiers standing next to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, during exceptionally rare snowfall.
1972JapanPeople dining at outdoor tables at Japan's first McDonald's, opened in 1971 on the ground floor of the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza district, during a weekend street closure in the early 70s.
2012UKBoyko Borissov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria, speaking to the press after visiting 10 Downing Street.
1974ItalyPedestrians crossing St Mark's Square during the 1974 Venice floods. In order for pedestrians to move arounds during high-tide, the city installs a network of walkways along the main pedestrian paths.
1906USAPeople queuing up at a bread line following the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake.
2024PolandA horse-drawn wagon draws the attention of pedestrians on an afternoon street scene in Kraków, Poland.
1935EgyptA street scene in Cairo's souk (a marketplace in northern Africa or the Middle East).
1985USAIvana Trump shaking hands with Fahd of Saudi Arabia during a state visit to the White House.
1979MexicoUS President Jimmy Carter speaking in the Mexican Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City during his state visit to the country in which he addressed the growing energy and oil crisis, border issues, and immigration matters.
1934PolandA street scene in Łódź, Poland.
1963USAProtesters reading a pamphlet on the March on Washington in the Washington Afro American newspaper.
1986UkraineA Soviet technician checking a toddler for radiation during an inspection in Kopylovo following the Chernobyl disaster.
2019BrazilBrazillian President Jair Bolsonaro taking a selfie during a graduation ceremony for the São Paulo Military Police.
1979RussiaA view of the Main Entrance Arch at the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh) in Moscow, during the late 1970s.
1965IndiaPeople gathered at the Gateway of India, a colonial-era monument built in 1924 to commemorate the visit of King George V and Queen Mary, in Mumbai.
2015USACrowds performing a Mexican wave at Michigan Stadium. The stadium, built for for the University of Michigan, is the third largest stadium in the world.
2017Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnian citizens living in Mostar watching the live TV broadcast of judgements being handed down for war crimes committed during the break-up of Yugoslavia. Mostar was one of the worst-hit cities during the conflict.
1987HungaryA cafe and bar in Bük, Hungary, during the late 80s.
1967RomaniaA military parade in Romania, celebrating the national holiday of the Socialist Republic.
1939UKA newspaper hawker with an announcement that Britain, Poland and France have declareds war on Germany.
1957USAThe Key West Citizen float cruising down Duval Street during a parade.
1997RussiaA TV being transported through Saint Petersburg.
1944FranceLanding ships putting cargo ashore in Normandy during the early days of the Battle of Normandy.
2018USACast members of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia at the Superbowl LII.
2024AustriaA workplace playing TimeGuessr during a morning meeting.
2011USAPhotograph of Leslie Cochran, famous cross-dresser activist, in downtown Austin.
2009FranceTourists taking photos of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa in The Louvre.
2014CameroonWomen gathered for the annual International Women's Day parade in Yaoundé, Cameroon, dressed in matching outfits made from the official commemorative fabric 'pagne' which is created with a unique design each year.
1978Vatican CityCrowds reading a newspaper in Saint Peter's Square outlining the potential candidates for the next pope. Cardinal Albino Luciani was ultimately elected as Pope John Paul I. However, he died just 33 days later, making his papacy one of the shortest in history.
2020MexicoVisitors climbing the stairs of the Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, Mexico, with views of the Pyramid of the Sun on the left. The Teotihuacan complex started construction around 100 BCE to serve as a powerful political and religious ceremonial center. The exact civilization that built it remains a mystery.
1981RomaniaA group of Romanian girls carrying soldier uniforms through the streets of Cluj-Napoca.
2016USAThe cast of 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' filming on the streets of Philadelphia for the show's twelfth season.
1937FranceClergymen walking around the 1937 Paris World Expo.
1989CzechiaCzechoslovak citizens flood the streets of Prague during the Velvet Revolution.
2023SpainThousands partaking in the Romería de la Hermandad del Rocío (Pilgrimage of the Brotherhood of El Rocío) procession in Malaga, Spain.
1969USAMission Control celebrating after the conclusion of the Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Mission.
1977RussiaTraffic stopped at a red light in downtown Saint Petersburg.
1990USAA street scene in Manhattan's Little Italy neighborhood.
1984IcelandA muddy trail in rural Iceland.
1909CzechiaPeople gathered on the street in the Czechian town Karlovy Vary. It is unknown why the man in the front is circled.
1966NetherlandsTitled 'Snow showers in March!'.
1971SwitzerlandHeavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali speaking to members of the Swiss press after touching down at Zürich Airport for a fight with German boxer Jürgen Blin. Ali won the bout with a knockout in the seventh round.
1946IrelandA street scene in Dublin, Ireland, during the mid 40s.
2009UKPresident Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama being greeted by Queen Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace.
1936KenyaTwo men standing beside their car on a road in Kenya during the mid 30s.
1940USAA line of workers waiting for relief packages of sugar, oranges, apples and dry beans during the end of the Great Depression.
1984HungaryA group of hungarian children performing on the streets of Budapest.
1998USAA Tastee-Freez restaurant in Chicago.
2024NorwayEmergency workers at the scene of a derailed tram that crashed into a shop in downtown Oslo, Norway.
