A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier as professional surfer Al Mennie waits on a break in the swell in Coleraine, Northern Ireland: photo by Charles McQuillan, 22 December 2016
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A huge wave crashes against Castlerock pier as professional surfer Al Mennie waits on a break in the swell in Coleraine, Northern Ireland: photo by Charles McQuillan, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Syrians who left the last rebel-held pockets of Aleppo arrive in the opposition-controlled Khan al-Assal region. By @baraaalhalabi: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016
Russian President Vladimir Putin (C) pays last respects at the coffin of killed Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, during a memorial service at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow, Russia: photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/EPA, 22 December 2016

I think after what's happened with the #Russian ambassador killed yesterday, No trust between the bodyguards: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @AhmadAlkhtiib, 20 December 2016

I think after what's happened with the #Russian ambassador killed yesterday, No trust between the bodyguards: image via Ahmad Alkhatib @AhmadAlkhtiib, 20 December 2016
Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey.: photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/pool via AP, 22 December 2016

Andrei Karlov is carried out of the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia. Karlov was fatally shot by a Turkish policeman Monday in a gathering in Ankara, Turkey.: photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/pool via AP, 22 December 2016

#Syrians build a snowman, during a storm that brought snow in #Binnish, on the outskirts of #Idlib yesterday #AFP Photo by @omar_hajkadour: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

IRAQ - Ahmed, who fled from Mosul, poses for a picture at al-Khazer refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski kalak. By JM Lopez #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

IRAQ - A wounded boy from Mosul, where a suicide attack killed at least 23 civilians, receives treatment at a hospital in Erbil. By JM Lopezi: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Men work at a factory producing wood-burning stoves, known locally as a "sobia" in the rebel-held town of Douma. By @SameerAlDoumy #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

#China suffered its sixth day under an oppressive #haze #pollution A man wearing a mask visits the Forbidden City in #Beijing #AFP Wang Zhao: image via AFP Photo Department @AFPphoto, 21 December 2016
Fog over the Canary Wharf in London: photo by Charlie Bibby/FT, 22 December 2016

UGANDA - A bodybuilder flexes his muscles as he looks at himself in a mirror at the Nakivubo power house gym in Kampala. By @ikasamani #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

YEMEN - A disabled man receives treatment at a clinic for prosthetic limbs and physical rehabilitation, in Sanaa. By Mohammed Huwais #AFP : image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016
A member of the Santo Tomas brotherhood takes part in the procession in honour of the saint in Chichicastenango municipality, Quiche department, 150 kilometres west of Guatemala City: photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP, 22 December 2016

A member of the Santo Tomas brotherhood takes part in the procession in honour of the saint in Chichicastenango municipality, Quiche department, 150 kilometres west of Guatemala City: photo by Johan Ordonez/AFP, 22 December 2016

GUATEMALA - Dance groups perform traditional "El Torito" during procession in honour of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango. By @johanordonez: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

GUATEMALA - Dance groups perform traditional "El Torito" during procession in honour of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango. By @johanordonez: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

GUATEMALA - Dance groups perform traditional "El Torito" during procession in honour of Santo Tomas in Chichicastenango. By @johanordonez: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016
A wounded Iraqi child who was injured during the ongoing fighting between Iraqi forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group in Mosul, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Arbil: photo by Safin Hamed/AFP, 21 December 2016

A wounded Iraqi child who was injured during the ongoing fighting between Iraqi forces and jihadists of the Islamic State group in Mosul, receives medical treatment at a hospital in Arbil: photo by Safin Hamed/AFP, 21 December 2016

AFGHANISTAN - A man is seen through a broken glass after Taliban storm Afghan MP's house in Kabul. By @shahmarai #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016
A soldier guards polio vaccination team administering polio vaccination to children during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. Though new polio cases dropped to a nine-year low in 2016, attacks by Islamist militants against health workers and police guarding them remained a challenge for a UN-funded vaccination campaign.: photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA, 21 December 2016

A soldier guards polio vaccination team administering polio vaccination to children during a three-day countrywide vaccination campaign in Peshawar, Pakistan. Though new polio cases dropped to a nine-year low in 2016, attacks by Islamist militants against health workers and police guarding them remained a challenge for a UN-funded vaccination campaign.: photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA, 21 December 2016
A mourner places a candle at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days ago: photo by Clemens Bilan/AFP, 21 December 2016

A mourner places a candle at a makeshift memorial near the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in Berlin, close to the site where a truck crashed into a Christmas market two days ago: photo by Clemens Bilan/AFP, 21 December 2016

KOSOVO - A woman lights a candle at a makeshift memorial tribute in Prizren after the attack at Berlin Christmas market. By @armend_nimani: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016
Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer clean windows at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Daiba bay area: photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP, 21 December 2016

