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The epa digital photo archive contains extensive picture coverage of major European events from the mid 1990’s and images of international news, sports, and arts, culture and entertainment from 2003.
Overall the epa archive contains about nine million images dating back to 1997. Every day the epa archive grows by an average of 2,200 pictures - generated by an extensive network of photographers worldwide. This is just a small overview of our comprehensive photo coverage as included in the epa archive:
- Balkan conflicts
- September 11, 2001, attacks
- Indian Ocean Tsunami
- Invasion of Iraq
- Trial of Saddam Hussein
- Beslan school hostage
- Barack Obama election campaign and presidency
- Olympic Games
- FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship
- Formula One
- Tennis Grand Slam Tournaments
- NFL American Football
- NBA Basketball
- Academy Awards
- Cannes and Venice Film Festivals
Furthermore, the epa archive includes stock photos and creative images and historical images.
Historical Images from the EURO-Photo Project
European Pressphoto Agency is one of the leading European news agencies participating in the EURO-Photo project funded by the European Union's ICT Policy Support.
The EURO-Photo project aims to digitise 150.000 historical images from the archives of ten leading European news agencies during the project and to make them available to Europeana - together with a significant number of their historical pictures already digitised and captioned. Images in these archives are among the most valuable historical documents of the last century. They record the major domestic and international events (political, social, cultural, sporting), celebrities and daily life from the turn of the twentieth century to the mid 1990s.
The major part of the epa archive is available online through the epa webgate. For a complete access a personal login is necessary which is provided by epa upon request for its clients and partners.
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Tear gas is seen in the background as police try to disperse protesters during a rally against the implementation of a new national security law in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China, 24 May 2020. Beijing unveiled a resolution at the opening of its annual legislative sessions that will bypass Hong Kong's legislature to outlaw acts of secession, subversion and terrorism in Hong Kong. EPA-EFE/JEROME FAVRE

Alexander Zverev of Germany in action during his final match against Diego Schwartzman of Argentina at the bett1HULKS Championships ATP tennis tournament in Cologne, Germany, 25 October 2020. EPA-EFE/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL

A soldier, who moments earlier had arrived with wounded comrades, looks at a reflection of an image of Jesus Christ at the main entrance of the hospital in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, 07 November 2020. Soldiers and relatives waited for hours to learn about the wounded on the battlefront amid constant shelling. The conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis is one of the most complexes in the world, with ethnic and religious implications as well as competing international interests. The latest confrontation erupted at the end of September after months of increasing tension and the painful memories of the war in the 1990s and claims of atrocities on both sides. EPA-EFE/RICARDO GARCIA VILANOVA

Urs Kryenbuehl of Switzerland speeds down the slope during the Men's Downhill race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Val d'Isere, France, 13 December 2020. EPA-EFE/GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO

Overall winner Kamil Stoch of Poland celebrates during the medal ceremony after the fourth stage of the 69th Four Hills Tournament in Bischofshofen, Austria, 06 January 2021. EPA-EFE/LUKAS BARTH-TUTTAS

Supporters of US President Donald J. Trump stand by the door to the Senate chambers after they breached the US Capitol security in Washington, DC, USA, 06 January 2021. Protesters stormed the US Capitol where the Electoral College vote certification for President-elect Joe Biden took place. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

Libyan rebels fire a rocket as they enter in Sirte, Libya, 10 October 2011 (Reissued 16 February 2021). On 17 February 2011, a rebellion against the 42-year-long rule of the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi took place. The protests began peacefully but soon escalated into a violent confrontation, giving the Libyan revolt a more bloody character than those in Tunisia and Egypt. Gaddafi was captured alive on 20 October 2011 by National Transitional Council-backed fighters in Sirte and then killed along with his son, Moutassem. After years of political and security turmoil, a UN-led libya forum voted on the formation of a new government on 05 February 2021, the country is due to hold presidnetial and parlianmentary election in December 2021. EPA-EFE/MOHAMED MESSARA

Participants of beauty pageants flash the three-finger salute and hold placards during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar, 10 February 2021. People continued to rally across the country despite orders banning mass gatherings and reports of increasing use of force by police against anti-coup protesters. Myanmar's military seized power and declared a state of emergency for one year after arresting State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi, the country's president and other political leaders on 01 February. EPA-EFE/NYEIN CHAN NAING

Paris Saint Germain's Neymar Jr (C) in action during the French Ligue 1 soccer match between Paris Saint German and Lille OSC, in Paris, France, 03 April 2021. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

Sera Azuma (center L) of Japan in action against Kiefer Lee (center R) of USA as Nora Mohamed (L) of Egypt faces Larisa Korobeynikova (R) of Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the Women's Foil team quarterfinals, during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Makuhari Messe convention centre, in Chiba, Japan, 29 July 2021. EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL

