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A memorial to the 1811 German Coast uprising, located at the Whitney Plantation Historic District, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, USA.

Lady Olivia, one of the major characters in William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, dresses in mourning for her late brother. Because of her grief, she refuses to entertain suits of marriage from the lovesick Duke Orsino. By Charles Robert...

The duel scene (Act 3 Scene 4) from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, oil on canvas by William Powell Firth, 1842. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.

Sir Toby Belch, a comedic character from William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, oil on canvas by George Henry Hall, 1854. Folger Shakespeare Library.

Malvolio and the Countess, depicting a famous scene from William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night, in which the puritanical servant Malvolio is tricked into coming before Lady Olivia cross-gartered and in yellow stockings. Oil on canvas...

A depiction of Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in which the puritanical servant Malvolio tries to quiet down Sir Toby Belch and his fellow revelers. It is in this scene that Sir Toby delivers the famous line: "Dost...

A depiction of a scene from William Shakespeare's comedy Twelfth Night in which the heroine Viola (disguised as a man) is courted by Lady Olivia. By Frederick Richard Pickersgill, 1859, from Shakespeare Illustrated.

Little Church, Westfjords, Iceland.

A 1940 photograph of German general (later field marshal) Ewald von Kleist (1881-1954). Kleist notably commanded a panzer division in Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (German Federal Archives)

A photograph showing an explosion caused by a Soviet booby-trap mine after Axis soldiers occupied Kiev in the Ukraine after the battle of Kiev in 1941. The battle was a major Axis victory during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War...