At this market in Hadera, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing five Israelis. Here, people rush to help the seriously injured, on 26 October, 2005.

   On October 26, 2005, five people were killed in the Israeli town of Hardeh in the first suicide bombing since Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Islamic Jihad claimed that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of one of its leaders. The suicide bomber detonated himself in a market where many people had gathered. The bodies of the victims were found lying on the ground covered in glass and metal fragments.The bomber was identified as Hassan Abu Zeid, a 20-year-old from the West Bank town of Kabatiyeh. 

   Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the bomb attack in the Israeli coastal city, asserting it was in retaliation for the killing of one of its military leaders last week.According to Israeli police authorities, a suicide bombing occurred at a market in the Israeli coastal city of Hadera on October 26, killing five people and injuring 30 others. On the morning of October 25, Palestinian militants fired rockets into southern Israel.The Israeli military launched intense attacks on areas in northern Gaza. The Palestinian attack was reportedly part of retaliation for the death of a senior member of a Palestinian militant group. 

   The Islamic Jihad, a militant Palestinian group, temporarily responded that the attack was in retaliation for the killing of its military leader, Luay Saadi, in the West Bank last week.Major Palestinian armed groups had pledged to maintain a ceasefire by the end of 2005. However, following the killing of Rawi Saadi on October 25, Islamic Jihad retaliated. Israeli personnel who arrived at the scene rescued the seriously injured.

Warning: At this market in Hadera, a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing five Israelis, 26 October, 2005. Here, people rush to help the seriously injured. Photo: George Ginsberg/AFP 

On Dutch New Guinea, the body of a dead Japanese soldier lies among wrecked enemy equipment, seen as American troops move along the beach during the attack on Japanese held Hollandia.

   During the Pacific War, on April 27, 1944, while advancing along the coast during an attack on Hollandia, which was occupied by Japanese forces in Dutch New Guinea, the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers lay among the wreckage of destroyed Japanese military equipment.

   The New Guinea Campaign of the Pacific War lasted from January 23, 1942, to August 15, 1945, when the war ended. In the first phase, which began in early 1942, the Empire of Japan invaded New Guinea on January 23, Papua on July 21, and by March 29 had occupied the western part of New Guinea, which had been a Dutch colony.The second phase lasted from late 1942 until the Japanese surrender, with Allied forces—primarily Australian troops—first clearing Papua, then New Guinea, and finally the Dutch colonial territories of Japanese forces. The Japanese suffered a decisive defeat, incurring heavy casualties and losses. Disease and starvation claimed more Japanese lives than Allied attacks.Most Japanese troops had little contact with Allied forces and were subjected to a naval blockade by the Allied navy. Japanese garrison troops were surrounded and denied supplies of food and medicine. Ninety-seven percent of Japanese deaths were non-combat related. 

     Hollandia was an important port and strategic base located on the north-central coast of New Guinea, facing Humboldt Bay. The Allied Southwest Pacific Command decided to occupy Hollandia. The Allies began their invasion of western New Guinea in early 1944, capturing the Admiralty Islands in March 1944 and securing air bases. The U.S. First Army launched the Western Campaign on April 22, 1944. The landing operation at Hollandia was the first objective in the Dutch-held part of New Guinea.The Japanese military was ill-prepared and unable to hold the area. They retreated to the western defensive line and abandoned all their positions. Isolated Japanese units continued to resist even after being cut off. No units surrendered, and fighting in western New Guinea continued until the end of the war. The isolated Japanese troops were in extremely brutal conditions, with many on the brink of starvation.

A lone grieving Marine crouches solemnly above a row of three covered American bodies killed by the Japanese on the battle of Okinawa. April 4, 1945.

   On April 4, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, an American soldier knelt down in grief before a row of three covered stretchers carrying the bodies of American soldiers killed by Japanese forces.On April 1, 1945, the Japanese military's Kaga Detachment (Independent Infantry Regiment No. 12), consisting of 1,233 troops, engaged in four days of delaying actions against the U.S. military that had landed on Kadena Beach as part of Operation Iceberg, successfully guiding the U.S. forces to the Kagami Position where Japanese troops were waiting. The Japanese military suffered 242 casualties.

