graffiti

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A utility box painted with the Irish flag colors and spray-painted with the letters IRA in black, located on a sidewalk in Derry, Northern Ireland.

The Empire State Building rises in the background above a colorful graffiti-covered wall under a dramatic, cloudy sky.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Corrected display issue.	Adam Zeidan	May 06, 2020
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Dec 07, 2017
	Article revised and updated.	Amy Tikkanen	Oct 26, 2006
	Article thoroughly revised.	Michael Levy	Aug 03, 2006