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Census taker Jean Paul Kanda records data on an application installed in a smart phone from resident Tshibola Mado in the village of Bakua Tshigiba, Miabi territory, Kasai Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo on September 17, 2017. The census is part of a CRS implemented USAID 5 year project 'Budikadidi' through the branch of the Food for Peace (FFP) and Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP). The project's timeframe, from the December 2016 - December 2021, will be implemented principally in four rural health zones of Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental, including Miabi and Tshilundu. Working with implementing partners Caritas Kananga, Caritas Mbuji-Mayi, Women' Development Network (REFED) and Human Network International (HNI), the project aims to improve nutrition and sustainable development, food security and strengthen the economical wellbeing of 263,935 beneficiaries. The project will target 90 villages in the zone of Miabi territory with 32 within the pilot program. The project includes WASH, SILC and literacy programs for men and women., Photo release on file in headquarters: INT 2017 033-039
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Giant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd)
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L to R: The Wasp/Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Hank Pym (Michael Douglas)
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Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
L to R: War Machine/James Rhodes (Don Cheadle), Captain America/Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson)
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This image released by Universal Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson in a scene from "Skyscraper." (Universal Pictures via AP)
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Michael Douglas (Hank Pym) on set BTS.
Photo: Ben Rothstein
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Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
L to R: Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt), Groot (voiced by Vin Diesel), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Mantis (Pom Klementieff), Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and Drax (Dave Bautista)
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Marvel Studios Thor: Ragnarok
L to R: Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth)
Photo: Jasin Boland
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Tallinn City Museum, Tallinn, Estonia.
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That took some balls.
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Here's how Estonia extricated itself from the USSR:
In the late 1970s, Estonian society grew increasingly concerned about the threat of cultural Russification to the Estonian language and national identity.
By 1981, Russian was taught in the first grade of Estonian-language schools and was also introduced into Estonian pre-school teaching.
Soviet authorities began to lure in Finnish tourists and the much needed foreign exchange they could bring.
The Soviet travel agency Inturist contracted Finnish construction company Repo to build Hotel Viru in downtown Tallinn. [Our tour guide said the building was heavily bugged.]
Estonians saw very different construction equipment, methods and work morale. An improved ferry MS Georg Ots between Tallinn and Helsinki came into operation. Estonia gained Western currency, but on the other hand Western thoughts and customs began to infiltrate Soviet Estonia.
By the beginning of the Gorbachev era, concern over the cultural survival of the Estonian people had reached a critical point.
The ECP [Estonian Communist Party] remained stable in the early perestroika years but waned in the late 1980s.
Other political movements, groupings and parties moved to fill the power vacuum.
The first and most important was the Estonian Popular Front, established in April 1988 with its own platform, leadership and broad constituency.
The Greens and the dissident-led Estonian National Independence Party soon followed. By 1989 the political spectrum had widened, and new parties were formed and re-formed almost daily.
The republic's Supreme Soviet transformed into an authentic regional lawmaking body.
This relatively conservative legislature passed an early declaration of sovereignty (November 16, 1988); a law on economic independence (May 1989) confirmed by the U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet that November; a language law making Estonian the official language (January 1989); and local and republic election laws stipulating residency requirements for voting and candidacy (August, November 1989).
Although the majority of Estonia's large Russian-speaking diaspora of Soviet-era immigrants did not support full independence, they were divided in their goals for the republic.
In March 1990 some 18% of Russian speakers supported the idea of a fully independent Estonia, up from 7% the previous autumn, and by early 1990 only a small minority of ethnic Estonians were opposed to full independence.
The first freely elected parliament during the Soviet era in Estonia had passed Estonian Sovereignty Declaration on November 16, 1988, independence resolutions on May 8, 1990, and renamed the Estonian SSR the Republic of Estonia.
On August 20, 1991 the Estonian parliament issued a Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union.
On September 6, 1991, Supreme Soviet of the USSR recognized the independence of Estonia,immediately followed by the international recognitions of the Republic of Estonia.
On February 23, 1989 the flag of the Estonian SSR was lowered on Pikk Hermann, and replaced with the blue-black-white flag of Estonia on February 24, 1989.
In 1992, Heinrich Mark, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia in Exile, presented his credentials to the newly elected President of Estonia Lennart Meri.
The last Russian troops withdrew from Estonia in August 1994.
The Russian Federation officially ended its military presence in Estonia after it relinquished control of the nuclear reactor facilities in Paldiski in September 1995. Estonia joined the European Union and NATO in 2004.
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Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd)
Photo: Film Frame
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From left, CRS Health Coordinator Volanirasoa Rafaramalala and CRS agent promotor Jeancy Kabeya speak to villagers during a visit by a CRS team in the village of Bena Mabika, Miabi territory, Kasai Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo on September 17, 2017. The CRS team has come to speak to the village about a five year program they will be implementing. Villagers are asked to express their vision for the future of their village and write down on a map areas they want to improve such as sanitation, access to drinking water and education. The initiative is part of a CRS implemented USAID 5 year project 'Budikadidi' through the branch of the Food for Peace (FFP) and Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP). The project's timeframe, from the December 2016 - December 2021, will be implemented principally in four rural health zones of Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental, including Miabi and Tshilundu. Working with implementing partners Caritas Kananga, Caritas Mbuji-Mayi, Women' Development Network (REFED) and Human Network International (HNI), the project aims to improve nutrition and sustainable development, food security and strengthen the economical wellbeing of 263,935 beneficiaries., Photo release on file in headquarters: INT 2017 033-039
Residents, part of a mens group formed, draw on a map areas they want to improve including health and sanitation, access to potable water and access to education during a visit by a CRS team in the village of Bena Mabika, Miabi territory, Kasai Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo on September 17, 2017. The CRS team has come to speak to the village about a five year program they will be implementing. Villagers are asked to express their vision for the future of their village and write down on a map areas they want to improve such as sanitation, access to drinking water and education. The initiative is part of a CRS implemented USAID 5 year project 'Budikadidi' through the branch of the Food for Peace (FFP) and Development Food Assistance Program (DFAP). The project's timeframe, from the December 2016 - December 2021, will be implemented principally in four rural health zones of Kasai Central and Kasai Oriental, including Miabi and Tshilundu. Working with implementing partners Caritas Kananga, Caritas Mbuji-Mayi, Women' Development Network (REFED) and Human Network International (HNI), the project aims to improve nutrition and sustainable development, food security and strengthen the economical wellbeing of 263,935 beneficiaries., Photo release on file in headquarters: INT 2017 033-039
Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: ENDGAME
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Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
Bruce Banner/Hulk (Mark Ruffalo)
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Marvel Studios' AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
L to R: Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Wong (Benedict Wong)
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Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd)
Photo: Ben Rothstein
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Marvel's Captain America: Civil War
L to R: Agent 13/Sharon Carter (Emily VanCamp) and Steve Rogers/Captain America (Chris Evans)
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The Wasp/Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly)
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Wasp/Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly)
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Marvel Studios ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
L to R: The Wasp/Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) and Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd)
Photo: Ben Rothstein
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Marvel Studios ANT-MAN AND THE WASP
L to R: Ant-Man/Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and The Wasp/Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly)
Photo: Film Frame
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