Simone Biles of the USA competes in the Women's Balance Beam Final during the Artistic Gymnastics events of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo, Japan, 03 August 2021. EPA-EFE/HOW HWEE YOUNG

Afghans struggle to reach the foreign forces to show their credentials to flee the country outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 August 2021. At least 13 people including children were killed in a blast outside the airport on 26 August. The blast occurred outside the Abbey Gate and follows recent security warnings of attacks ahead of the 31 August deadline for US troops withdrawal. EPA-EFE/AKHTER GULFAM

Marcel Hug of Switzerland reacts after winning the Men's 1500m T53/54 competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 31 August 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA

Vanessa Low of Australia competes in the Women's Long Jump - T63 competition at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Paralympics Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, 02 September 2021. EPA-EFE/ENNIO LEANZA

US rapper Lil Nas X arrives on the red carpet for the MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, USA, 12 September 2021. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES

JFK51 - 20010913 - NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES : Part of the facade of one of the twin towers of the World Trade Center still stands as rescue and cleaning efforts continue 13 September 2001 at the site of the terrorist-attacked buildings in New York. (POOL) EPA PHOTO AP POOL / BETH A. KEISER /utz/hm

HONG KONG, CHINA : Protesters march carrying signs and banners in Hong Kong, 27 May 2001, to the territory's government offices to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Organizers estimated some 4,000 people joined in the demonstration, which came ahead of a candlelight vigil held annually on June 4th at Victoria Park on Hong Kong island to remember the victims killed and injured in the crackdown in Beijing in 1989. EPA PHOTO SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST

RACAK, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA : (FILES) A picture dated 16 January 1999 shows an ethnic Albanian man sitting next to 23 bodies of ethnic Albanians shot in the village of Racak, some 25km south of Pristina. Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, who is representing himself at the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague, opened his defence 14 February 2002 by showing part of a controversial German television documentary about the Balkan wars. he film questioned the truth of the January 1999 massacre of Albanians in Racak, widely seen as the turning point that prompted NATO to unleash the first offensive action in the peace alliance's history two months later. EPA PHOTO FILES EPA/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/ao

OST01-19990823-SEVILLE, SPAIN: World Record holder Colin Jackson of Great Britain clears a hurdle in the men's 110 m hurdle heat at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Monday 23 August, 1999.
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A sculpture of Jesus stands among the many skulls, Sunday 24 August 2003, which are on display at a Ntarama Catholic Church, where over 5,000 people perished on April 15, 1994, and now serves as a memorial fro the genocide in Rwanda . Rwanda is to hold its first election since the since the 1994 ethnic genocide which left over 800,000 Tutsi's and Hutu sympathizers dead tomorrow. Former military leader and interim president Paul Kageme and his Rwandan Patriotic Front party is expected to win a landslide victory.
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The wreckage of a commuter train at the Madrid station of Atocha, Spain, Thursday 11 March 2004, after a bomb exploded at 7:30 a.m. At least three bombs exploded at the same time at the Atocha, Santa Eugenia and El Pozo stations at a time when commuters filled the trains to go to work, and at least 125 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in the bloodiest terrorist attack ever in Spain. The election campaing has come to a halt three days before the date of the general elections, scheduled for Sunday 14 March. EPA/SERGIO BARRENECHEA

Cuban President Fidel Castro gestures during a speech before a demonstration Friday 14 May 2004, in front of the buiding of the US Interests Section in Havana, Cuba. Castro accused George W. Bush of seeking to impose "global tyranny" and vowed to die on the front line of the battle against that alleged design. EPA/Alejandro Ernesto

A woman carries her child from the school building after special forces entered the school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Friday 03 September 2004. Streams of hostages fled the besieged school in Beslan in southern Russia Friday amid intensive shooting and a series of powerful explosions that signalled a bloody end to the three-day stand-off with terrorists. EPA/SERGEI DOLZHENKO EPA/SERGEI DOLZHENKO

The wreckage of a caterpillar destroyed by Dec 26 tsunami at Banda Aceh, Sumatera Island, Indonesia on Monday 10 January 2004. Indonesia was the hardest hit country by the Dec 26 tsunami, with an estimated 387,000 people left homeless in the devastated province of of Aceh.The death toll in Indonesia alone is expected to rise to more than 100,000. EPA/AHMAD YUSNI

A File photograph showing the World Trade Center towers burning shortly after being struck by airplanes on the morning of 11 September 2001 in New York City. The US Commerce Department's Research Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Techology released its final report on the collapse of the towers following the terrorist attacks during a press conference in New York City 05 April 2005. EPA/JASON SZENES