1973South AfricaA Non-European only bus in Johannesburg during apartheid.
2013ArgentinaThe All Blacks performing the haka, their iconic Māori war cry and challenge, before facing Argentina during the 2013 Rugby Championship. That year, they won all 14 test matches.
1955USAMembers of the Omega Chapter of Delta Gamma in Madison, Wisconsin posing for a photo.
2015ParaguayCrowds lining the street to watch Pope Francis, Latin America's first pope, pass through the streets of Asuncion, Paraguay in his popemobile.
2007SpainA man, representing the devil, jumping over babies in an annual festival called El Colacho, in celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi.
2008UKA seagull appears to race an aircraft as it takes off from Gibraltar International Airport, where the runway famously crosses a public road.
1982HungaryA street scene outside of Miskolc Tiszai railway station in Hungary.
1993Canadahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo0LR9dwMwA
1974USAPedestrians crossing a street in New York during the mid 70s.
2012TurkeyA miniature model of the Roman Theatre of Aspendos displayed in the Miniatürk maquette park in Istanbul, Turkey. The park contains minature models of many monuments and landmarks from Turkey and around world.
2008USAVisual clutter in Breezewood, Pennsylvania.
1999ArgentinaA protest against the Argentinian government's $280 million education budget cut in Buenos Aires.
1959USACrowd lining street under the marquee of the Pantages Theater at the 31st Academy Awards in 1959.
2012North KoreaSouth Korean activist Roh Su-hui shouting 'Long Live Reunification' on the Korean DMZ. Su-hui was arrested for visiting North Korea without permission from the South Korean government.
1967NetherlandsA street fashion show for the opening of a new shop on Van Baerlestraat street in Amsterdam.
1965USAPresident Lyndon B. Johnson Signing of the Immigration Act of 1965.
2008ChinaTiananmen Gate surrounded by scaffolding in preparation for the Paralympics, seen from a reflection in a police car window.
1989FranceA miserable day in Saint-Tropez.
1945GermanyA US soldier inspecting piles of looted art and goods being stored in a Bavarian church at the end of WWII.
1986MexicoSchoolchildren march through the streets of Mexico carrying banners in favour of immunization.
1956HungaryA disembodied statue of Joseph Stalin's head on the streets of Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution.
1950FranceCars at the starting grid at the 1950 Monaco Grand Prix.
1971UKFarmer's wives chatting at the now demolished Abergavenny cattle market.
1986UKA bus pulling into the drop-off point at Heathrow Airport during the mid 80s.
2014IndiaA man reading a newspaper on a street in Kolkata, India.
2001AustraliaTravellers stopping off to drink at William Creek pub in South Australia.
2016IcelandIcelandic football fans watching the Euro 2016 quarterfinal match between Iceland and France. France won 5-2.
1971USAA man attempting to illegally hitchhike across the New Jersey Turnpike in the early 70s. Today hitchhiking is legal in 44 out of the 50 states.
2021TaiwanTaiwanese soldiers disinfecting Taipei City during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
1971VietnamUS Senator George McGovern viewing the wreckage of a bombed nightclub in Saigon during the Vietnam War. McGovern, who ran for presidency one year later, campaigned strongly against the war, but lost to Nixon.
1959USAA billboard advertising the opening of 6 new rides at Disneyland Resort, California.
2006GhanaGhanaian football fans celebrating as their team returns to Accra, Ghana after playing in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The country performed remarkably well, reaching round 16 on their first appearance in the tournament.
2007JapanA fisheye photograph of the Akihabara neighborhood in Tokyo.
1969VietnamAmerican servicemen taking a break to read about the Apollo 11 moon landing in downtown Saigon, Vietnam.
1987Bosnia and HerzegovinaLittle cars and graffiti in Sarajevo.
2024GermanyTaylor Swift fans gathered outside of the Munich Olympic Stadium for The Eras Tour show.
1907FinlandA street scene in Helsinki, Finland during the mid 1900s.
1944UKA group of volunteers dedicated to protecting St. Paul's Cathedral from WWII bombings working from their control room in the Cathedral.
1999AustraliaDay drinkers in Daly Waters Pub in Northern Territory, Australia.
1947HungaryChildren waving out of a car towards crowds at the Szépművészeti Múzeum in Budapest.
1979EgyptA woman standing outside Egypt's Aswan airport during the late 70s.
1990USAWill Smith on set for the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
1969AustraliaA scene at a tram station in Brisbane, Australia, during the late 60s.
1998USARobin Williams next to the Golden Gate Bridge.
2014USANative Hawaiian activists forming a human blockade on Mauna Kea, a sacred mountain in Hawai‘i, to protest the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, which was planned to be the world's largest visible-light telescope.
1986Germany'Oh God, it rains', graffiti in Germany following the Chernobyl Disaster. Much of Europe saw ground radioactivity levels skyrocket from nuclear fallout.
1958USAHolywood actress Barbara Payton appearing in a court to file for divorce from her fourth husband, George Provas.
2005USAPresident George W. Bush at a meeting in the Louisiana Emergency Operations Center to discuss recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
2013CubaBeyonce and Jay-Z walking through Havana, Cuba during their fifth wedding anniversary.
