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Laboratory technicians work on samples to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a testing facility in Wuhan, China on August 4, 2021. (Getty Images)
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A billboard promoting contract army service with the slogan reading "Serving Russia is a real job" sits in Saint Petersburg on September 20, 2022. (Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images)
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A view of Mile Handmade Wool Carpet Factory on May 28, 2024, in the Uyghur Autonomous Regio, China. (Photo by Zhe Ji/Getty Images)
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The George Washington Bridge displays its American flag on February 19, 2024, in New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn via Getty Images)
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Mourners attend the funeral of Iran's president in Tehran on May 22, 2024. (Hadis Faghiri/Fars News Agency via Getty Images)
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Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
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A screen displays a portrait of re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin following the announcement of the official results in the three-day presidential election at Russia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Moscow on March 21, 2024. (Stringer via Getty Images)
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Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members march during the annual anti-Israel Al Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A high angle view of Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road in the old city area of Saddar, Karachi. (Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 10, 2023. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
