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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: Monuments to Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin and several Estonian communist figures are displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace, part of an open-air collection of dismantled Soviet-era monuments preserved following Estonia’s restoration of independence, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Joseph Stalin, former Soviet dictator, originally installed in 1950 in Tallinn and removed in 1960, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075293

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to Joseph Stalin, former Soviet dictator, originally installed in 1950 in Tallinn and removed in 1960, is displayed at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace as part of a collection of communist-era monuments reflecting Estonia’s Soviet past, in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075284

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A monument to leading Estonian communist Viktor Kingissepp, originally unveiled in 1951 in Tallinn and removed in 1991 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, stands on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8, 2025: A monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Yevgeny Nikonov, originally erected in 1960 in Tallinn and later damaged by metal theft in the early 1990s, stands on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamae Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13075295

9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8: A 1948 memorial monument honoring Soviet soldiers and local fighters, originally unveiled in Viljandi and removed in 1991 after Estonia regained independence, is on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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9 December 2025

TALLINN, ESTONIA – DECEMBER 8, 2025: A monument to Soviet intelligence agent Helene Kullman, originally unveiled in 1972 in Tartu and removed in 1990 following Estonia’s restoration of independence, is seen on display at the 'Soviet Statue Graveyard' outside Maarjamäe Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 8, 2025.

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#13058136

4 December 2025

Chinese woman artist Catherine Laurensia, dressed in traditional attire, poses for a photograph during a ''wayang potehi'' Chinese puppet presentation held as part of the India-Indonesia Colloquium on Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory at Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on December 4, 2025.

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4 December 2025

Artist Toni Potehi Harsono performs a ''wayang potehi'' Chinese puppet presentation during the India-Indonesia Colloquium on Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory at Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on December 4, 2025.

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4 December 2025

Artist Toni Potehi Harsono performs a ''wayang potehi'' Chinese puppet presentation during the India-Indonesia Colloquium on Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory at Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on December 4, 2025.

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#13058145

4 December 2025

An Indian puppetry act is performed as part of the India-Indonesia Colloquium on Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory, alongside the featured ''wayang potehi'' presentation, at Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on December 4, 2025.

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4 December 2025

Chinese woman artist Catherine Laurensia, dressed in traditional attire, takes a mobile selfie in front of a restored German Wanderer sedan--the car used by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose during the initial phase of his 1941 escape from his Kolkata residence--during a ''wayang potehi'' Chinese puppet presentation held as part of the India-Indonesia Colloquium on Oral Traditions and Cultural Memory at Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata, India, on December 4, 2025.

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4 December 2025

A woman takes a picture of her daughter during the Mawlid celebrations commemorating the birth of Sayyida Nafisa, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, on December 3, 2025.

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2 December 2025

Two women tourists take pictures of the historic cathedral facade using a smartphone on the plaza in Florence, Italy, on November 21, 2025. The scene illustrates modern tourism and travel behavior, blending digital technology with the experience of visiting a Tuscan historical site.

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#13031681

27 November 2025

Visitors observe historic stamp collections displayed at the International Five Nations Philately Exhibition in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, on november 26, 2025. The exhibition showcases hundreds of stamps and postcards from five Southeast Asian countries and serves as a gathering space for collectors. It also presents a journey through the history of communication and the documentation of national identity through postal objects.

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27 November 2025

High school students observe historic stamp collections displayed at the International Five Nations Philately Exhibition in Bandung, Indonesia. The exhibition showcases hundreds of stamps and postcards from five Southeast Asian countries and serves as a gathering space for collectors. It also presents a journey through the history of communication and the documentation of national identity through postal objects.

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