  The Kagaya Detachment delayed the advance of tens of thousands of American troops with just 1,000 men. During the day, they infiltrated existing Japanese positions and fought the Americans, then moved at night to new positions in the rear, blocking the advancing Americans the next morning. By the morning of April 5, the Kagaya Detachment had returned to the main positions of the Japanese 62nd Division.Despite losing half of its troops, the unit destroyed 10 American tanks and killed approximately 600 American soldiers. In the early stages of the southern battle of Okinawa, the Kagaya Detachment held off the overwhelming American forces from April 2 to 5 along the Nodake and Shinagaki fronts, delaying their advance.

During this period, the U.S. Army suffered over 1,500 casualties, while the Japanese Army lost approximately 4,500 soldiers. The units that engaged the U.S. forces were the Special First Regiment and the Kagaya Detachment. The Special First Regiment was composed of construction and facility management troops without weapons or equipment, consisting of Okinawan civilians and students. The Kagaya Detachment also included local teenagers mobilized from youth schools.

  The delaying force used local Okinawan civilians as human shields. The Kagaya Detachment, severely depleted, withdrew to Hill 161.8. By dawn on April 5, the withdrawal from Hill 161.8 was completed. On April 5, in accordance with brigade orders, the unit withdrew toward the Shuri Command Headquarters area.

1人のアメリカ軍兵士が、1945年4月4日に沖縄戦の戦場において、日本軍に殺害された3体の覆われ担架に乗せられたアメリカ軍兵士の死体の列に、悲しみに暮れてかがみ込んだ。1945年4月1日にアイスバーグ作戦により嘉手納海岸に上陸したアメリカ軍を相手に、日本軍の総員1,233人の賀谷支隊(独立歩兵第12大隊)が4月4日までの4日間の遅滞戦闘を行って、日本軍が待ち構える嘉数陣地までアメリカ軍を誘導した。日本軍の戦死者は、242人であった。

　賀谷支隊は、アメリカ軍の進撃をわずか1,000人で数万のアメリカ軍を遅滞した。賀谷支隊は、日中は既設の陣地に侵入してアメリカ軍と戦い、夜に移動して後方の新たな陣地に入って、翌朝に進撃するアメリカ軍を足止めした。賀谷支隊は4月5日朝には日本軍第62師団の主陣地隊まで戻った。半数の兵士を失って、アメリカ軍の戦車10輌を撃破して約600人のアメリカ軍兵士を殺害した。沖縄戦南部の戦いの序盤は、賀谷支隊が圧倒的なアメリカ軍相手に4月2日〜5日まで、沖縄の野嵩と新垣の戦線で、アメリカ軍の進撃を阻止して遅滞させた。

 その過程で、アメリカ軍は1,500人以上の戦死者を出し、日本軍は約4,500人の戦死者を出した。アメリカ軍に対戦したのは特設第一連隊と賀谷支隊であった。特設第一連隊には、建設施設管理部隊で武器装備もなく、沖縄人や学徒で構成された。賀谷支隊にも、地元の少年が青年学校から動員された。地元の沖縄人を盾として捨て石にした遅滞支隊であった。賀谷支隊は消耗激しく161.8高地へ撤退した。4月5日の夜明けまでに161.8高地に撤退を完了した。4月5日には旅団命令により、首里司令部方面へ撤退した。

 

The twins of Asser and Aysal Abu Al-Qumsan, were killed when they were four days old killed by Israeli army shelling on August 13, 2024, along with their dead mother, Juri, and grandmother in Gaza Strip.

   In the Gaza Strip of Palestine, on August 13, 2024, just four days after their birth, the twins Assa and Aysar Abu Al-Qumsan were killed by Israeli military artillery shells along with their mother, Juna, and grandmother. One of the twins was torn apart, their face unrecognizable, while the other was covered in blood like their mother, Juna.The grandmother had her head severed by an Israeli military shell. The father, Muhammad, witnessed the shocking and horrific scene, which was too much for his mind and body to bear, causing him to faint and collapse to the ground. On September 16, 2024, the Gaza Health Ministry announced that 34,344 Palestinians had been killed by Israeli military attacks over the past 11 months.Since October 7, 2023, many Palestinians remain unidentified. Among the identified victims are over 11,300 children, including 710 who were killed by the Israeli military before reaching the age of one.