1980Bosnia and HerzegovinaMostar Bridge - destroyed in the 90s during the Bosnian war, it's reconstruction is seen as a symbol of reconciliation and healing in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina.
2021AustraliaExtinction Rebellion activists burning an Australian flag on the steps of Victorian Parliament, Melbourne during a climate protest.
1951UKA view of The Oval cricket ground during a test match between England and South Africa.
1944FranceAmerican and French troops meeting and shaking hands in Autun, France, during the liberation of France.
1962UKPiccadilly Circus on New Year's Eve 1962.
1942USAA street scene in California, two days before the forced displacement of Japanese Americans under Executive Order 9066, which resulted in over 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry being removed from their homes.
1964USASimon and Garfunkel posing in the New York subway. The image was used on the cover of their 1964 album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
2021AfghanistanTaliban members at Kabul International Airport as thousands of Afghans rush to flee the country during the 2021 Taliban offensive.
1945USACrowds celebrate the surrender of Germany on VE Day in Times Square.
1985ItalyTourists walking up the Spanish Steps in Rome.
1941UKA crowd gathered outside the British Museum to hear Harry Pollitt, the UK Communist Party leader, speak about Aid to Russia.
2016CubaA street scene in Havana, Cuba.
1928New ZealandA view down a street in Wellington, New Zealand during the late 20s.
1978ArgentinaArgentina fans celebrating on the streets of Cordoba after winning the 1978 World Cup final.
1932USAJapanese strollers at Washington DC.
1963HungaryA photo taken whilst filming for 'Aranyfej' (Hungarian for 'The Golden Head'), an American-Hungarian comedy film from the mid 60s.
1969USAPhoto from Alcatraz Island, where Indians of the All Tribes group laid claim to the island for over 19 months.
1958NorwayPeople observing warships by the harbour in Trondheim, Norway.
1946JapanCrowds walking through Ginza, Tokyo, with Japanese flags displayed to celebrate the promulgation of Japan's new postwar constitution.
2015ThailandThe Running of the Brides race in Thailand. Brides-to-be raced to win $28,000 in wedding prizes.
2011IrelandPresident Barack Obama greeting locals on Main Street in Moneygall, Ireland. Obama's great-great-great-grandfather, Falmouth Kearney, was from Moneygall and emigrated to the US in 1850.
1994SwitzerlandBrazillians revellers celebrating Brazil's win during the 1994 FIFA World Cup final in Zürich. Brazil defeated Italy 3-2.
2018SwedenRiver rafting celebrations during Walpurgis Night, an annual Christian celebration in northern and central Europe.
2017UKHot air balloons taking off at Bristol Baloon Fiesta.
1963RussiaA naval rocket on display during an annual May Day parade in Soviet Russia. 3 months later the Soviet Union, UK and US signed the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1991RussiaCelebrations in Moscow after the August Coup, a failed coup by the Soviet Union's Communist Party to seize power from Gorbachev.
1960GermanyThe Tiller Girls dance troupe performing on Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
1907NorwayA street scene in Skien, Norway during the 1900s.
1926UKPhotograph of the annual Christmas celebration at The Spalding Shop in Chelmsford.
1958USAAlaskans celebrating The Alaska Statehood Act in 1958, 1 year prior to officially gaining statehood.
1945USAContestants for the 1945 Miss America pageant.
1987LithuaniaCrowds en route to the Roko Maršas rock music festival in Lithuania. The festival, organised under Soviet occupation, played an important role in the Singing Revolution which led to the restoration of independence in the Baltic countries.
1980HaitiA bustling street market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2006ArgentinaArgentinians photographed inside a café in Buenos Aires
1981AustraliaA view towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge during sunset.
1972FranceEnglish film director Alfred Hitchcock cycling through Cannes during the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.
1980LiberiaVendors selling textiles on the pavement outside a general merchant's shop in Monrovia, Liberia, in 1980, a pivotal year that saw a military coup usher in decades of political instability for the nation.
2019MoroccoA man breaking a jar at a Fantasia (traditional equestrian) performance. In Fantasia, the act of breaking the jar is considered a symbol of luck for the cavalry performing.
1984IrelandPresident Ronald Reagan speaking to citizens of Ballyporeen, Ireland - his ancestral hometown.
1947JapanEmperor Showa waving to crowds in Hiroshima during his first visit to the city following its destruction by the atomic bomb.
2015UKA view towards Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland, UK.
1964FranceThe Beatles and their entourage walking down the Champs-Élysées.
1915NorwayPeople gathered at a park in Trondheim to celebrate Norway’s Constitution Day.
2013USAAmbazonia protesters outside the United Nations.
2013USAOne Direction members signing autographs for fans after performing on NBC's 'Today' show.
1992SpainGreat Britain's Tracey Miles diving during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
2016CubaCrowds gathered for the state funeral of Fidel Castro in Plaza de la Revolución, Havana, Cuba. Castro led the Cuban Revolution in 1959, overthrowing the Batista regime and establishing a socialist state, ruling as Prime Minister and later President of Cuba for nearly five decades.
1959ItalyMen combing their hair at the Lido di Coroglio.
1973HungaryHungarian model Mari Szilágyi on the streets of Budapest for a photoshoot.
