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Beast-machines. The City Rises by Umberto Boccioni (1910). MOMA. Photo courtesy Wikipedia
Photo by Anna Stepska/Getty
A beautiful mind; ctenophore Beroe cucumis. Photo by Bill Curtsinger/National Geographic
An art student paints a picture for a school exhibition. 1961. Photo by Eve Arnold/Magnum
Lizzie #1. Photo © 2009 KevinHoran.com from the series Chattel
New Bond Street, London, England. Photo by Matt Stuart/Magnum
Photo by Eve Arnold/Magnum
Breaking point. Photo by Paul Furborough/EyeEm/Getty
Illustration by Richard Wilkinson
From Puck magazine 1909. Courtesy Library of Congress
Administrative segregation prisoners take part in a group therapy session at San Quentin state prison, California, 8 June 2012. Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Detail of Picture from 8 Sides (1930-6), by Kurt Schwitters; oil and wood relief on panel. Courtesy Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Photo by Lucy Nicholson/Reuters
Subjectively blue; detail from Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds (1890) by Vincent van Gogh. Courtesy Wikimedia
Photo by Martin Parr/Magnum
SS officers and staff relax at Solahütte, a resort for camp personnel 19 miles from Auschwitz-Birkenau. The photo is from an album taken by Karl-Friedrich Höcker, adjutant to the Auschwitz Kommandant, Richard Baer. Photo courtesy the USHMM
Nothing to smile about; Buster Keaton and actress Virginia Fox c. 1920. Photo by Springer Collection/Corbis
The boxer Muhammad Ali with his daughter Laila outside the 5th Street Gym in Miami, 1980. Photo by Brian Morgan/Popperfoto/Getty
A mother and daughter in Chinatown in New York. Photo by Steve McCurry/Magnum
Detail from Self Portrait (1500) by Albrecht Dürer. The text to the right broadly translates as ‘Thus I, Albrecht Dürer from Nuremberg, created myself with characteristic colours at the age of 28 years.’ Courtesy Wikipedia/Alte Pinakothek München
A shaman-healer prepares for an Ayahuasca ceremony in La Calera, Cundinamarca. Photo by Eitan Abramovic/AFP/Getty