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A boy climbs on the fortification of the castle ruins overlooking the Danube and Austria in Devin, Slovakia on June 26, 2010. Located beside the Danube, many tried to escape the former communist regime by swimming a mere 40 meters to Austria, one of the shortest crossing points from east to west during the Cold War, and died in the process.
© Amanda Rivkin / The Slovak Spectator