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    April 2020

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    A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794
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    Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate in a crowd scene from Oberammergau's 2010 Passion Play. The Bavarian town stages the mammoth production once every ten years, with a cast made up entirely of local residents. (Photo by Brigitte Maria Mayer Passionsspiele Oberammergau 2020)
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