1918PolandAn inspection of an infantry regiment in Krakow.
1913USACrowds gathered to watch the sixth All Alaska Sweepstakes, the world's oldest organised sled dog race.
1961RussiaShoppers crowding the GUM department store in Soviet Moscow. When completed in 1893 the GUM was the largest department store in Europe.
2014AustraliaSwiss tennis player Roger Federer signing autographs after winning his third round against Teymuraz Gabashvili in the 2014 Australian Open.
2005GermanyRiot police arresting a leftist protester during a clash with neo-nazi protesters in Munich.
2017UKThe queen’s swan marker holding a swan during Swan Upping, an annual 'swan census' of all swans on the River Thames.
1932USAConstruction workers taking a lunch break on a steel beam atop the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center, New York. The Chrysler Building can be seen in the background.
1965USAWorld heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali drinking coffee whilst reading The Springfield Union during preparation for his famous second fight against Sonny Liston.
2017NepalCrowds gathered for Gai Jatra, a Newari festival of remembrance, celebrated primarily in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal.
1999TanzaniaA newsstand in Zanzibar, Tanzania in the late 90s.
2019SerbiaCrowds at the Eternal Derby, described as 'football's most intense rivalry', between Serbian teams Red Star Belgrade and FK Partizan.
2007USABritney Spears surrounded by paparazzi as she arrives at a court hearing related to the custody of her two sons.
2022MalaysiaA photor from the 42nd Wikipedia meetup in Malaysia.
1978HungaryA mural being painted on a street in Budapest, Hungary.
2020UKHealth Secretary Matt Hancock opening the first of the NHS Nightingale Hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.
1955SerbiaA street scene in front of the Prince Mihailo Monument in Belgrade, Serbia.
1900UKA group women taking a dip in the Ladies' Bathing Place in Portrush, County Antrim, Ireland.
1972CroatiaA street scene in downtown Rijeka, former Yugoslavia.
1975MalaysiaA street scene in Kuala Lampur during the mid 70s.
1987UKEmergency responders on the scene of the 1987 King's Cross Fire.
1972HungaryA busy classroom in 70s Hungary.
1933GermanyA street scene in the Bavarian town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
2021USAA mob of Trump supporters scaling the walls outside of the US Capitol during the January 6 United States Capitol attack.
1936USAA re-election poster for Roosevelt and Garner hanging on a street in Manchester, New Hampshire.
1980BrazilPope John Paul II blessing Rio de Janeiro during a sermon in front of Christ the Redeemer.
1904NetherlandsQueen Wilhelmin of The Netherlands meeting crowds in Dam Square, Amsterdam.
2019UgandaStreet scene in Kampala, Uganda.
1975SwitzerlandFederal Councillor Willi Ritschard delivering an opening speech for the SBB Heitersberg railway line in Othmarsingen, Switzerland.
1999FranceThrough a windscreen on Rue de Grenelle, Paris.
1942USAA baseball game between a team of local restaurant workers and a team of government workers in Washington DC.
1991GreeceA water damaged print taken at the Temple of Poseidon in Sounion.
2008AustriaA horse drawn carriage riding down a street in Vienna, Austria.
1969ItalyFestivities in Sienna, Italy for the Palio di Siena - a biannual horse race dating back to the 17th century.
2022UKA group of friends posing for a photo outside of Twickenham before a Six Nations match between England and Ireland. Ireland defeated England 32–15.
1960BrazilA view towards Christ the Redeemer from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro.
1945PolandSoviet Army soldiers chatting with children from the recently liberated Auschwitz concentration camp. When the Soviet Red Army arrived they liberated more than 7,000 prisoners who had been left in the camp.
1989GermanyCrowds outside of Berlin Friedrichstraße train station in the late 80s.
2024BangladeshAnti-government protesters celebrating outside of the Bangladesh Parliament after the country's prime minister resigned after weeks of civil disorder.
1971UAESheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and the rulers of the Emirates hoisting the flag of the new nation, the United Arab Emirates, for the first time after the declaration of union.
1964IsraelGround crew workers unpacking luggage at Ben Gurion International Airport.
1971IndonesiaQueen Juliana of the Netherlands being welcomed to Bali during a state visit to Indonesia during the early 70s.
1963GermanyA young West Berlin couple climbs to the top of the wall to talk to relatives in an East Berlin apartment house.
2023USAFormer President Donald Trump sitting in a courtroom during his civil fraud trial at the New York Supreme Court.
1953UKEdinburgh Castle towering over a Coca-Cola delivery truck.
1921USADome Oil Co in Takoma Park, Maryland.
1913USASuffragettes arriving in Washington, D.C. after coming on foot from New York for a National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) demonstration.
1955FranceA Moulin Rouge ballerina posing outside the Hotel de Ville metro station.
1970CanadaBull riding at the 1970 Calgary Stampede.
1927FranceA parade of the American Legion passing by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
1979IrelandA street scene in Dublin during the late 70s.
1964USAA soldier crossing a street in Anchorage, Alaska whilst it was under martial law following the Great Alaskan earthquake.
1981TurkeyA man selling simit, a popular turkish bread, by the Bosphorus in Istanbul.