Window cleaners dressed as Santa Claus and a reindeer clean windows at a shopping mall in Tokyo’s Daiba bay area: photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP, 21 December 2016

SYRIA - Girls pose for a selfie at the entrance of a shop decorated for Christmas in Kurdish majority city of Qamishli. By @Delilsouleman: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016
Firefighters work amid the debris left by a huge blast that occured in a fireworks market in Mexico City, killing at least nine people and injuring 70: photo by AFP, 21 December 2016

Firefighters work amid the debris left by a huge blast that occured in a fireworks market in Mexico City, killing at least nine people and injuring 70: photo by AFP, 21 December 2016
Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat, Thailand: photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP, 21 December 2016
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Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the Rangae district of the southern province of Narathiwat, Thailand: photo by Madaree Tohlala/AFP, 21 December 2016

THAILAND - Children play near houses inundated by floodwaters after heavy rains in the province of Narathiwat. By Madaree Tohlala #AFP: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

RAMALLAH - Palestinian mourner reacts after spreading on his face blood of Ahmad al-Kharoub, 19, shot and killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah. By @Abbasmomani: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 21 December 2016

#Palestinian #blood of Ahmad al-Kharoubi, 19, who was shot and killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Ramallah #AFP By @Abbasmomani: image via Aurelia BAILLY @AureliaBAILLY, 22 December 2016

SYRIA - Evacuated civilian who is in poor health condition waits on a bus before heading to Homs to receive medical care. By George Ourfalian: image via Frédérique Geffard @fgeffardAFP, 22 December 2016

World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a Black Muslim, attends a Black Muslim service to hear Elijah Muhammad deliver the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a Black Muslim, attends a Black Muslim service to hear Elijah Muhammad deliver the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a Black Muslim, attends a Black Muslim service to hear Elijah Muhammad deliver the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, a Black Muslim, attends a Black Muslim service to hear Elijah Muhammad deliver the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Black women dressed in white applaud Elijah Muhammad's speech during the delivery of the annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Religious fervor is mirrored in the face of a black woman, one of 10,000 people listening as Elijah Muhammad delivers his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Religious fervor is mirrored in the face of a black woman, one of 10,000 people listening as Elijah Muhammad delivers his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Religious fervor is mirrored in the face of a black woman, one of 10,000 people listening as Elijah Muhammad delivers his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Religious fervor is mirrored in the face of a black woman, one of 10,000 people listening as Elijah Muhammad delivers his annual Savior's Day message in Chicago: photo by John H. White, March 1974 (US National Archives)

Isaac Hayes dancers perform at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Isaac Hayes dancers perform at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)
Isaac Hayes dancers perform at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Isaac Hayes and his group perform at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Isaac Hayes and his group perform at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Isaac Hayes and his group perform at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Johnny Taylor performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Johnny Taylor performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Soul singer Johnny Taylor performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

A conga player performs at the annual 'black Expo' at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago: photo by John H. White, October 1973 (US National Archives)

Oakland A's pitcher Vida Blue delivers a pitch against the home team Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

Oakland A's pitcher Vida Blue delivers a pitch against the home team Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

Oakland A's pitcher Vida Blue delivers a pitch against the home team Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)

A mother and child enjoy a summer outing at Chicago's 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

A mother and child enjoy a summer outing at Chicago's 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

A mother and child enjoy a summer outing at Chicago's 12th Street Beach on Lake Michigan: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

A young black man showing his muscle during a small community program in Chicago on the South Side: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

Black youngsters performing in a community program on an empty lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

Black youngsters performing in a community program on an empty lot at 5440 South Princeton Avenue on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, August 1973 (US National Archives)

Black owned homes in Groveland Parkon Cottage Grove Avenueon Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

A black man who is jobless sits on the windowsill of a building in a high crime area on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)July 1973
Empty housing in the ghetto on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

Black family count their cash in their apartment in South Side Chicago: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)
Black community older housing on Chicago's West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

South Side Black community In Chicago with small businesses and apartments over the stores: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

On 47th Street, South Side Chicago: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

On 47th Street, South Side Chicago: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

South Side black workers playing checkers on East 35th Street before going to work: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)
On the South Side: photo by John H. White, July 1973 (US National Archives)
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Black man operating anewsstand on the West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Black man operating anewsstand on the West Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Black woman selling gas filled "Have A Happy Day"balloons on a South Side streetcorner near Sox Park: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)June 1973

Sidewalk merchandise on Chicago's South Side: photo by John H. White, June 1973 (US National Archives)

Graffiti on awall, Chicago: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)

37th and Prairie: photo by John H. White, May 1973 (US National Archives)
Photos of the African-American Community of Chicago by John H. White (1945-) for the Environmental Protection Agency's Documerica project (US National Archives)