Mothers of Plaza de Mayo during a ceremony in which they buried the ashes of Azucena Villaflor, one of the founders of Mothers of Plaza the Mayo, during the closing day of the 25th Resistance March at Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, 08 December 2005. The remains of Azucena Villaflor and other two Mothers were found this year in unmarked graves at the General Lavalle Graveyard, were they had been since 1977, the year when Villaflor was kidnapped. EPA/DANIEL VIDES

File picture taken 10 March 1998 showing Chile former dictator Gen Augusto Pinochet Ugarte and his wife Lucia Hiriart. Pinochet died on Sunday 10 December 2006 at Military Hospital in Santiago de Chile, after suffering a heart attack one week ago. EPA/Eduardo Beyer

In this file picture dated 05 November 2006, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reacts angrily to a sentence of death at his trial under tight security in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, 05 November 2006. The death sentence passed on former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein for crimes against humanity has been upheld by Iraq's appeals court, Iraqi television reported Tuesday 26 December 2006. Saddam and six of his former top government aides were found guilty of ordering the killing of 148 Shiites in the town of Dujail in 1982 in retaliation for an attempt on Saddam's life. EPA/SCOTT NELSON / POOL ALTERNATIVE CROP

A 1991 file picture shows former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (R) with former Russian president Boris Yeltsin during a Congress in the Kremlin. Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin died 23 April 2007 at age 76, Russian news agencies reported. EPA/VASSILI KORNEYEV

A file photo shows War Crimes Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte (L) and Navanethem Pillay President for the War Crimes tribunal in Rwanda, as they take part in a press conference in the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, 17 March 2003. South African judge Navanethem Pillay has been nominated as the new UN high commissioner for human rights, on 24 July 2008. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has informed the General Assembly of his choice for the nomination. EPA/SANDRO CAMPARDO

Former US American football player O.J. Simpson watches his attorney speak during his preliminary hearing at the Clark County Regional Justice Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 13 November 2007. O.J. Simpson arrived for the third day of his preliminary hearing to faces charges of kidnapping, armed robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, conspiracy and coercion. EPA/ANDREW GOMBERT


Fire fighters try to douse the fire as smoke rises from the Taj hotel building in Mumbai, 27 November 2008. According to the Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil, there could be 10 to 12 terrorists involved in the terror attack inside Taj Hotel. Terrorists have so far killed about 100 people and wounded more than 200 in a series of coordinated attacks which started late Wednesday across India's financial hub Mumbai, officials and news reports said. Heavily armed gunmen in groups of two to four opened fire with automatic weapons and lobbed grenades in 10 places in south Mumbai, including the five-star Taj and Trident hotels, the city's main railway terminus, a hospital, a cafe, a pub and a cinema hall. The targets seemed to be areas frequented by tourists. EPA/STRINGER

US President Barack Obama (R) dances with his wife US First Lady Michelle Obama at the Mid-Atlantic Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama became the first African-American to be elected to the office of President in the history of the United States. EPA/MARK WILSON / POOL

British singer Amy Winehouse outside the Westminster Magistrates court in London, Britain, 23 July 2009. Singer Winehouse is to appear in court over an alleged altercation involving a fan in 2008. The Back to Black singer, who recently returned to Britain following an extended stay in St Lucia, appeared in court in March 2009 to deny striking Sherene Flash in September 2009. It was alleged Winehouse punched Ms Flash, a 30-year-old dancer, in the arm and cheek after singing at the End of Summer Ball for the Prince's Trust on 25 September 2008. The star denies the charges. EPA/ANDY Rain

A file picture dated 27 June 1989 shows Hungarian Foreign Minister Gyula Horn (R) and his Austrian counterpart Alois Mock (L) cutting through a piece of the Iron Curtain between Hungary and Austria near Klingenbach, Austria. This was read as a sign that the Iron Curtain which had separated Europe into an eastern and a western part for 40 years might be abolished soon. 'Tear down this wall!'. On 12 June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan pronounced these words to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down two years later on 09 November 1989 and two parts of Germany was reunified after 28 years of separation. The building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961. German Democratic Republic (GDR) armed forces started to seal off the eastern part of the city with road barriers made from barbed wire, to build an 'anti-Fascist protective barrier.' On 09 November 1989, after the spokeperson of German Democratic Republic government Guenter Schabowski announced during a press conference the immediate opening of the inner German border, tens of thousands of GDR citizens flocked to the border crossing points. The Iron Curtain fell. On 09 November 2009 will be the celebration of this historic autumn night, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/ROBERT JAEGER B/W ONLY

Spanish actress Rossy de Palma and Spanish director Pedro Almodovar arrive for the gala screening of the film 'Broken Embraces' by Pedro Almodovar running in competition in the 62nd edition of the Cannes film festival in Cannes, France, 19 May 2009. EPA/CHRISTOPHE KARABA