1962TurkeyA view towards the tracks of Zürich Hauptbahnhof train station during the early 60s.
1965VietnamA South Vietnamese soldier standing in front of civilians on a street in Saigon. During the Vietnam War, the United States provided military and economic support to South Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism.
1969USARichard Nixon greeting crowds in Honolulu, en route to meet the president of South Vietnam.
1962SenegalSenegalese people gathered in front of the Presidential Palace in Dakar, formerly the residence of the French colonial governor-general, to celebrate the second anniversary of the nation's independence from French rule.
1962SwedenPedestrians and vehicles moving through Hamngatan street in central Stockholm during the early 60s.
1938NetherlandsTwo barbers cutting and shaving in front of a crowd of youngsters in Amsterdam.
1991RussiaBoris Yeltsin campaigning during the 1991 Russian referendum. The result was a victory for Yeltsin, who received 58.6% of the vote.
2013USASan Francisco locals protesting against privately-owned shuttle buses that transport Silicon Valley workers to work from using public bus stops in San Francisco.
1968UKThree cast members for the musical 'Hair' posing for a photo outside of Shaftesbury Theatre, where the musical will be staged.
2024SpainFarmers forming a barricade along a highway in Spain during protests against EU farming policies.
1972HungaryA group of girls in class in Eger, Hungary.
1964NetherlandsEvery good member of The Beatles in Schiphol airport, Amsterdam.
2019USAPikes Fish Market in downtown Seattle. The market is a popular tourist attraction, famous for its employees throwing fish inside the market.
1963SlovakiaA street scene in Rožňava, Slovakia during the early 60s.
1985ItalyAn evening at The Colosseum in Rome.
1984TurkeyA taxi driver peering out of his window in İstanbul, Turkey.
2012BahamasPrince Harry being cheered by crowds as he visits Harbour Island in Nassau, Bahamas during his Central America Diamond Jubilee tour. Harry has since left the Royal Family.
1955HungaryA woman disembarking from a bus in Győr, Hungary in the mid 50s.
1981USAGrauman's Chinese Theatre on release day of Raider's of the Lost Ark.
2010GermanyMass protests against the demolition of Stuttgart Central Station as part of the controversial Stuttgart 21 railway project.
2013Vatican CityThe papal inauguration of Pope Francis.
1999USAGoogle workers at the first office in Palo Alto.
1957AustriaAustrians crossing a junction overlooked by a traffic control tower in Vienna.
2011USAHundreds of protesters gathered during the Occupy Wall Street movement against economic inequality, corporate greed and big finance. The occupation lasted for fifty-nine days.
1930HungaryA night scene in Budapest.
1980UKShoppers in Gibraltar, taken 1 year before Gibraltarians were granted British citizenship.
1972NetherlandsSardinian children performing traditional folk dances in Dam Square, Amsterdam.
1977PhilippinesA street scene in Manila, Philippines, during the late 70s.
2006Canada15,000 people marching through the streets of Montréal to demand a cease-fire during the 2006 Lebanon War.
1967IsraelPalestinian refugees who had fled to Jordan during the Six-Day War returning to the West Bank via Allenby Bridge.
1985MexicoHeadlines describing the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, seen at a newsstand in Mexico City a few days after the disaster.
2018JapanDubbed 'the world's prettiest convenience store', the Fujikawaguchiko branch of Lawson in front of Mount Fuji.
2024Saudi ArabiaMuslim pilgrims scaling the Mountain of Mercy near Mecca during the Hajj.
1954SpainMatador Cesar Giron bullfighting in Pamplona in the 50s.
1967RussiaCrowds filling Moscow's streets around the GUM Shopping Centre during the late 60s.
2017USAA crowd gathers to watch the solar eclipse in front of the Hollywood sign.
1971GermanyInauguration of the Stadt Linz ferry.
1980TurkeyYeni Cami Mosque, İstanbul in the 1980s.
2013BulgariaDemonstrators gathered in front of the National Assembly building in Sofia, Bulgaria, during the country's anti-government protests in mid-2013.
1999MexicoVolkswagen Beetle taxis lined up in front of Zocalo, the main square in Mexico City.
2018SenegalSenegalese youths jumping into the Atlantic Ocean.
1961USAPresident JFK speaking to a high school class from Wisconsin. While campaigning there 16 months prior, a student asked if they could visit him at the White House. Kennedy agreed in writing, and the class brought the agreement with them on their visit.
1982RussiaThe GUM shopping arcade in Red Square, Russia. Completed in 1893 during the final decades of the Russian Empire, it later endured the Soviet era and remains a symbol of Moscow’s rich history.
1969IrelandA tank parading through Strabane during The Troubles.
1907NorwayCrowds gathering for the Danish royal visit to Norway outside of Østbanestasjonen, (Oslo Central Station).
2005BulgariaA man running across a road in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The city is known to be one of the oldest in Europe with archaeological findings dating back to 6000 BCE.
2023ItalyA group of friends looking out to a view of the Alps from the roof of Milan Cathedral.
2024USATwo students in New York City playing a round of TimeGuessr of a student in Illinois playing TimeGuessr of students in Belgium playing TimeGuessr.