   On August 13, 2024, a video of 33-year-old Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan holding the birth certificates of his twin babies, born on August 10, was widely shared around the world.After being forcibly displaced from the Al-Rimal district of Gaza City in early October, his family moved to the Shabura refugee camp in Rafah and was later forcibly displaced to an apartment in the Deir al-Balah area of central Gaza. Tragically, just four days after their birth, Israeli military shells struck the apartment, killing the twins, Aser and Aysar, along with their mother, Jumana.

   On August 10, Jumana gave birth to the twins via a difficult cesarean section at a field hospital in Deir al-Balah. The joy quickly turned to deep sorrow and suffering. On the morning of August 13, after having breakfast with his wife and her mother, Muhammad went to the civil affairs office at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah to obtain birth certificates for the children.Just minutes after receiving the birth certificates, he learned from a neighbor that the Israeli military had shelled his wife and children's apartment, and all were transported to the hospital where Muhammad was. Upon learning that his wife and twins' bodies were placed in the hospital's morgue refrigerator, Muhammad was overcome by shock and the horrific scene, collapsing to the ground. 

Warning: Asser and Aysal Abu Al-Qumsan, killed when they were four days old. (Courtesy of Muhammad Abu Al-Qumsan)

During the German counteroffensive in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, the German SS shot and killed approximately 20 Belgian civilians, including men, women, and children, on the road between Stavelot and Trois-Ponts in Belgium.

　　During the Battle of the Bulge, a counteroffensive launched by German forces in December 1944 as part of the Western Front of World War II, approximately 20 Belgian civilians, including men, women, and children, were shot and killed by the German SS on the road between Stavelot and Trois-Ponts.On December 15, the bodies scattered throughout the town were awaiting identification before burial. 

　　The German invasion of Belgium began on May 10, 1940.The Belgian army was pushed back along the Meuse River on May 28, and the Belgian king and army surrendered unconditionally. Approximately 6,000 Belgian soldiers were killed in action, and 15,850 were wounded. Belgium was liberated by Allied forces beginning on September 2, 1944, when they entered the town of Heinze, and liberation was completed on December 12, 1945.

　　On December 16, 1944, German forces suddenly launched the Ardennes Offensive in the Battle of the Bulge, deploying over 250,000 troops. Belgian towns and civilians in the Ardennes region suffered severe casualties, with homes reduced to rubble and many civilians killed by German troops and the SS.The Battle of the Bulge ended on January 28, 1945, when German forces withdrew to Germany. Allied casualties included 19,246 American soldiers killed in action, 47,500 wounded, and 23,000 captured or missing, resulting in a total of 89,746 casualties.British troops suffered 200 deaths, 1,200 wounded, or missing. German forces lost 67,200 killed, 32,800 wounded, or missing. Soviet forces launched a fierce offensive against German forces on the Eastern Front starting January 12, 1945, just before the end of the Battle of the Bulge.

 

After the bloody Battle of Tarawa, which raged from November 20 to 25, 1944, during World War II, American soldiers posed in front of a pile of dead Japanese soldiers.

　　Following the bloody Battle of Tarawa, which erupted from November 20 to 25, 1944, during World War II, American soldiers posed in front of a mountain of Japanese soldiers' corpses. The Battle of Tarawa began on November 20 when 18,600 American troops landed on Tarawa Island and engaged in combat with 4,600 Japanese soldiers.The fighting continued for four days until November 25, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. The U.S. forces occupied Tarawa Island. Of the 3,636 Japanese soldiers, only 17 survived. Of the 1,200 Korean laborers brought to Tarawa, only 129 survived. The U.S. forces suffered 1,009 killed in action and 2,101 wounded.