Iranian female students waving national flags during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution in Tehran, Iran on 10 February 2009. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said he would welcome talks with the US as long as they were based on "mutual respect". Speaking on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran, he said Iran would welcome change from the US as long as it was "fundamental". EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Germany's Jenny Wolf skate to a first place finish in world record time in the women's 500m at the ISU world cup speed skating at Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 11 December 2009. EPA/George Frey

A man prays at the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 31 January 2010. The White House said on 31 January it will resume a US military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the earthquake -- some with devastating burns, head and spinal chord trauma, amputations and other wounds -- to US hospitals. The humanitarian effort was suspended five days ago following complaints from the state of Florida that its hospitals were overwhelmed. EPA/ULISES RODRIGUEZ

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attends the celebrations of Chad's 50th independence anniversary in N' Djamena, Chad, 11 January 2011. On 11 August 1960 Chad became an independent nation. Due to the rainy season which hits the country in August, the Chad government decided to postpone the event to 11 January. EPA/SABRI ELMHEDWI

A photograph dated 14 January 2011 and taken by epa photographer Lucas Dolega shows demonstrators during a protest against Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in Tunis, Tunisia. The image was transmitted by a colleague the following day 15 January after Dolega in the course of the protests was hit by a teargas grenade and rushed to a hospital in Tunis with severe head injuries. Lucas Mebrouk Dolega, who has been working for the european pressphoto agency epa's office in Paris, France, since April 2006, died of his injuries on 17 January 2011 at the age of 32. EPA/LUCAS DOLEGA

A black and white file picture dated 20 August 1991 shows people rallying in support of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and against the State Committee on the State of Emergency at the Dvortsovaya Square in Leningrad (St.Petersburg), USSR. Russia marks the 20th anniversary of the failed August 1991 anti-democratic coup which played a vital role in the later in collapse of the Soviet Union. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV ONLY AVAILABLE IN BLACK AND WHITE

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes as he waits for the start of a hearing to deliver verdict in the court room of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Leidschendam, near The Hague, Netherlands, 26 April 2012. The UN-backed court was due to give a verdict in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor, accused of 11 counts of crimes against humanity. The charges against him relate to alleged crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone, where Taylor stands accused of arming rebels and masterminding grave human rights abuses during that country's war, which ended in 2002. EPA/PETER DEJONG/POOL

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British singer Adele holds up her Grammy Awards in the Press Room at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, USA, 12 February 2012. Adele won six Grammys for Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album, and Best Short Form Music Video. EPA/PAUL BUCK

A file photo dated April 1989 (exact date unknown) shows Solidarity Movement representatives: Jacek Merkel (L), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (C) and Lech Walesa (R) during round table negotiations in Warsaw, Poland. Tadeusz Mazowiecki died on 28 October 2013 at the age of 86. He was the first democratically elected prime minister of Poland after the collapse of Communism, in 1989. He was a key figure in Poland's transition from Communist rule to democracy. EPA/JAN BOGACZ POLAND OUT

Australian and Dutch investigators examine a piece of debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane, near the village of Hrabove, 100 km from Donetsk, Ukraine, 01 August 2014. A group of international experts arrived 01 August at the site of the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in eastern Ukraine after the government halted military operations against Russia-backed rebels. The Dutch government said members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), as well as Australian and Dutch experts, had reached the scene of the crash, where up to 80 bodies could still be laying. Most of the victims on the plane, which is suspected of having been shot down by rebels on July 17, were Dutch, Malaysian and Australian. EPA/IGOR KOVALENKO

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A model presents a creation from the Spring/Summer 2015 Men's collection by US designer Alber Elbaz and Dutch designer Lucas Ossendrijver for Lanvin fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 29 June 2014. EPA/ETIENNE LAURENT

A protester uses a catapult during clashes with riot police in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, 19 February 2014. Twenty-five people were killed and 351 injured during violent clashes on 18 February, the Health Ministry said, as on-going protests, which began in November after Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych backed away from a trade agreement with the EU in favour of a 15-billion-dollar loan from Russia, continued. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO

Peter Dinklage, winner of the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series award for 'Game of Thrones', poses in the press room during the 67th annual Primetime Emmy Awards held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California, USA, 20 September 2015. The Primetime Emmy Awards celebrate excellence in national primetime television programming. EPA/PAUL BUCK

Local citizens sit in a bus as they wait to be evacuated from Debaltseve of Donetsk area, Ukraine, 03 February 2015. EPA/ANASTASIA VLASOVA

Syrian men receive first aid in a field hospital follwing an airstrike by forces loyal to the Syrian government in the rebel-held area of Douma, outskirts of Damascus, Syria, 07 November 2015. EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT

