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Narendra Modi flashes victory sign in New Delhi on June 4, 2024. (Money Sharma/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif addresses an audience at the party office of Pakistan Muslim League in Lahore, Pakistan, on February 9, 2024. (Photo by Elke Scholiers/Getty Images)
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A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortres and other aircraft fly in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on February 24, 2024, in the Philippine Sea. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Thomas Gooley)
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