1925AustraliaA street scene in Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia in 1925, during a period of post-war growth and increasing domestic tourism driven by the expansion of rail travel into the Blue Mountains region.
1943CanadaWinston Churchill tipping his hat to crowds at a conference in front of the City Hall of Québec.
1995USADemocratic representative Charles Rangel speaking on a flip phone outside of the Capitol Building.
1958Sweden17-year-old Pelé on a swedish street during the 1958 world cup. He went on to score 2 goals in the final against Sweden.
2025KenyaMourners carrying the casket of a man who was shot at close range by a police officer during an anti-government demonstration in Kangema, Kenya.
1980UKA man being apprehended during a Sid Vicious Memorial March.
2019FranceCrowds gathering to watch the Notre-Dame cathedral ablaze during the 2019 Notre-Dame fire. Within a few days over €846 million had been raised for the cathedral's restoration.
1967ChinaThousands gathered in Wuyi Square in Taiyuan, China, for a mass rally during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, with a prominent portrait of Mao Zedong on display.
2023GermanyOutside the Feldstraße Bunker in Hamburg, a World War II bunker turned events venue.
1967USATexas farmers protesting during the 1967 Labour Strike.
1964GreeceTwo gentlemen enquiring about cruises in Athens.
1931UKVeteran Trade Unionist Tom Mann addressing a Communist meeting in Trafalgar Square.
2019UKPresident Donald J. Trump and Prime Minister Theresa May walking up the staircase lined with former Prime Mininster's portraits in No. 10 Downing Street.
1935UKTrams on a street in 30s Southampton.
2013JapanSleeping cats being photographed by pedestrians on a map in Chiyoda City, a special ward of Tokyo.
1953USACars passing crowds gathered outside of the Warner Grand Theatre for the premiere of the film 'Torch Song'.
1997USAInside Tom's Restaurant, a diner famous for featuring in Seinfeld as a stand in for the fictional Monk's Café, as well as the being the subject of Suzanne Vega's 1987 hit 'Tom's Diner'.
1908UKWomen competing in archery at the 1908 London Olympics. The 1908 games marked the first time women could compete in the sport, with more sports being opened to women in the years following.
1939SpainItalian troops marching through Madrid during a victory parade for General Francisco Franco, marking the end of the Spanish Civil War, and the start of Franco's dictatorship.
2015CambodiaParticipants starting the Phnom Penh International Half Marathon in front of the Phnom Penh Royal Palace.
1980UKSpectators relaxing in the sun at the famous Lord's Cricket Ground for the second test match between England and the West Indies. The match ended in a draw.
1960BrazilA man giving a talk to crowds on the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2012SwitzerlandA Genevese street scene in 2012.
1917USAThe Silent Sentinels, a women's suffrage group, picketing outside of the White House.
1995CanadaArriving in cold Canada after touring the beaches of Southern Europe.
1994IndiaA street scene in Jaipur, India, during the mid 90s.
1992SwitzerlandHenry Kissinger with former USSR leaders at the 1992 World Economic Forum meeting.
1962USAPresident John F. Kennedy touching the Liberty Bell at Independence Hall.
1907EgyptUS Marines posing for a photograph on camels in Giza, Egypt in front of the Great Sphinx.
1988South KoreaParalympic players from Argentina and Australia competing in a men's wheelchair basketball match at the 1988 Summer Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea. Australia won the match 47-20.
1955AlgeriaPeople on the street outside of a construction site for housing in Algiers, 62 days before completion of the project.
2013PakistanCrowds gathered to watch the India-Pakistan Wagah Border Closing Ceremony. Every day Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Force officers partake in a patriotic flag-lowering ceremony.
2012USABarack Obama fooling around inside the White House.
1962HungaryCrowds cheering at a (now demolished) horse track in Budapest.
1998ChinaA plane landing at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong. Before redevelopment the airport was notorious for dangerous landings.
1987RussiaA German teenager who illegaly invaded Russian airspace during the height of the cold war, landing his plane in Moscow.
2015USAActors Jeremy Strong, Rafe Spell and Hamish Linklater outside of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church whilst filming for The Big Short.
1975KenyaPeople waiting at a pedestrian crossing in downtown Nairobi, Kenya.
1971NorwayThree ladies strolling down a street in Fredrikstad, Norway, during the early 70s.
1975SwitzerlandJapanese students visiting Switzerland holding up their entries for a painting competition hosted by Swissair.
2016New ZealandU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addressing reporters in Christchurch after visiting New Zealand's Antarctic research station.
1937USAA street band in New York, part of a collection reviewed by FSA director Roy Stryker who would 'kill' photos he disproved of by punching a hole through them.
1935FranceA street scene in front of Le Palais Longchamp in Marseille, a monument built to celebrate the construction of the Canal de Marseille during a long-standing water crisis.
1989AustriaA Fiaker (horse-drawn carriage) travelling down a street in Vienna towards, the former imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria.
2011USAU.S. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, along with members of the national security team watching live feed from drones operating over the bin Laden complex.
2007ChinaChristopher Nolan on set for the filming of the 2008 action crime superhero film 'The Dark Knight' in Hong Kong.
1990UKLurgan, Northern Ireland in the early 90s.