Serena Williams of the US celebrates a set point winner against Angelique Kerber of Germany in their ladies' singles final during the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, in London, Britain, 09 July 2016. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO COMMERCIAL SALES

Mo Farah of Britain poses with his gold medals on the podium after winning the men's 5000m final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20 August 2016. farah alson won the 10000m final. EPA/YOAN VALAT

A file picture dated 22 March 2016 of US President Barack Obama (L) and President of Cuba Raul Castro (R) attending a Major League Baseball exhibition game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team at the Estadio Latinoamericano (Latin American Stadium) in Havana, Cuba. On 04 November 2008, then Democratic Senator Barack Obama (Illinois), at age 47, earned 365 electoral votes and nearly 53 of the popular vote in a wider-than-expected margin of victory against Republican Senator John McCain in the US Presidential elections. He became the 44th president of the United States and the first African American to be elected to office. President Obama quickly became known as a progressive politician and was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate nine months after his inauguration. However, he faced his share of challenges during his 8-year tenure. The Republicans held control of the Senate throughout his time in the White House and he faced constant challenges passing legislation. His administration is generally known for pursuing policies such as gun control, greater inclusiveness for LGBT Americans, the promotion of the 2015 Paris Agreement on global climate change and the Obamacare health care program for Americans. It is also known for a series of historic initiatives in international relations such as a nuclear deal with Iran and normalized relations with Cuba. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

Some of the 20,000 people with one of them holding a poster with legendary ANC leader and former South African president Nelson Mandela (L), celebrate during the 105th anniversary rally of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto, South Africa, 08 January 2017. The ANC has lost ground to its political opponents at the last local elections held in 2016 with the Democratic Alliance (DA) now ruling in all of South African major cities except Durban. The ANC have been in power since the end of Apartheid and was the leading political party who fought against the racial system of leadership implemented by the all white National Party (NP). EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II unveils the new fleet of Great Western trains at Paddington Station in London, Britain, 13 June 2017. The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, marked the 175th anniversary of the first train journey by a British monarch. The royal couple traveled from Slough to London Paddington on a Great Western Railway train, recreating the historic journey made by Queen Victoria on 13 June 1842. EPA/ANDY RAIN

Japan's Emperor Akihito (R), accompanied by Crown Prince Naruhito, waves to well-wishers celebrating his 83rd birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, 23 December 2016 (reissued 09 June 2017). On 09 June 2017, the Diet ratified a special law allowing Emperor Akihito, 83, to abdicate and preparing the way for Crown Prince Naruhito to access the Imperial throne. EPA/KIMIMASA MAYAMA

Mahershala Ali (Actor in a Supporting Role for Moonlight), Emma Stone (Actress in a Leading Role for La La Land), Viola Davis (Actress in a Supporting Role for Fences) and Casey Affleck (Actor in a Leading Role for Manchester by the Sea) pose in the press room during the 89th annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California, USA, 26 February 2017. The Oscars were presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in 24 categories in filmmaking. EPA-EFE/PAUL BUCK

German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel (L) of Scuderia Ferrari and Finnish teammate Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen collide at the start of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore, 17 September 2017. EPA-EFE/DIEGO AZUBEL

Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic (R) listening to Bosnian Serb Commander Ratko Mladic during a meeting in Pale, Bosnia & Herzegovina, 05 August 1993 (reissued 21 November 2017). The United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will on 22 November 2017 announce the verdict on Mladic in The Hague, the Netherlands. Mladic, who was Commander of the Bosnian Serb Army (VRS) Main Staff from May 1992 until at least November 1996, is indicted with counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws or customs of war.

Loredana-Elena Toma of Romania completes a lift in the Snatch during the women's 63kg weight class at the Weightlifting World Championships at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, USA, 01 December 2017. Toma won the overall gold medal. EPA-EFE/PAUL BUCK

A file photo dated 12 June 1987 shows American President Ronald Reagan during his famous speech, 'Mr. Gorbatschow, open this gate. Mr. Gorbatschow, tear down this wall,' next to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl (R) and Speaker of the German Parliament Philipp Jenninger (L) at the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin, Germany. Reports on 05 January 2018 state Philipp Jenninger has died, aged 85. He served as Speaker of the German Parliament from 1984 to 1988. EPA-EFE/STRINGER

A model gets his make up done backstage before the show of British designer Liam Hodges during the London Men's Fashion Week, in London, Britain, 06 January 2018. EPA-EFE/TOLGA AKMEN

Real Madrid's forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal against Girona during the Spanish Primera Division soccer match between Real Madrid and Girona at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, 18 March 2018. EPA-EFE/Rodrigo Jimenez

Spanish MotoGP rider Marc Marquez (R) of Repsol Honda Team leads the pack during the Motorcycling Grand Prix of Qatar at Losail International Circuit near Doha, Qatar, 18 March 2018. EPA-EFE/NOUSHAD THEKKAIL

