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Africa

Also known as African continent · Afrika · afrikanischer Kontinent

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Kenya

Inside Africa

Also known as ke · Kenia · la République du Kenya

Country in East Africa.

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Nairobi

Inside Kenya

Also known as Kenya capital · Kenya capital city · Kenyan capital

Capital and largest city of Kenya.

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Libya

Inside Africa

Also known as Estado de Libia · LBA · l’État de Libye

North African country containing Benghazi.

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Benghazi

Inside Libya

Also known as Banġāzī · Bengasi · Bengazi

Libyan city and the central setting of the 2012 Benghazi attack depicted in 13 Hours.

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Asia

Also known as Asia continental · Asian continent · asiatischer Kontinent

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Afghanistan

Inside Asia

Also known as Af. · Afeganistão · Affghanistan

Country in Central and South Asia.

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China

Inside Asia

Also known as All under Heaven · Cathay · Celestial Kingdom

The broad geographic setting of the story.

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Hong Kong

Inside China

Also known as CN-91 · H. K. · HK

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India

Inside Asia

Also known as Al Hind · Bharata · Bharat Ganarajya

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Kolkata

Inside India

Also known as Cal · Calcuta · Calcutta

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Iraq

Inside Asia

Also known as al-‘Irāq · iq · Irak

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Baghdad

Inside Iraq

Also known as Bagdá · Bagdad · Bagdade

Baghdad was the political and military center of occupied Iraq and a major site of insurgent and sectarian violence.

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Fallujah

Inside Iraq

Also known as Al Falludża · Falloudja · Fallouja

Fallujah was a major center of insurgent resistance and the site of two major battles involving U.S. forces in 2004.

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Ramadi

Inside Iraq

Also known as Ar-Ramadi

Ramadi, in Anbar Province, was a major arena of fighting between U.S. forces and insurgents during the Iraq War.

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Israel

Inside Asia

Also known as Estado de Israel · Estado Judeu · État d'Israël

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Nazareth

Inside Israel

Also known as an-Nāṣira · Naṣrath · Natzrat

Galilean village traditionally associated with Jesus’s upbringing and early life.

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Jerusalem

Inside Asia

Also known as Aelia Capitolina · Al-Kuds · al-Quds

The major political and religious center of Judea and the setting for much of the film’s story.

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Thailand

Inside Asia

Also known as Kingdom of Siam · Kingdom of Thailand · Königreich Thailand

Country in Southeast Asia.

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Yemen

Inside Asia

Also known as Iemen · Iémene · Jemen

Country in West Asia.

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Europe

Also known as Alter Kontinent · continente europeo · continente europeu

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France

Inside Europe

Also known as Fr. · França · Francia

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Forbach

Inside France

Also known as Fuerboch

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Germany

Inside Europe

Also known as Alemanha · Alemania · All.

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Berlin

Inside Germany

Also known as BE · Berlim · Berlín, Alemania

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Poland

Inside Europe

Also known as la République de Pologne · Pol. · Polen

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Auschwitz-Birkenau

Inside Poland

Also known as Au. · Auschwitz · Auschwitz Birkenau Concentration and Extermination Camp

Nazi German concentration and extermination camp complex to which Jewish prisoners from occupied Poland were deported and murdered.

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Warsaw

Inside Poland

Also known as Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa · m. st. Warszawa · Varsovia

Political center of the Commonwealth during the succession and mobilization period preceding the Ottoman invasion.

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Spain

Inside Europe

Also known as Esp. · Espagne · España

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Basque Country

Inside Spain

Also known as Basca · Baskenland · Baskonia

Historic and cultural land of the Basque people.

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Madrid

Inside Spain

Also known as Madrid (Espagne) · Madrid, Spanien · Madryt

Capital of Spain and central setting of the 23-F coup attempt and the 1808 Madrid uprising.

