Images Dated 24th July 2006

Fireworks And Music

A firework display in London's Green Park to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle, which ended the War of the Austrian Succession, 27th April 1749. King George II commissioned Handel to compose the Music for the Royal Fireworks for this occasion. Buckingham Palace is visible on the left. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Bascarsija Old Turkish Quarter Man wearing Traditional

Bascarsija Old Turkish Quarter Man wearing Traditional Turkish Fez Hat
The Balkans Bosnia Sarajevo Bascarsija Old Turkish Quarter Man wearing Traditional Turkish Fez Hat

© Christian Kober

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Moxibustion treatment

MODEL RELEASED. Moxibustion. Acupuncturist holding a smouldering moxa pole near a patient's shoulder during an indirect moxibustion treatment. Moxa is ground mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris). During the treatment it is burned near strategic positions on the patient's body, with the intent of inducing the flow of Qi (energy)

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