　　By November 23, the Japanese forces had lost most of their heavy equipment. Approximately 350 Japanese soldiers gathered near the eastern end of the runway where the U.S. forces had set up camp. They decided that rather than wait passively for death, they would launch a night raid. Wounded soldiers who could not participate in the raid committed suicide by putting the muzzle of their guns in their mouths or stabbed each other with bayonets.

　　The night raid began at 7:30 PM when Japanese soldiers infiltrated the American camp. Approximately 50 Japanese soldiers advanced from the runway to the southern coastline, infiltrating the American lines through dense underbrush. After fierce fighting, the Japanese forces were temporarily repelled.The next night raid began at 11:00 p.m., with a group of Japanese soldiers shouting as they launched an attack from the woods in front of the camp. The American forces used mortars and machine guns to defeat the group of 50 soldiers. 

　　The Japanese army's third night raid began at 4:00 a.m., with a charge against the American positions.Approximately 300 Japanese troops charged, firing artillery and machine guns, as well as receiving gunfire from destroyers. Under concentrated American fire, most of the Japanese soldiers were killed before reaching the American positions. The remaining Japanese soldiers engaged in close combat with bayonets and rifles. By dawn, the bodies of 300 Japanese soldiers lay scattered inside and outside the American positions.

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION CONFERS WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE PHYSICIANS IN THE BADLY-DAMAGED HIROSHIMA CITY HALL, HIROSHIMA, HONSHU, JAPAN, IN DECEMBER, 1946.

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ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION CONFERS WITH A GROUP OF JAPANESE PHYSICIANS IN THE BADLY-DAMAGED HIROSHIMA CITY HALL, HIROSHIMA, HONSHU, JAPAN, IN DECEMBER, 1946. SEATED, L-R: DR. HACHIYA, DR. TAKEMOUCHI, DR. KURAKAWA, DR. YOSHIMURA, DR. BRUES. STANDING L-R: TWO UNDENTIFIED CITY, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, DR. HATANO, DR. ISHIBASHI, DR. MATSUBAYASHI, DR. MORISAKI, DR. HENSHAW, DR. TSUZUKI, DR. KOMIYAMA 

PHOTOGRAPHER: J. NEEL 1ST LT. MC 

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HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT 2.6 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION IS SHOWN HERE.

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"HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL:* THE HIROSHIMA COMMERCIAL SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT 2.6 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION IS SHOWN HERE.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

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In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, on April 13, 2025, Russian forces attacked a church with ballistic missiles, killing approximately 34 people and injuring more than 100 others.

 　In the Ukrainian city of Sumy, Russian forces attacked a church where people were gathering to attend services on April 13, 2025, using ballistic missiles, resulting in at least 34 deaths and over 100 injuries.On the morning of April 13, two missiles struck the crowded city center of Sumy. One hit a trolleybus carrying passengers. The scene showed bodies lying on the ground, burning vehicles, and rescue teams carrying bloodied survivors. Sumy is located 25 kilometers from the Russian border, and two of the deceased were children.

　　Bodies lay scattered on the ground. Many of the deceased were either sitting in the bus or walking on the road. Since it was a religious festival, many people were out, making it a genocide. Russia was accused of carrying out intentional terrorist acts. Russian missiles struck ordinary streets, homes, educational institutions, and vehicles on the road, coinciding with Palm Sunday, the day when Jesus entered Jerusalem.According to authorities, 117 people were injured, including 15 children. The first missile struck the conference hall of Smolensk State University. The second missile landed on Pokrovskaya Street, 200 meters away, as a trolleybus was passing by. Russian forces fired two missiles from the western regions of Voronezh and Kursk.

　　The Russian government ignored the U.S. proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire. Russia believed it could continue killing Ukrainians with impunity. Putin's spokesperson stated on April 13 that while talks were proceeding smoothly, no immediate results were expected.Ukraine signed the 30-day ceasefire proposed by the United States a month ago. Since then, Russian forces have intensified shelling of Ukrainian cities, launching 70 missiles and 2,200 drones. Early April, a Russian missile struck a playground in the city of Kryvyi Rih, killing nine children and nine adults.

Warning: Bodies lie on the ground after the Russian missile strike on Sumy. Photograph: Volodymyr Hordiienko/AP

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.