1989SwitzerlandCall handlers working the phones at an emergency call center in Zürich.
1981Vatican CityPope John Paul II, with blood on his hands, being helped after an assassination attempt.
2009CzechiaPresident Barack Obama making a speech advocating for nuclear disarmament in Prague.
2011LibyaBritish Prime Minister David Cameron greeting locals after a speech in Benghazi, Libya in which he annouced strong support for Libya's new rulers following the overthrowing of Muammar Gaddafi.
1949CanadaTwo women sunbathing in St Lawrence Islands National Park, Ontario.
1971CanadaFirst Nations (Indigenous peoples in Canada) horse riders trotting down the streets of Calgary during the 1971 Calgary Stampede Rodeo.
1976UKA notice board in Oxford University's Bodleian Library.
1987NetherlandsVisitors walking past exhibition stands at a Minolta fair, an event showcasing the company’s latest photography equipment and promotional displays.
1968AustraliaA view of the old railway station in Newcastle, Australia, with steam locomotives on its tracks.
1992SpainA ship sailing through through the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona during the opening ceremony for the XXV Summer Olympic Games.
1992MexicoA car parked up at Tulem, an ancient Mayan walled city in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
1980SwitzerlandYouth demonstrators rioting in Zürich as part of the 'Opernhauskrawalle' (Opera house riots). The city council approved 60 million Swiss francs for the renovation of the Opera House while rejecting demands for an autonomous youth center.
1945BelgiumAllied soldiers drinking from a bar in recently liberated Belgium.
1944FranceAmerican soldiers being welcomed by locals in Le Mans following the liberation of France.
1970FinlandA man walking through Helsinki during the early 70s.
1960USAElvis Presley's father inspecting his service medals at his famous mansion Graceland. Presley rose to the rank of Sergeant during his service.
1989CubaMikhail Gorbachev and Fidel Castro on a motorcade during a parade in Havana, Cuba.
1962AustriaLooking towards the Sisi Museum in 60s Vienna.
2021HungaryThe Budapest Festival Orchestra performing a moving concert through downtown Budapest.
2005PanamaPresident George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush getting a tour of the the Panama Canal from Panama's President Martin Torrijos. His father, George H. W. Bush, had ordered the US invasion of Panama in 1989 to remove military dictator Manuel Noriega from power.
1972GermanyDuring negotiations between police and a group of criminals on the run, police superintendent Julius Gross suddenly shoots gang leader Kurt Vicenik.
1972DenmarkPosters in Denmark ahead of a vote to join the European Economic Community. The 'JA' posters advocate for joining and the 'NEJ' posters advocate against joining.
2018IcelandIs Helga okay?
1982NetherlandsA cycling protest in Amsterdam as part of the 'Stop de Kindermoord' movement against the high number of child deaths on roads.
1960TurkeyA street scene in 60s İstanbul.
2016UKEnglish comedian Simon Brodkin being arrested for throwing swastika golf balls at President Trump during a press conference at one of his golf courses in Scotland.
1972USAA street scene in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the early 70s.
2024NigerOrange and apple vendors on a street in Niger's capital Niamey.
1974CyprusFrustrated tourists carrying their luggage across the tarmac at Nicosia Airport in Cyprus after being instructed to cut their holidays short and evacuate the island following the military coup against the government of Archbishop Makarios.
1995UKAn open-top coastal bus in Guernsey.
1996MexicoA woman standing next to posters for the Party of the Democratic Revolution in Oaxaca, Mexico.
1937FranceRiots on the streets of Paris between the left-wing Popular Front and the right-wing group Camelots du Roi.
1990EstoniaIndrek Toome, an Estonian Soviet politician dancing in Tallinn.
2009MoldovaMoldovan protesters, suspecting fraudulence, demanding a recount after the Moldovan Communist Party won a majority in the 2009 election.
1945EgyptA Second World War British Corporal reading the paper whilst serving on duty in Egypt.
1951IsraelJewish immigrants from Iraq disembarking a plane at Lod Airport (now Ben Gurion Airport) during Operation Ezra and Nehemiah, the 1950–1952 airlift that brought over 120,000 Iraqi Jews to the newly established State of Israel.
1962BelgiumFlemish nationalists, demonstrating for the establishment of a fixed language border in Belgium, fighting with police in Brussels.
1939SwedenA street scene in Stockholm, Sweden, during the late 30s.
1961FranceA man watching pigeons in a square in Lyon, France, during the early 60s.
1967GermanyGermans gathered at the '67 Leipzig Spring Fair.
1944NetherlandsAllied forces parading the streets during the Liberation of Eindhoven.
1985USAStudents graduating from Columbia University protesting to put pressure on the University to divest from companies operating in South Africa during apartheid.
2014IndiaA crowded street in Crawford Market, Mumbai.
2011LibyaA Libyan worker sitting in his living room in a pro-government neighborhood of Tripoli, Libya during the Arab Spring. Seven months later Gaddafi was overthrown and killed, largely due to NATO intervention and the rebel resurgence it enabled.
2006UAEThe Burj Khalifa under contruction in Dubai.
1989USAA protest against the high cost of the AIDS treatment drug AZT on Wall Street.
