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![Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/2022-09/GettyImages-964322666.jpg?h=b2774bcf&itok=8LR2ZEhQ)
![A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10522/feature_2014_08_06_lee_smith.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=cUvlWQvU)
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A Palestinian man looks out over destruction in part of Gaza City's al-Tufah neighbourhood as the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip entered a second day on August 6, 2014. (MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images)
![An Iraqi Christian fleeing the violence in the towns of Qaraqush and Bartala prays at the Saint George church on July 1, 2014 in Arbil.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10510/feature_2014_08_05_nina.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=Pzw-kSPj)
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An Iraqi Christian fleeing the violence in the towns of Qaraqush and Bartala prays at the Saint George church on July 1, 2014 in Arbil.(KARIM SAHIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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![A tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10503/feature_2014_08_04_lee_smithtunnel.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=XcfpQTqw)
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A tunnel built underground by Hamas militants leading from the Gaza Strip into Southern Israel, seen on August 4, 2014 near the Israeli Gaza border. (Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)
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![Libyans take part in a demonstration in the capital Tripoli on July 31, 2014, calling for international intervention to protect civilians. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10509/feature_2014_08_03_marlowe.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=93ht6GcB)
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Libyans take part in a demonstration in the capital Tripoli on July 31, 2014, calling for international intervention to protect civilians. (MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP/Getty Images)
![Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands during a meeting in Tehran held by the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on August 4, 2014. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10502/feature_2014_08_01_lee_smith.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=7KCrIwH4)
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (L) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands during a meeting in Tehran held by the Palestine Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on August 4, 2014. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Israeli navy vessels patrolling the Mediterranean Sea, July 9, 2014. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10498/feature_2014_07_31_arthur.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=qcJ_i7pY)
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Israeli navy vessels patrolling the Mediterranean Sea, July 9, 2014. (JACK GUEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
![Syrians hold pictures of re-elected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus after Assad was announced as the winner of the country's presidential elections on June 4, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10487/feature_2014_07_30_hillel_libby.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=PeNQU71j)
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Syrians hold pictures of re-elected Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus after Assad was announced as the winner of the country's presidential elections on June 4, 2014. (JOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images)
![US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) in the garden at the Turkish ambassador's residence in Paris, July 26, 2014. (CHARLES DHARAPAK/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10504/feature_2014_07_30_lee_smith.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=0maj587g)
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US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) in the garden at the Turkish ambassador's residence in Paris, July 26, 2014. (CHARLES DHARAPAK/AFP/Getty Images)
![Iraqi Christians attend Sunday mass at the Virgin Mary Chaldean church in the Karrada neighborhood of the capital Baghdad on July 27, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10484/feature_2014_07_29_nina.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=zRtALl2d)
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Iraqi Christians attend Sunday mass at the Virgin Mary Chaldean church in the Karrada neighborhood of the capital Baghdad on July 27, 2014. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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