Images Dated 23rd March 2013

Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia 1780

This is a map of the Russian Empire, a copperplate engraving from the Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Etablissemens et du Commerce des Europeens dans les deux Indes by Raynal and Bonne, published in Paris in 1780. Captions: Carte de l'Empire de Russie en Europe et en Asia (Map of the Russian Empire in Europe and in Asia). Liv. V. No. 24. Long, du Meri, de Paris. Separate map scales are provided for Poland; the French community; marine; Dutch or German; Chinese, and Turkey

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The Bosphorus Bridge is seen before Earth Hour in Istanbul

The Bosphorus Bridge that links the city's European and Asian sides, with the European side in the background, is seen before Earth Hour in Istanbul March 23, 2013. Earth Hour, when everyone around the world is asked to turn off lights for an hour from 8.30 p.m. local time, is meant as a show of support for tougher action to confront climate change. REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: CITYSCAPE ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - GM1E93O0AJS01

Sailor fires a M240B machine gun aboard USS Winston S. Churchill

Atlantic Ocean, March 23, 2013 - Sailor fires a M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill

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