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One Million Bones DC
Led by artist Naomi Natale as part of the One Million Bones Project, this mass grave assembled at the National Mall in Washington, DC is composed of bones made of paper and plaster, but symbolizes the very real number of people killed in places like Sudan, Germany, and the former Yugoslavi. Each bone created by students and volunteers was matched with $1 sent to CARE, which helps send aid to Somalia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Underwater sculpture, in Grenada, in honor of African ancestors thrown overboard.
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Lovers with 3-D Glasses at the Palace Theater, 1943. Photograph by Arthur (Weegee) Fellig
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Wooden City Sculptures by McNabb & Co. Studio
This is the Reliquary of the Foot of St. Blaise. It was crafted in the 13th century by Hugo of Oignies of silver gilt, copper gilt over wood and rock crystal. It is currently housed in the Convent of the Souers de Notre-Dame de Namur. This reliquary belongs to a class of objects often referred to as body-part, shaped, or “speaking” reliquaries. Imitating the form of its contents, in this case a foot.
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Conjoined Nile Tilapia fish, dubbed “Siamese Twin”, swimming in a small aquarium in Bangkok. They are both eight months old and share part of the skin together. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium.
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