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Switzerland

Inside Europe

Also known as Confederação Helvética · Confederação Suíça · Confederación Helvética

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United Kingdom

Inside Europe

Also known as El Reino Unido · G B · G B R

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England

Inside United Kingdom

Also known as Ang. · Angleterre · Anglia

The kingdom attempting to exercise control over Scotland during the conflict.

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London

Inside England

Also known as Augusta · Big Smoke · Greater London

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North America

Also known as 003 (UN M.49 code) · América del Norte · America del Norte y America Central

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Canada

Inside North America

Also known as CA · CAN · Dominio de Canadá

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United States

Inside North America

Also known as América · Amerika · Amérique

The national setting for Rogers’s television career, public-education work, and cultural influence.

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California

Inside United States

Also known as Cal. · California (Estados Unidos) · California, United States

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Fruitvale station

Inside California

Also known as Fruitvale · Fruitvale (Metro de San Francisco)

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Los Angeles

Inside California

Also known as Cidade de Los Angeles · Cité des Anges · City of Angels

A significant early-career location in Charles’s emergence as a professional recording and touring musician.

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San Francisco

Inside California

Also known as Baghdad by the Bay · Cidade e Condado de São Francisco · City and County of San Francisco

City in California, United States.

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Hawaii

Inside United States

Also known as El Estado de Aloha · Estado de Hawái · Estado do Havaí

The U.S. state forming the broader regional setting of the film.

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Kauaʻi

Inside United States

Also known as Kauai · Liste de films tournés à Kauai

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Massachusetts

Inside United States

Also known as 6th State · Bay State · Commonwealth of MA

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Boston

Inside Massachusetts

Also known as Beantown · Bean Town · Bostonia

Capital of Massachusetts and principal setting of Black Mass.

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Nevada

Inside United States

Also known as Estado de Nevada · Estado de Plata · Nevada (Estados Unidos)

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Las Vegas

Inside Nevada

Also known as A Capital Mundial do Entretenimento · Capitale du jeu · Cidade de Las Vegas

City in Nevada, United States.

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New York

Inside United States

Also known as Empire State · Estado del Imperio · estado de Nova Iorque

U.S. state containing Roslyn, Long Island, the setting of the school-embezzlement scandal depicted in Bad Education.

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New York City

Inside New York

Also known as Capital del Mundo · Capital do Mundo · Capital of the World

The metropolitan setting surrounding LaGuardia Airport, the flight path, rescue response, and media attention.

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Brooklyn

Inside New York City

Also known as Brooklyn, New York · Brooklyn, New York City · Brooklyn, New York City, New York

Borough of New York City.

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Pennsylvania

Inside United States

Also known as Bundesstaat Pennsylvania · Commonwealth de Pennsylvanie · Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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Pittsburgh

Inside Pennsylvania

Also known as City of Bridges · City of Pittsburgh · Ciudad de Hierro

The Pennsylvania city where Fred Rogers developed his public-television career and where Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was produced.

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Silicon Valley

Inside United States

Also known as Dolina Krzemowa · Krzemowa Dolina · Siliconvalley

Technology region in Northern California.

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Utah

Inside United States

Also known as Beehive State · Bienenstaat · Deseret

The U.S. state containing Bluejohn Canyon and the broader landscape depicted in the film.

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Bluejohn Canyon

Inside Utah

Also known as Blue John Canyon

A remote slot canyon in southeastern Utah and the site of Ralston’s 2003 entrapment and self-rescue.

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Virginia

Inside United States

Also known as Antiguo Dominio · Commonwealth de Virginie · Commonwealth of Virginia

The Tidewater Virginia region was the setting for Jamestown and early English-Powhatan encounters.

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Washington, D.C.

Inside United States

Also known as City of Washington, D.C. · ciudad de Washington · D.C.

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Oceania

Also known as Insular Oceania · islas del Pacífico · Novíssimo Mundo

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Australia

Inside Oceania

Also known as Aussieland · Australie · Australien

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Russia

Also known as Federação Russa · Federación de Rusia · Federación Rusa

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