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My Great World is a free photo sharing service with an emphasis on geography. My Great World categorizes images by the country in which the photograph was taken. Users can submit their own images and rank the quality of images on a 1-10 scale.

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"The internationally recognized WorldImages database provides access to the California State University IMAGE Project. It contains almost 75,000 images, is global in coverage and includes all areas of visual imagery."

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Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. They also include audio and video clips from BBC archives.

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"Created by the International Business Center at Michigan State University (IBC), globalEDGE is a knowledge web-portal that connects international business professionals worldwide to a wealth of information, insights, and learning resources on global business activities."

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"Social, Political, Economic and Environmental Issues That Affect Us All"

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AllYouCanRead, a massive media directory of 22,800 local and international magazines and newspapers from all over the world. Over 200 countries are represented at AllYouCanRead.com. - The World's Largest Online Newsstand - 28,000 Newspapers and Magazines from 200 Countries

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World Atlas is an educational resource for world maps, atlases, and in-depth geography information.

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Worldmapper aggregates data from many countries and displays it visually on a flattened global cartogram, which “re-sizes each territory according to the variable being mapped.” (e.g., a population cartogram shows a gigantic China).

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This archive of primary documents from World War One has been assembled by volunteers of the World War I Military History List (WWI-L). International in focus, the archive intends to present in one location primary documents concerning the Great War.

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WWT aggregates terabytes of astronomical data from the world's biggest telescopes to create a single virtual scope that anyone can look through.

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EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.”

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Lists population, government, military, and economic information for nations recognized by the United States.

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Everlater - Everlater is a free application that allows you to record and share your travel experiences all from one spot. To begin, login and create your trip by adding your travel details such as itinerary, destination, cool places you visited, your tips, a review of a restaurant that served a great meal, etc. You can even add people you traveled with.

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The seven-part series from the Guardian and Observer on the history of the first world war.

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Contemporary and historical photographs classified into themes: education, science, social science, culture, and communication. Photographs taken at UNESCO headquarters and in field offices worldwide dating back to 1945. Note that all images require copyright permission for use.

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Demotix, is a news-only voice for hearing the unheard, as well as a alternate channel for aspiring photo- and video-journalists.

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This online atlas illustrates environmental changes by providing both an explanation and satellite images. To access this information, you may click on a UNEP icon on the world map, enter a search term, or select an environment from a variety of lists such as country or environmental theme.

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Since 1946, the United Nations (UN) has produced an annual work known as the Yearbook. This volume serves as the principal reference work on the United Nations and their various activities. Recently, the UN digitized the Yearbooks from 1946 to 2005 and placed them on this very handy website.
Visitors to the homepage can use the drop down menu offered here to look through any of the volumes that interest them. Within each volume, visitors can read through chapters, which usually include sections on political and security matters, economic and social questions, and a host of legal questions. For those persons looking for specific topics, each volume can be searched individually.

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