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Middle East
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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)
![Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, parade in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10343/feature_2014_06_03_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=wqVXTJtE)
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Palestinian militants of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, parade in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on May 29, 2014. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images)
![Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba speaks during a press conference during the 'Friends of Syria' meeting on May 15, 2014 in London, England. (Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10311/feature_2014_06_02_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=G0DfNaky)
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Syrian Opposition Coalition President Ahmad Jarba speaks during a press conference during the 'Friends of Syria' meeting on May 15, 2014 in London, England. (Matt Dunham - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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![Iran fans prior to the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 at the Zentralstadion on June 21, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. (Clive Mason/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10327/feature_2014_05_29_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=txJdKJf7)
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Iran fans prior to the FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 at the Zentralstadion on June 21, 2006 in Leipzig, Germany. (Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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![Clerics sit next to a screen showing Dutch priest Frans van der Lugt during a remembrance ceremony for the dead priest in the Sint Nicolaasbasiliek in Amsterdam, on April 11, 2014. (REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10303/feature_2014_05_20_nina.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=EuxkKuvF)
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Clerics sit next to a screen showing Dutch priest Frans van der Lugt during a remembrance ceremony for the dead priest in the Sint Nicolaasbasiliek in Amsterdam, on April 11, 2014. (REMKO DE WAAL/AFP/Getty Images)
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![A South Sudanese woman in Juba on July 7, 2011 as part of preparations for independence celebrations when South Sudan secedes from the north. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10296/feature_2014_05_17_nina.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=bvBcwQfZ)
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A South Sudanese woman in Juba on July 7, 2011 as part of preparations for independence celebrations when South Sudan secedes from the north. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
![Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest Israel's military offensive against Palestine and Lebanon July 13, 2006 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10292/feature_2014_05_15_lee_smith.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=SncmPaS9)
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest Israel's military offensive against Palestine and Lebanon July 13, 2006 in San Francisco. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
![A poster showing Imam Abubakar Shekau, leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, declared wanted by the Nigerian military. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/10284/feature_2014_05_09_nina.png?h=ae002e9f&itok=eNXM7iWr)
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A poster showing Imam Abubakar Shekau, leader of the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, declared wanted by the Nigerian military. (PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)