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"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION

ABOUT 2.5 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION.

HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO

OCCURRED LATER, HOWEVER, ON HIS LEFT THIGH WERE SKIN WAS REMOVED TO GRAFT A BURNED AREA.

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"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:" 

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALD AFTER TWO MONTHS. 

THE SCARS ARE NOW MASSIVE AND ARE SURROUNDED BY DEPIGMENTED AREAS.

KELOIDS LIKE SCAR TISSUE ALSO OCCURRED AT A DONOR SITE FOR A SKIN GRAFT, THE DONAR AREA BEING AT UPPER ANTERIOR SURFACE LEFT THIGH. PARTIAL EPILATION OF SCALP OCCURRED. BUT ALL HAIR RETURNED.

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"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION:"

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI RR STATION ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. THE BOY WAS LEANING ON A SHOVEL AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION WITH HIS HANDS, BEHIND HIS BACK AS SHOWN HERE.

PHOTOGRAPHER HENSHAW

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FRONT VIEW OF ASANO LIBRARY BUILDING, UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR CONVERSION INTO A LABORATORY FOR THE ABCC.

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ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN:

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PHOTOGRAPHER-SNELL

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Bodies of victims litter the side of a road in Suwaida, southern Syria, after a conflict between Bedouin tribesmen and Druze fighters in Syria on July 15, 2025; on July 17, bodies were laid out for identification in a hospital yard.

　　On July 15, 2025, bodies, believed to be Druze Syrians, littered the side of a road in the Druze-majority city of Suwaida following a conflict between Bedouin tribesmen and Druze fighters in Syria.

　Deadly clashes between local Druze and Bedouin fighters erupted on July 13 and quickly worsened on July 14 after Syrian government forces were dispatched to the city. At least 203 people were killed in the conflict in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, including 92 members of the Druze minority and 21 Syrian civilians killed in summary executions by Syrian government forces. Others included 93 Syrian government security personnel and 18 Bedouin Syrians.

　Shortly thereafter, on July 15, Israeli forces attacked the Palmyra-Homs highway in Syria, targeting a convoy of Bedouin fighters heading to Suwayda. On July 16, Israeli forces carried out a series of airstrikes against Syrian government command centers in the heart of the capital Damascus to protect the Druze community. The series of airstrikes killed three people and wounded 34 others. beginning December 8, 2024, and following the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces invaded and continued to occupy a buffer zone adjacent to the Golan Heights in southwestern Syria.

　On July 16, Syrian government forces withdrew from the Syrian Druze-majority city of Suwayda. Residents were left with looted stores, burnt houses, and bodies scattered and devastated in the streets after several days of violence on July 17, 2025.In the backyard of a hospital in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida, the bodies of victims of the clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribesmen that broke out were They were laid out.

Waring01: Bodies are seen by the side of a street in the predominantly Druze city of Sweida on July 15, 2025, following clashes between Bedouin tribes and Druze fighters. (Photo by Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Warning02: The bodies of victims of clashes between Druze and Bedouin factions are laid out for identification in a hospital yard in the southern Syrian city of Suwaida on July 17, 2025. (Photo: Shadi AL-DUBAISI / AFP)

KELOID FOLLOWING FLASH BURN; K. KIKKAWA, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, ÁPRIL 30, 1947.

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KELOID FOLLOWING FLASH BURN; K. KIKKAWA, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, ÁPRIL 30, 1947.

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On June 13, 2025, at the funeral of her husband, Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Shapovalov, who had been returned from Russia, his wife Olena collapsed in tears in front of the coffin.

  The body of her husband, Ukrainian soldier Dmytro Shapovalov, who was returned from Russia, was laid to rest in a coffin, and his wife, Olena, collapsed in tears before it. The funeral took place on June 13, 2025, in the village of Yosypivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine.Ukrainian military personnel carried the coffin of Dmytro Shapovalov, and a funeral ceremony was held at a church in the village of Yosypivka, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. 

