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Egyptian Coptic Christians at the Virgin Mary church on May 16, 2014 in Cairo's Road al-Farag district. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10430/feature_2014_07_11_seth.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=wIz8N8g8)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, in the central Gaza Strip on June 30, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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Bombed police checkpoint, Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq, June 9, 2014 (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP/Getty Images).
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![A Palestinian youth take part in military-inspired exercises organised by the Islamist movement Hamas on June 19, 2014 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10424/feature_2014_07_08_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=xPMGShKa)
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A Palestinian youth take part in military-inspired exercises organised by the Islamist movement Hamas on June 19, 2014 in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
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![India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.(RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10414/feature_2014_07_04_aparna.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=Tv_IMMc-)
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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting in New Delhi on May 27, 2014.(RAVEENDRAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10409/feature_2014_07_01_sam1.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=XHTkN7nE)
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Egyptian demonstrators clash with Egyptian police in central Cairo during a protest to demand the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak and calling for reforms on January 25, 2011. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/GettyImages)
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![Iraqi Kurds hold the Kurdish flag and a poster of Iraqi Kurdistan's regional president Masoud Barzani (R) in Akra, Iraq's, March 20, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10410/feature_2014_07_01_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=IPHiu4QX)
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Iraqi Kurds hold the Kurdish flag and a poster of Iraqi Kurdistan's regional president Masoud Barzani (R) in Akra, Iraq's, March 20, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Iranian elite revolutionary guards march during an annual military parade in Tehran on September 22, 2011. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10395/feature_2014_06_30_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=Jn9sYGZo)
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Iranian elite revolutionary guards march during an annual military parade in Tehran on September 22, 2011. (ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Israelis mourn and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2014 after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10406/feature_2014_06_30_lela.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=BuElzHHV)
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Israelis mourn and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on June 30, 2014 after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. (OREN ZIV/AFP/Getty Images)
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