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Policemen stand guard while supporters of slain Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio pay their respects during an act organized by the Movimiento Construye party and friends at the Quito Exhibition Center in Quito on August 11, 2023. (Rodrigo Buendia/AFP via Getty Images)
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An A4 paper was seen held by a protester during the demonstration outside the Chinese embassy in London on December 5, 2022. (Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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The Israel Missile Defense Organization of the Directorate of Defense Research and Development and the US Missile Defense Agency completed a successful flight test campaign with the Arrow-3 Interceptor missile at Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska in Kodiak, Alaska, on July 23, 2019. (Missile Defense Agency via DVIDS)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on December 2, 2019, in Beijing, China. (Noel Celis/Pool via Getty Images)
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General Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of Nigeia's presidential guard who declared himself the new leader of the country after a coup, in Niamey, Niger, on July 28, 2023. (Balima Boureima/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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The US Capitol building is shrouded in haze as smoke from wildfires in Canada brings unhealthy air quality to the East Coast in Washington, DC, on June 7, 2023. ( Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Reform supporters wrapped in Israeli flags look on during a pro-reform demonstration in front of the Knesset, Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023. (Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Paramilitary soldiers cordon off the Supreme Court after arrival of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Islamabad, Pakistan, on May 11, 2023. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at an anti-government march in Gujranwala, Pakistan, on November 1, 2022, two days before he was shot in the foot at another rally. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)
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