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Liepaja Latvia
August 2011
My son Peter and I arrive late at night in Liepaja after a long busride from Klaipeda (formerly called Memel in German) in...
Civil support for ZSU (Ukrainian Army)
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Bow strings from Simone in Amsterdam
Destiny
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Simone looks up from her work to me through the open...
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Kardash Fashion Minsk
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Customer at Kardash fashion gallery in Minsk Korpus Kulturtsentr. The centre hosts...
WRC Rally Cup
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Angela Šutka Macedonia
The only Roma town in Macedonia
Macedonia, Skopje, August 2012
It is not easy to find the right bus to my destination Šutka. The signs are...
TENNIS
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Sundown North Sea
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June 2020 Stillingsön/Uppsala Sweden
Invandrare
“The little swelling in my neck bothered me for some time already but my colleagues said it was nothing. I work in a hospital and they are doctors so I thought...