Washington Nationals' starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws the first pitch in the first inning of the Washington Nationals' MLB home opener against the New York Mets at Nationals Park in Washington DC, USA, 05 April 2018. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

Aphiwe Dyantyi of South Africa celebrates after scoring a try during the rugby test match at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, 09 June 2018. EPA-EFE/KIM LUDBROOK

A fashion enthusiast poses for portraits outside the BFC Show Space during the London Fashion Week, in London, Britain, 14 September 2018. The London Fashion week runs from 14 to 18 September. EPA-EFE/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA

French players celebrate with the trophy after winning the FIFA World Cup 2018 final between France and Croatia in Moscow, Russia, 15 July 2018.
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An affected man puts the aerosol mask on his child while his other daughter gives treatment to her other sister, after a shelling attack on rebels-held Eastern al-Ghouta, Syria, 22 January 2018. According to witnesses and activists and local medical sources, allegedly chlorine gas was used during the shelling allegedly by forces loyal to the Syrian government. The smell after the shelling and the symptoms shown on more than 21 people who came for treatments were those shown after the use of chlorine gas. No official confirmation as of yet. EPA-EFE/MOHAMMED BADRA

Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (C-L) accompanied by his son and Alaa (C-R) arrives at courthouse as Mubarak will testify in case related to a 2011 prison break, in Cairo, Egypt, 26 December 2018. According to reports, Mubarak appeared in a courthouse to testify in the retrial related to prison break in 2011 in which ousted president Mohamed Morsi and others are facing charges. Morsi, along with other senior members of the now-banned Muslim Brotherhood group, has already been sentenced to death over the charges in the first trial. EPA-EFE/MOHAMED HOSSAM

A model exhibits creations at the Heaven Gaia by Xiong Ying show during China Fashion Week in Beijing, China, 31 March 2019. The China Fashion Week runs from 25 to 31 March 2019. EPA-EFE/ROMAN PILIPEY

Manchester City's David Silva (L) in action with Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum (R) during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, Britain, 03 January 2019. EPA-EFE/PETER POWELL EDITORIAL USE ONLY. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications
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Dallas Mavericks player Dirk Nowitzki (C) of Germany talks to crowd after his final game in the NBA against the Phoenix Suns at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, 09 April 2019. EPA-EFE/LARRY W. SMITH SHUTTERSTOCK OUT

Finnish boxer and two time European champion Edis Tatli (R) throws a right hand punch to Honduran-American boxing NABF lightweight champion Teofimo Lopez (L), during their fight for the NABF Lightweight title at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, 20 April 2019. EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (C) goes to the basket for two points as LA Clippers guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (R) defends during the NBA Western Conference Playoffs game five at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, USA, 24 April 2019. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO / EPA PHOTOS SHUTTERSTOCK OUT

Caterine Ibarguen of Colombia competes in the women's Long Jump event of the Golden Gala - Pietro Mennea athletics meeting as part of the IAAF Diamond League at the Olympic stadium in Rome, Italy, 06 June 2019. EPA-EFE/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI

Daniel Deusser of Germany on Calisto Blue competes in the Nations' Cup team jumping event at the CHIO in Aachen, Germany, 18 July 2019. EPA-EFE/SASCHA STEINBACH

Anastasiya Shash of Belarus warms up during a break of the EuroVolley Women 2019 match between Slovakia and Belarus in Bratislava, Slovakia, 26 August 2019. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK

US actor Timothee Chalamet poses at a photocall for 'The King' during the 76th annual Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, 02 September 2019. The movie is presented out of competition at the festival running from 28 August to 07 September. EPA-EFE/ETTORE FERRARI

Noah Lyles of the USA prepares to compete in the men's 200m final at the IAAF World Athletics Championships 2019 at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, 01 October 2019. Lyles won the race. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs unveils the iPad during an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California, USA, 27 January 2010. EPA-EFE/JOHN G. MABANGLO

Waves overwhelm a levee, swallowing a seaside village, after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan and triggered a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, near the mouth of the Hei River, in Miyako city, Iwate prefecture, Japan, 11 March 2011. EPA-EFE/AFLO / MAINICHI NEWSPAPER JAPAN OUT

A general view of Tahrir Square during anti-government demonstrations, that ultimately led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak, in Cairo, Egypt, 08 February 2011. EPA-EFE/ANDRE PAIN

Protestors march along a street during a day of action by the Occupy Wall Street movement in the area near the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street in New York, New York, USA, 17 November 2011. EPA-EFE/JUSTIN LANE

The newly-wed couple Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (L) and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, 29 April 2011. EPA-EFE/KERIM OKTEN