   Ukraine announced on June 13, 2025, that it had repatriated additional bodies of soldiers killed in action, in accordance with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul between delegations from Russia and Ukraine.The Ukrainian War Prisoners Treatment Coordination Headquarters revealed that Russia had returned 1,200 bodies. The handover was carried out with the cooperation of the Ukrainian military, the country's security agency, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and other government agencies. Forensic experts will now work to identify the bodies.

     This repatriation marks the largest-scale return of bodies since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine over three years ago. Earlier in mid-June, Russia returned 1,212 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers, while Ukraine returned 27 bodies of Russian military personnel. Russia and Ukraine also exchanged prisoners of war, including those seriously injured or ill, on June 13.

   The agreement to exchange prisoners of war and the bodies of fallen soldiers was the only concrete outcome of talks held in Istanbul on June 2. During the talks in Istanbul, Turkey, Russian and Ukrainian delegations agreed to hold direct peace talks on June 5, 2025. During discussions on a ceasefire, Russian forces launched a barrage of drones and missiles toward Ukraine for several days.On June 2, approximately 500 drones were recorded firing artillery, and on June 3, 315 drones and seven missiles were fired in a single night.Following the series of shocking attacks, hopes for an end to the three-year war were low. A memorandum outlining the terms of a ceasefire, including the exchange of prisoners and the bodies of fallen soldiers, was signed. However, the inclusion of clauses on non-starters makes the likelihood of an immediate ceasefire low.

Warning: Olena cries at the coffin of her husband, Dmytro Shapovalov, a Ukrainian serviceman, during his funeral ceremony in Yosypivka village, Vinnytsia region, Ukraine, on Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

In 1899, during the Philippine-American War, Filipino corpses were laid down where they had been killed.

　　In 1899, the bodies of Filipinos who had been killed were left lying where they had fallen. Most of the photographs of the dead that circulated from the battlefield were of Filipinos. The vast number of Filipino non-combatants who were killed did not appear in the photographs, and there were no photographs of dead American soldiers.

　　In August 1898, the American military swiftly defeated the Spanish forces in the Philippines, bringing the conflict to an end in December 1898. The American military raised its flag on territory more than 12,900 kilometers away from Washington, D.C.The Philippine Army had been fighting Spain since 1896 and declared the independence of the Philippine Republic in June 1898. They refused to hand over the Philippines to the United States as spoils of war. The independence movement led by Emilio Aguinaldo, which began as opposition to Spain and shifted its focus to opposing American aggression after Spain's defeat, was referred to as a rebellion in the United States.The U.S. military modernized the Manila Police and established the Philippine Constabulary, a paramilitary organization, and developed identity cards to monitor the daily lives of Filipinos. The Philippines became a testing ground for colonial rule for the U.S. government. 

　　Following the Spanish-American War, the Philippine-American War was the second war fought by the United States outside the Western Hemisphere.The Philippine-American War was also one of the first wars extensively documented through photography, including images captured by Kodak cameras. Actual battlefield footage was filmed and later used to recreate combat scenes. The war in the Philippines was presented to audiences in the United States and its colonies. The extensive recording and recreation of battlefield imagery contributed to the tragic impact of World War I on millions of Americans in the early 20th century.

S. TAMURA, BURN SCARS ON THE LEGS CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA, PICTURE TAKEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION.

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S. TAMURA, BURN SCARS ON THE LEGS CAUSED BY THE ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA, PICTURE TAKEN FOR THE ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTY COMMISSION.

The Feodosia Massacre was a war crime committed by the Soviet Red Army between December 29, 1941, and January 1, 1942, in which approximately 160 wounded German soldiers were subjected to unnecessary acts of cruelty, including freezing them to death in ice.

　　The Feodosia Massacre was a war crime committed by the Soviet Red Army during World War II, from December 29, 1941, to January 1, 1942, against approximately 160 wounded German Army prisoners of war, who were subjected to the unnecessary and brutal act of freezing them to death in ice. The Feodosia Massacre resulted in a relatively high number of German soldiers killed, many of whom were frozen to death while still alive.

