File:Samuel K. Doe During the 1980 Coup.png

This photograph by Associated Press photographer Sando Moore captures the events just after the Coup d’état in 1980 that had just removed William R. Tolbert, Jr. government from power in Liberia.

The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/12/world/africa/amid-ebola-crisis-liberian-army-sees-its-chance-at-rebranding.html); Photographer: Sando Moore

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