PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY: IJN BATTLESHIP MUSASHI DURING EARLY SEA TRIALS, JUNE-JULY 1942

The 72,000 tons (fully loaded) battleship, flagship of the Combined Fleet, remained in commission just over two years, from August 1942, until she was sunk at the Battle of the Leyte Gulf in October 1944, after being struck by at least 17 bombs, 19 torpedoes and 18 near misses.

-Colorization by Atsushi Yamashita. This photo is actually a clever composite made from three separate images during her trials at the Kure Naval Arsenal, and reveals a wealth of detail about the ship's massive upperworks. The sides of the conning tower had 50 cm of armor.

PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DAY: LOCAL SELF-DEFENSE PERUVIAN MILITIA AGAINST THE SHINING PATH, April 12, 1990

 After the Sendero Luminoso's (Shining Path) attacks in Chuppac, Department of Ayacucho, which occurred on April 8, 1990, the people of that community set up peasant patrols with the support of the Peruvian Army. Between 1980 and 2000, the armed conflict in Peru claimed the lives of some 70,000 people making it the bloodiest war in Peruvian history since the European colonization. 

-Photo by Jorge Torres. Yuyanapaq, Para recordar. Relato visual del conflicto armado interno en el Perú. https://issuu.com/kath.../docs/yuyaexhibitbook_singles_part1