　　On November 3, 1941, the coastal city of Feodosia in Crimea was occupied by German forces.On December 29, the Soviet Red Army landed on the coast of Feodosia and reoccupied the city. The German forces had already abandoned their wounded soldiers and retreated. An order was issued to kill all German soldiers in Feodosia, regardless of their injuries. 

　On January 18, 1942, the German forces reoccupied Feodosia.Approximately 160 wounded German soldiers were killed. Soviet Red Army troops threw wounded German soldiers out of hospital windows, several meters onto the coast. The seawater froze, and they froze to death covered in ice. Severely wounded German soldiers were doused with water and left to freeze to death. Twelve survivors who hid in basements and survived testified about the massacre in Feodosia.

On July 19, 1916, during World War I, the bodies of soldiers were scattered around British artillery positions in Frimel, northern France, following a German gas attack.

 　During World War I, on July 19, 1916, in the northern French town of Froomel, the bodies of British soldiers were scattered around a British artillery battery following a German gas attack. The German army launched a gas attack on the British artillery battery in Froomel, believed to have been using phosgene gas.By 8 a.m. on July 20, 1916, the Battle of Frelow ended, with Australian forces suffering 5,533 casualties. British forces suffered 1,547 casualties, while German forces had over 1,000 casualties.

　Phosgene and diphosgene gases were used as substitutes for chlorine gas. They had a musty, hay-like odor and irritated the nose and throat, causing coughing, difficulty breathing, and suffocation. The deadly aspect of phosgene gas was its delayed effect, which could take up to 48 hours to manifest, potentially leading to death by fluid buildup in the lungs.The first use of phosgene and diphosgene gas by the German army against British forces in the Battle of Ypres in December 1915 ultimately accounted for approximately 85% of gas-related deaths in World War I. Gas masks designed to protect against the effects of the gas were ineffective against phosgene gas, which was colorless and fired from high-powered shells. Detecting the gas and putting on a gas mask often took too long.

　  During World War I, approximately 91,000 people died from gas attacks. Over 1.2 million were injured by exposure to gas. Injuries persisted long after the war ended, with many dying later from respiratory diseases. Poison gas did not significantly alter the course of the war in 1918. It accounted for approximately 1% of all casualties in World War I. Its use was banned under the 1925 Geneva Gas Protocol.

In November 1942, a Russian spy was executed by firing squad in Finland. The Russian intelligence officer was smiling as he was executed.

 In November 1942, a Russian spy was executed by firing squad in Finland. The Russian intelligence officer was smiling as he was executed.

The photo was taken in Lukajärvi, East Karelia, which was occupied by Russia and Finland in November 1942. The Finnish Defense Forces kept photos of Russian prisoners of war and their fates confidential.There were concerns that pro-Soviet elements in Finnish society might use the images. In 2006, the Finnish Ministry of Defense declassified the photos. In the final moments of his life, he had accepted his fate. There, he bled and his life came to an end. His smile was his final act of defiance.

The classification of the photo, which had been kept secret since 1942, was lifted. During the harsh Winter War between Finland and Russia, a young Russian man was killed in two separate incidents. He was shot before dying in the snow. When the revolver was pointed at his head, he looked straight into the camera and was shot dead in the cold snow, bleeding to death.

A rare historical photo shows a Russian spy smiling just before being executed in Finland.The Russian spy smiled. This photo was declassified by the Finnish Ministry of Defense in 2006. It is described as “An unidentified Soviet intelligence officer moments before being shot, Finland, 1942.” 

Finland was allied with Germany and at war with the Soviet Union. This was not the previous Winter War but the Continuation War.By 1942, Finland had been caught up in the Siege of Leningrad (which starved to death over 1 million civilians). Finland refused to directly support the siege, despite the front lines being only about 30 km away, and remained largely uninvolved. 

For Finland, World War II began when the Soviet Union invaded Finland during the Winter War, and Finland fought a bitter battle.In the Continuation War, Finland allied with Nazi Germany to reclaim the territory lost in the Winter War. When the Nazis betrayed the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union became one of the “good guys.” In the Lapland War, Finland conducted separate peace negotiations with its allies. The Soviet Union effectively became “the enemy of the enemy” and expelled the Nazis from Finland.