The accused Anders Behring Breivik (R), who bombed government buildings in Oslo and killed 69 people on Utoya island, arrives at the court for his hearing in Oslo, Norway, 06 February 2012. EPA-EFE/HEIKO JUNGE NORWAY OUT

The new Pope, Francis I waves from a balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after he was elected by fellow cardinals following a two day conclave, Vatican City, 13 March 2013. EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

The Costa Concordia cruise ship listing at 80 degrees after running aground off the island of Giglio, Tuscany, northern Italy, early 14 January 2012. EPA-EFE/ENZO RUSSO

Three bodies are trapped under the debris of the damaged part of the eight-storey building Rana Plaza that housed mostly garment factories and which collapsed at Savar, outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, 25 April 2013. EPA-EFE/ABIR ABDULLAH

South African Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he appears in the Pretoria Magistrates court over killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, South Africa, 19 August 2013. EPA-EFE/STR

Liberian health care workers on an Ebola burial team collect the body of an Ebola victim at a motor vehicle garage in Paynesville on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia 09 September 2014. EPA-EFE/AHMED JALLANZO

World leaders including EU Commission Jean Claude Juncker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, French President Francois Hollande (C), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, King Abdullah of Jordan, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko walk at the start of a march to honour victims of the terrorist attacks at Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket, in Paris, France, 11 January 2015. EPA-EFE/JULIEN WARNAND

Turkish gendarmerie stand near by the washed up body of a refugee child identiefied as Alan Kurdi who drowned during a failed attempt to sail to the Greek island of Kos, at the shore in the coastal town of Bodrum, Mugla city, Turkey, 02 September 2015. EPA-EFE/DOGAN NEWS AGENCY PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT TURKEY OUT

Children cry as migrants wait on the Greek side of the border to break through a cordon of Macedonian special police forces to cross into Macedonia, near the southern city of Gevgelija, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, 21 August 2015. EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI

Usain Bolt (C) of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men's 100m final of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Athletics, Track and Field events at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 14 August 2016. EPA-EFE/FRANCK ROBICHON

San Francisco 49ers back-up quarterback Colin Kaepernick (C), San Francisco 49ers outside linebacker Eli Harold (L), and San Francisco 49ers free safety Eric Reid (R) take a knee during the US national anthem before the NFL game between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, USA, 02 October 2016. EPA-EFE/JOHN G MABANGLO

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy where he had been staying since 2012 in London, Britain, 19 May 2017. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in (R) between the military demarcation line (MDL), at the Joint Security Area (JSA) on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the border village of Panmunjom in Paju, South Korea, 27 April 2018. EPA-EFE/KOREA SUMMIT PRESS POOL

Saudi official opens the door to the Saudi consulate where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in Istanbul, Turkey, 07 October 2018. EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

A truck stands on a part of the collapsed Morandi bridge the day after the disaster in Genoa, Italy, 15 August 2018. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO

Indian activists of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community celebrate during a rally after India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence, in Mumbai, India, 06 September 2018. EPA-EFE/DIVYAKANT SOLANKI

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May cries as she makes a statement announcing she would resign from office on 07 June 2019, amid the gridlock with MPs over her handling of Brexit, at Downing Street in London in Britain, 24 May 2019. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg holds a placard reading 'School strike for the climate', during a protest against climate change outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, 30 November 2018. EPA-EFE/HANNA FRANZEN SWEDEN OUT

A Yemeni woman holds her malnourished child as he receives treatment as 1.8 to 2.8 million children are in acute food insecurity as the ongoing conflict causes food and fuel prices to soar, at the malnutrition treatment center, in Sana'a, Yemen, 06 October 2018. EPA-EFE/YAHYA ARHAB

Flames on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, 15 April 2019. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

Megan Rapinoe of the USA celebrates after scoring a goal during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 final match between the USA and the Netherlands in Lyon, France, 07 July 2019. EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON

A model receves hairspray during backstage preparations for the Lena Hoschek show during the MBFW (Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week) in Berlin, Germany, 15 January 2020. The Autumn/Winter 2020 collections are presented at the MBFW Berlin from 13 to 17 January. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN

A model poses for a photographer behind a ring light during backstage preparations prior to the Dawid Tomaszewski show during the Berlin Fashion Week, in Berlin, Germany, 15 January 2020. The Fall/Winter 2020 collections are presented at the Berlin Fashion Week from 13 to 17 January. EPA-EFE/CLEMENS BILAN

French designer Olivier Rousteing (C) appears on the runway after the presentation of his Fall/ Winter 2020/2021 men's collection for Balmain fashion house during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 17 January 2020. The presentation of the men's collections runs from 14 to 19 January. EPA-EFE/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

