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A protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 22, 2018, after an attack in Benue state that killed at least 18, including two Roman Catholic priests. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)

Sudanese demonstrators perfom the Friday noon prayers in the southern area of Khartoum on July 1, 2022, a day after a mass demonstration joined by tens of thousands was met with the deadliest violence so far this year. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

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Clergymen carry white coffins containing the bodies of priests allegedly killed by Fulani herdsmen, for burial at Ayati-Ikpayongo in Gwer East district of Benue State, north-central Nigeria on May 22, 2018. (Emmy Ibu/AFP via Getty Images)

Notre Dame of Africa church in Algeria. (Photo by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Cardinal Joseph Zen speaks during an interview with AFP at the Salesian House of Studies in Hong Kong. (Photo by Isaac Lawrence/AFP via Getty Images)

Members of the Portuguese chapter of Falun Gong demonstrate outside Belem Palace on July 12, 2017 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Horacio Villalobos/Corbis via Getty Images)

Protesters hold signs accusing Putin of war crimes as demonstrators gather in Trafalgar Square calling for unity against Russia on March 20, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Martin Pope/Getty Images)