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ANGELINA JOLIE Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker and humaritan. In Fabruary 2001 she went on her first field visit and later she donate 1 million dollars to an international emergency appeal. Over the next decade she went on more than 40 fields missions in over 30 countries. In 2012 she launched a campaign to prevent sexual violence and nowadays she's fighting for women's rights, education and equality.

NEW YORK IS BACK After 11th September of 2001, New York started to loose tourists, but two months later The Big Apple was already on its way to rise. In fact it started a sort of general movement among NYC's attractions and shops to attract tourists. For example a lot of attractions decided to stay open during all Christmas holidays and a lot of shops offered reductions even on the days right before Christmas.  This economic rise was seen as a demonstration of strenght even in the hardest of time.

In Britain tattoos used to be seen mainly on sailors, prisoners and bikers and they were considered a sign of being a rebel. Nowadays they are popular with all kinds of people and it's pretty normal to have a tattoo. The most popular tattoos are names of loved ones, Chinese and Japanese characters, stars and flower. There are also annual tattoos events that attract thousands of visitors, such as the International Tattoo Convention. Tattoos are not just for the young. Many people are now going to get their first tattoos in theirs 40s, 50s, or 60s. At these events you can get a tattoo done or see human bodies completelyt covered in tattoos.

Snapchat is an image messaging and multimedia mobile application created by Evan Spiegel, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown who where former students at Stanford University. They wanted to create a selfie app which allowed users to share images that were explicitly short-lived. The app was launched in September 2011; in 2016 the app achieved almost 10 million daily active users only in the UK. 

The photo shows The Beatles. It's a colorful photo taken in 1969. In the foreground you can see four men crossing Abbey Road in London. In the background there are the street,some cars and houses. The men are tall and slim. Two of them have got long hair and beard. The first man on the left wears a blue suit;the next two wear a black suit with a white shirt; the last man wears a white suit, I've chosen this picture because The Beatles is my favourite group.The atmosphere is peaceful and I like this pictures because it makes me think of a sunny day.

In this pic there are some Jewish survivors of Auschwitz. I've chosen this pic because it shows us the conditions in which they lived. I've chosen this one because the slow pace recalls pain. Quote:  “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.”   ―  Primo Levi This quote makes you understand the cruelty and the ignorance of these men who were ready to kill millions of people without a reason.

Every country has his own traditions,and also his superstitions. There are a lot of superstitions related to presents. For example: Scissor or knives should never be given as a wedding gift as this is believed to lead to a broken marriage; Wine for the new owner would be to signify the years of retirement to come and to savor the sweetness of the life; It is bad luck to give an umbrella as a gift. If you open it inside,you will have bad luck because the umbrella is like a shield and the positive things can't come in.