Near Gdansk. Town of Sopot. The election of Miss Poland. First election of a beauty-queen in communist Poland. The contest for the title of 'Miss Sopot' drew such a crowd that it had to be moved on to the roof of the casinoPhotograph: Erich Lessing/Magnum PhotosBrazil. Sao Paulo. 1960 Photograph: Rene Burri/Magnum PhotosItaly. Rimini. 1999Photograph: Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
GB. Northern Ireland. The incongruities of daily life in the urban war zone. For years, the people of Northern Ireland have lived in a strange and strained symbiosis with the occupying British army. 1973Photograph: Philip Jones Griffiths/Magnum PhotosAbkhazia. 2005. With its lush Black Sea location, Abkhazia is trying to attract Russian tourists. Here, at a road stop on the tour bus route, an entrepreneur, who charges tourists 10 rubles to photograph his bear, catches his breath between busloadsPhotograph: Jonas Bendiksen/Magnum Photos
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