Damaged Gallery

British Guns dash through French town

A British Artillery piece is rushed at a gallop through the market-place of a French town, the square surrounded by shell damaged buildings. A watchful soldier ensures the two young children to the right do not venture out into the path of the horses. Date: December 1917

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

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Tobacco hornworm with tobacco plant

Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta) with a damaged tobacco plant, artwork. This species is common throughout North America. Eggs (right, lower) are laid on the underside of the leaves of the tobacco plant (Nicotiana sp.). These hatch into larvae (right, second from bottom) that feed on the plant. Although the nicotine in the leaves is toxic to many organisms, the hornworm larvae are able to sequester and secrete it. The damage to the plant by feeding larvae can be seen on the lower leaves. The larvae bury themselves in the ground to form a pupa (right, second from top). After about 18 days the adult moth (right, top) emerges

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Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin, Germany

The Protestant Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtniskirche) on the Kurfurstendamm in Berlin, Germany. It was badly damaged in a bombing raid in 1943. The present building, consisting of a church with an attached foyer and a separate belfry with an attached chapel, was built between 1959 and 1963. The damaged spire of the old church has been retained and the ground floor has been turned into a memorial hall

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