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A newly liberated prisoner stands beside a pile of human ashes and bones, Buchenwald, April 1945.

Buchenwald, April 1945

Prisoners at Buchenwald during the camp's liberation by American forces, April 1945.

Prisoners at Buchenwald gaze from behind barbed wire during the camp's liberation by American forces, April 1945.

Prisoners, too emaciated to walk, at Buchenwald during the camp's liberation by American forces, April 1945.

Survivors gaze at photographer Margaret Bourke-White and rescuers from the United States Third Army during the liberation of Buchenwald, April 1945.

Prisoners at Buchenwald display their identification tattoos shortly after camp's liberation by Allied forces, April 1945.

As German officers and Weimar civilians bear witness, after Buchenwald's liberation, to atrocities committed at the camp, a dummy in striped prisoner garb hangs from a gallows Ñ a gruesome demonstration of one of the many public ways that inmates were murdered at the camp.

The dead at Buchenwald, April 1945.

German civilians are forced by American troops to bear witness to Nazi atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp, mere miles from their own homes, April 1945. 

German civilians are forced by American troops to bear witness to Nazi atrocities at Buchenwald concentration camp, mere miles from their own homes, April 1945.

The remains of an incinerated prisoner inside a Buchenwald cremation oven, April 1945.

Buchenwald, 1945

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Volcanic activity 2015

A look at volcanoes around the world that have been threatening in the past few months. From Japan to Chile, eruptions occurred in dramatic fashion, forcing many evacuations.--By Leanne Burden Seidel

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View from Frutillar, southern Chile, of lava spewing from the Calbuco volcano, on April 23. Authorities ordered an evacuation for a 10-kilometer (six-mile) radius around the volcano, which is the second in southern Chile to have a substantial eruption since March 3, when the Villarrica volcano emitted a brief but fiery burst of ash and lava. (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Villarrica Volcano is seen partially covered by clouds at Pucon, Chile, May 18. (Cristobal Saavedra/Reuters)

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An Indonesian farmer in Karo district looks at Mount Sinabung volcano spewing smoke and ash on June 3. More than 3,000 people have been evacuated from their homes after Indonesia upgraded the threat posed by a volcano on Sumatra island to the highest possible level. (SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Indonesian villagers find refuge in a temporary shelter at Kabanjahe village in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, June 4. Mount Sinabung has erupted intermittently since late 2013. (DEDI SAHPUTRA/EPA)

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Tthe windows of an abandoned Christian church near Mount Sinabung volcano, can be seen half buried under volcanic ash in Karo district in North Sumatra province on June 5. (SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Residents sit on a truck as they leave Sibintun village during an evacuation in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, June 3. (DEDI SAHPUTRA/EPA)

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An abandoned Christian church near Mount Sinabung volcano (background) is buried under volcanic ash and rocks in Karo district in North Sumatra province on June 5. (SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Villarrica Volcano is seen at night in Pucon town, Chile, May 10. Villarrica, located near the popular tourist resort of Pucon, is among the most active in South America. (Cristobal Saavedra/Reuters)

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Trees leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow and covered volcanic ash on Mount Shindake are seen at Kuchinoerabujima island, where the eruption of Mount Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on May 30. (KYODO/Reuters)

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Mount Etna spits lava as it erupts near Catania, Sicily, Italy, May 15. (DAVIDE CAUDULLO/EPA)

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An Indonesian soldier assists residents onto a military truck during evacuation in a village in Karo district near Mount Sinabung volcano on June 3. (SUTANTA ADITYA/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Wolf volcano in eruption in Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador on May 25. (AFP PHOTO/PARQUE NACIONAL GALAPAGOS)

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Lava flows out of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano as it erupts on May 17 on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean. The Piton de la Fournaise started to erupt early on May 17, with its last eruption dating back to February 4. (RICHARD BOUHET/AFP/Getty Images)

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A woman shovels out mud from inside a house that was affected by heavy rains mixed with ash from Calbuco Volcano in Rio Claro town, near Puerto Montt city, Chile, May 3. (Carlos Gutierrez/Reuters)

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Tthe Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile on April 22. The Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile. (Diego Main/Aton Chile via Associated Press)

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Soldiers remove ashes that fell from Calbuco Volcano, in the town of Ensenada in Puerto Varas, Chile April 30. Chilean volcano Calbuco erupted for the third time in eight days. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)

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Residents salvage belongings from their houses destroyed by the floods from the Blanco river after the Calbuco volcano erupted, in Correntoso, in Los Lagos region, Chile, April 29. (MARIO RUIZ/EPA)