A detailed view of a model presenting a creation from the Spring/Summer 2020 Haute Couture collection of British designers Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo for their label Ralph and Russo during the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, 20 January 2020. The presentation of the Haute Couture collections runs from 20 to 23 January. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BLUMBERG

An Oscar statue is displayed during the 92nd Oscars Governors Ball press preview at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California, USA, 31 January 2020. The Academy Awards ceremony will take place on 10 February 2020. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT

Nigel Farage of the Brexit Party speaks to pro Brexit supporters celebrate outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, 31 January 2020. Britain officially exited the EU on 31 January 2020, beginning an eleven month transition period. EPA-EFE/NEIL HALL

Armand Duplantis of Sweden celebrates after setting a new World Record (6.17) in the men's Pole Vault final during the indoor athletics meeting Orlen Copernicus Cup 2020 in Torun. Poland, 08 February 2020. EPA-EFE/TYTUS ZMIJEWSKI POLAND OUT

Health workers stand in the pitch prior the Apertura Tournament soccer match between Sportivo Luqueno and Olimpia at Feliciano Caceres stadium in Luque, Paraguay, 22 July 2020. Paraguayan first division resumed on 21 July after a 135-day stop, due the coronavirus pandemic. EPA-EFE/Nathalia Aguilar

Italian rider Filippo Ganna of team Ineos celebrates on the podium retaining the overall leader's pink jersey after the second stage of the 2020 Giro d'Italia cycling race, over 149km from Alcamo to Agrigento, Italy, 04 October 2020. EPA-EFE/LUCA ZENNARO

Novak Djokovic of Serbia (R) tries to help a linesperson after hitting her with a ball in the throat during his match against Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain on the seventh day of the US Open Tennis Championships at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York, USA, 06 September 2020. Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open after hitting
a line judge with a tennis ball in a moment of frustration. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES

A Malian soldier gives the thumbs up as civilians cheer military and police as they drive through the streets of Bamako, a day after the military seized the Presidency in Bamako, Mali, 19 August 2020. Mali President Ibrahim Boubakar Keïta resigned 19 August 2020 after he was seized by military in coup on 18 August 2020. EPA-EFE/H.DIAKITE

A protester wears a face mask during a rally against racism and police brutality in the US and the death of George Floyd on the Glitterplein near the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 03 June 2020. The 46-year-old Floyd was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 25 may 2020. He was pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck for almost nine minutes. The unarmed African-American man died in police custody. EPA-EFE/REMKO DE WAAL

Hundreds of Central American people, belonging to the so-called migrant caravan, walk through the town of Frontera Hidalgo, in the state of Chiapas, Mexico, 23 January 2020. In mid-January, thousands of Central American migrants, mostly from Honduras, began a new caravan exodus in order to reach the United States. EPA-EFE/JUAN MANUEL BLANCO

A file picture dated 11 November 1989 shows GDR cars rolling across the border into West Germany at the crossing in Herleshausen, Germany. 'Tear down this wall!'. On 12 June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan pronounced these words to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down two years later on 09 November 1989 and two parts of Germany was reunified after 28 years of separation. The building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961. German Democratic Republic (GDR) armed forces started to seal off the eastern part of the city with road barriers made from barbed wire, to build an 'anti-Fascist protective barrier.' On 09 November 1989, after the spokeperson of German Democratic Republic government Guenter Schabowski announced during a press conference the immediate opening of the inner German border, tens of thousands of GDR citizens flocked to the border crossing points. The Iron Curtain fell. On 09 November 2009 will be the celebration of this historic autumn night, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/KAI-UWE WAERNER

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) talks to US President Barack Obama (R) who sits on a bench facing the Wetterstein mountains during a G7 meeting at Elmau Castle in Elmau, Germany 08 June 2015. EPA-EFE/MICHAEL KAPPELER / POOL

A file picture dated August 1961 shows workers heightening the sector barrier at Bernauer Strasse in Berlin, Germany. There had been incidents at this and other parts of the Wall every evening. 'Tear down this wall!'. On 12 June 1987, US President Ronald Reagan pronounced these words to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev during a speech at the Brandenburg Gate commemorating the 750th anniversary of Berlin. The Berlin Wall came down two years later on 09 November 1989 and two parts of Germany was reunified after 28 years of separation. The building of the Wall began on 13 August 1961. German Democratic Republic (GDR) armed forces started to seal off the eastern part of the city with road barriers made from barbed wire, to build an 'anti-Fascist protective barrier.' On 09 November 1989, after the spokeperson of German Democratic Republic government Guenter Schabowski announced during a press conference the immediate opening of the inner German border, tens of thousands of GDR citizens flocked to the border crossing points. The Iron Curtain fell. On 09 November 2009 will be the celebration of this historic autumn night, the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. EPA/STR B/W ONLY