2011PhilippinesHundreds of students 'planking' during a rally to protest budget cuts in education for state universities and colleges in the Philippines.
1901DenmarkA street scene in Copenhagen during the early 1900s.
2008IraqUS soldiers stopping to speak with locals in Baghdad.
1963USAYoung men and women sitting in front of the Lincoln Memorial during March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
2015NepalPeople celebrating Holi, an annual Hindu festival, in Hanuman Dhoka, Nepal. One day after this photo the temples were severely damaged by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
1960ItalyAudrey Hepburn walking her dog through Rome.
1999GermanyTwo children playing the newly released Super Smash Bros. at a video games convention in Berlin.
1929FranceA blurry photo taken at Place Charles de Gaulle in the late 20s.
2008ChinaJamaican runner Usain Bolt posing for fans after winning the men's 100-meter final with a recording breaking 9.69 seconds time during the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
2021Saudi ArabiaWorkers disinfecting the grounds of the Grand Mosque in Mecca during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
1953DenmarkA street scene in Copenhagen, Denmark, during the early 50s.
2013VenezuelaMourners pay their respects to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez during his funeral.
2025IndonesiaA Catholic nun praying in front of a cardboard cutout of Pope Francis following the announcement of his death.
2022New ZealandAn anti-lockdown protest in New Zealand. New Zealand authorities played Barry Manilow through loudspeakers in an effort to disperse the crowds.
2018UKMy mum and my dad skiing in the French alps.
1993FranceKate Moss outside the Musée Yves Saint Laurent in Paris.
2010ArgentinaArgentinian football player Lionel Messi on a billboard in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2008AustriaSwedish crowds watching a Sweden-Greece game during the UEFA Euro 2008. Sweden defeated Greece 2-0.
1917NorwayA view of a classroom during the late 1910s in Bergen, Norway.
1936GermanyNazi zeppelin hovering above the (now demolished) Palais Arnim Academy of Arts in Berlin.
1906USASan Francisco in ruin shortly after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire.
1989New ZealandFlag bearers and the Band of the Royal Marines marching through Queen Street, Auckland for the annual christmas Farmers Santa Parade.
2009BrazilA Barack Obama impersonator posing with a cardboard cutout of Michelle Obama as Rio residents celebrate the nomination to host the 2016 Olympic Games.
1975USAHarry Britton protesting against women in the workforce. Britton left his wife and family in Erie, PA after he was laid off from his job and his wife started working.
1996RussiaA couple kissing in front of St Basil's Cathedral.
2022SloveniaA kavalir driving through the streets of Ljubljana. The electric vehicle is a free mode of transport designed to help elderly and disabled people travel throughout the city.
1977SwedenPeople sitting at an outdoor café in Gothenburg, Sweden, during the late 70s.
2025USAFormer President's Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and President-elect Donald Trump sharing a moment at the funeral for for former President Jimmy Carter.
1962NorwayGuests sitting by a stream in front of the Oset Høyfjellshotell (Oset High Mountain Hotel) in Gol, Norway which is a popular destination for motorists and tourists exploring the scenic Golsfjellet mountain area.
1958FranceTraffic building up during rush hour in 50s Paris.
1989FranceTina Turner hanging off the Eiffel Tower for a Vanity Fair Magazine photo shoot.
1973NetherlandsA protest against the sale of South African oranges at a supermarket during Apartheid.
2021FranceTimothée Chalamet being photographed during 'The French Dispatch' photocall at the 74th annual Cannes Film Festival.
2010USAA US Navy sailor reading to a class of children in Hawai'i as part of the Read Across America initiative.
1912UKRMS Titanic departing from Southampton.
1935AustriaA cloud hanging above Maria Theresien Street in Innsbruck, Austria.
2024MongoliaFormer Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary David Cameron meeting Mongolian Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene to discuss efforts to strengthen bilateral relations between the two nations.
1920New ZealandA parade of British sailors marching down Queen Street in Auckland, New Zealand, during a Fleet Week celebration in the early 20s.
1937DenmarkTwo men photograph The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1990KazakhstanAmbassador Malloy witnesses the elimination of the last Soviet short-range missiles under the INF Treaty.
1997FranceSpanish tennis player Alex Corretja resting on his racket after losing the third set against Belgian player Filip Dewulf in the third round of the 1997 French Open tennis tournament in Paris. Dewulf won 5-7, 6-1, 6-4, and 7-5.
2018Marshall IslandsLawmakers discussing the pros and cons of creating a digital currency for the Marshall Islands.
1946NetherlandsA Maastricht to Vaals bus service in the Netherlands. After WWII 5 double decker buses were sent to the Netherlands from England as part of post-war reconstruction in war-torn Europe.
1960Vatican CityPope John XXIII blessing athletes before the 1960 Olympic Games held in Rome.
1970USACars parked by the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the early 1970s. The memorial, completed in 1943, was built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the nation’s third president.
1945USAA U.S. Navy sailor kissing a stranger on Victory Over Japan Day in Times Square.
1955Trinidad and TobagoPrincess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II, addressing thousands of welcomers at Piarco Airport, Trinidad, during her month-long royal tour of the West Indies.
2000ArgentinaA busy street scene in 2000's Buenos Aires.