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A thick plume pours from the Calbuco volcano, near Puerto Varas, Chile, April 30. (David Cortes Serey/Agencia Uno via Associated Press)

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Victor Hugo Toledo shovels volcanic ash from the eruption of the volcano Calbuco, from the entrance of his home home in Puerto Varas, Chile, April 26. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)

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Vegetation covered with ash from the Calbuco Volcano in La Ensenada, southern Chile, on April 26. A sleeping giant for more than 50 years, Calbuco sprang to life in spectacular bursts of ash and lava, forcing 6,500 people living nearby to evacuate and blanketed southern Chile in suffocating volcanic debris. (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP PHOTO)

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A soldier helps cleaning a house after the eruption of Chilean Calbuco volcano in the area of Correntoso, close to Chamiza locality, Los Lagos region, southern Chile, April 25. (FELIPE TRUEBA/EPA)

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A man reacts as he stands inside a pool with dead salmon at a salmon production plant which was damaged by lahar from Calbuco Volcano at Correntoso near Chamiza, April 25, 2015. (IVAN ALVARADO/Reuters)

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Shot through a window, volcanic ash floats in the air after the eruption of the Calbuco volcano along a road leading to the town of Ensenada in the municipality of Puerto Varas, Chile, April 24. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)

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A flower is seen covered with ash from the Calbuco volcano in the Patagonian Argentine area of San Martin de Los Andes April 23. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)

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Edubino Baez wears a mask as protection against volcanic ash as he waits inside a military truck during an evacuation operation along the Rio Blanco in Puerto Montt area, Chile, April 25. (Luis Hidalgo/Associated Press)

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View of the Calbuco volcano from Puerto Varas on April 24. (MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP/Getty Images)

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Locals round up cows to be transported from Ensenada which is covered with ashes from Calbuco Volcano, April 27. Massive cleanup efforts continue in Chile after volcano Calbuco erupted without warning. (IVAN ALVARADO/Reuters)

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A sculpture is seen next to a soldier at Ensenada town, which is covered in ash from Calbuco volcano, in Puerto Varas, Chile April 30. (IVAN ALVARADO/Reuters)

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The Calbuco volcano erupts near Puerto Varas, Chile, April 23. The volcano erupted for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile, and is considered one of the top three most potentially dangerous among Chile's 90 active volcanos. (David Cortes Serey/Agencia Uno via Associated Press)

War-ravaged Gaza

 

PHOTOS: War-ravaged Gaza faces winter storm

By: Anne Paq & Basel Yazouri / Activestills.org
Six months have passed since the last Israeli offensive left the Gaza Strip in a dire humanitarian crisis. The difficult storms of the past few months have affected those who were left homeless by Israeli air strikes,  specifically the thousands of internally displaced Palestinians who have been staying in shelters and are increasingly frustrated by lack of rebuilding.
The sea remains one of the few open spaces where Palestinians can go to relax and overcome the trauma of last summer.

A young man runs on the beach with his surfboard, Gaza, February 12, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Palestinian youth play near a breakwater despite the strong winds that hit the Gaza City harbor, February 13, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

This is the second major storm to hit the Strip in the last few months. In November, severe flooding hit the Al-Nafeq neighborhood, one of the lowest areas of Gaza City, exacerbating by the damage Gaza’s civilian infrastructure sustained during the war.

A Palestinian child sells sweets in the Gaza City harbor, February 13, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A Palestinian man walks through a storm in the harbor in Gaza City, February 11, 2015. The poor weather conditions especially affect the tens of thousands of Palestinians who lost their homes during last summer’s Israeli offensive. Many of them stay in shelters or in their damaged homes. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Entire streets were flooded with as much as 1.5 meters of water. A number of people, primarily the elderly and children, were rescued from the hardest-hit areas by emergency responders.

A Palestinian walks through the destroyed quarter of Shuja’iyah, east of Gaza City, February 11, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A Palestinian man tries to warm himself by the fire in one of the destroyed quarter of Shuja’iyah, east of Gaza City, February 11, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

A Palestinian child collects plastic bottles to make whatever income he can, Gaza City coast, February 12, 2015. (photo:Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Palestinians sit near an improvised shack used to sell groceries in the Shuja’iyah neighborhood, Gaza Strip, February 11th, 2015. (photo: Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

Rubble piles up in Gaza’s Shuja’iyahneighbourhood, February 11th, 2015. (photo: Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

A Palestinian boy sits in his home during winter storm, Shuja’iyah neighborhood, Gaza Strip, February 11th, 2015. (photo: Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

A mosque seen during a sand storm on the Gaza coast, February 11, 2015. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)