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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)
![Iraqi priest Monsignor Pios Cacha celebrating a mass at the Mar Yussef Church in central Baghdad, February 22, 2013. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10388/feature_2014_06_19_lela.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=iIp5xgmT)
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Iraqi priest Monsignor Pios Cacha celebrating a mass at the Mar Yussef Church in central Baghdad, February 22, 2013. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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![U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden walk into the Rose Garden of the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10385/feature_2014_06_18_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=tZVF_BJg)
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U.S. President Barack Obama and U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden walk into the Rose Garden of the White House June 30, 2014 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
![An Iraqi Christian family live in a tent at a displacement camp for Christians after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10377/feature_2014_06_17_nina.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=Ni1HNRhA)
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An Iraqi Christian family live in a tent at a displacement camp for Christians after having to flee their district on June 26, 2014 in Erbil, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
![Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10366/feature_2014_06_16_sam.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=8saoioBf)
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Egyptians wave national flags in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10389/feature_2014_06_14_naser.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=Vc2Z5dML)
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Kurdish soldiers with the Peshmerga keep guard near the frontline with Sunni militants on June 25, 2014 on the outskirts of Kirkuk, Iraq.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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![Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10363/feature_2014_06_13_sam.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=2yWoDbtC)
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Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Iraqi Shiite tribesmen gather to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants, Najaf, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10367/feature_2014_06_12_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=Q4knQHl6)
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Iraqi Shiite tribesmen gather to join Iraqi security forces in the fight against Jihadist militants, Najaf, Iraq, June 16, 2014. (HAIDAR HAMDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
![Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of the vote in Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10351/feature_2014_06_11_tadros.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=vxFrcZ31)
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Egyptians celebrate in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 3, 2014 after ex-army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won 96.9 percent of the vote in Egypt's presidential election. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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![Iraqi Christians at St. Joseph church in Arbil, Iraq, on April 12, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10352/feature_2014_06_10_nina.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=UxGNupkj)
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Iraqi Christians at St. Joseph church in Arbil, Iraq, on April 12, 2014. (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)