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Article thumbnail: A journalist takes images of Girl with a Pearl Earring during a press preview of the Vermeer exhibit at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, which unveils its blockbuster exhibition of 28 paintings by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer drawn from galleries around the world. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Article thumbnail: A journalist takes images of Girl with a Pearl Earring during a press preview of the Vermeer exhibit at Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023, which unveils its blockbuster exhibition of 28 paintings by 17th-century Dutch master Johannes Vermeer drawn from galleries around the world. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY JANUARY 27 Undated handout photo courtesy of Cathy de Lara of two guns found at the site known as the unknown Protected Wreck. Scientists have solved the mystery of the identity of a 17th century Dutch warship wrecked off the coast of England while carrying slabs of fine Italian marble. The unknown Protected Wreck off the coast of Sussex has been identified as the Dutch warship Klein Hollandia. Issue date: Friday January 27, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SCIENCE Shipwreck. Photo credit should read: Cathy de Lara/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: EMBARGOED TO 0001 FRIDAY JANUARY 27 Undated handout photo courtesy of Cathy de Lara of two guns found at the site known as the unknown Protected Wreck. Scientists have solved the mystery of the identity of a 17th century Dutch warship wrecked off the coast of England while carrying slabs of fine Italian marble. The unknown Protected Wreck off the coast of Sussex has been identified as the Dutch warship Klein Hollandia. Issue date: Friday January 27, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story SCIENCE Shipwreck. Photo credit should read: Cathy de Lara/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.
Article thumbnail: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte addresses a speech on the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, in the National Archives in The Hague, on December 19, 2022. - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on December 19, 2022, officially apologised for 250 years of the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, calling it a crime against humanity. (Photo by Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte addresses a speech on the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, in the National Archives in The Hague, on December 19, 2022. - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on December 19, 2022, officially apologised for 250 years of the Netherlands' involvement in slavery, calling it a crime against humanity. (Photo by Robin van Lonkhuijsen / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)
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