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A man and a child walk along a road with red lanterns hanging on trees for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations at a park in Beijing on January 11, 2023. (Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)
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A general view shows a church between a construction site and residential and commercial buildings in Seoul on November 21, 2023. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)
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"Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor" (1882), an oil painting by William Halsall. (Getty Images)
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Taliban security personnel stand guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on the eve of the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan on August 13, 2024. (Sanaullah Seiam/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anti-government protestors storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 5, 2024. (K M Asad/AFP via Getty Images)
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China's President Xi Jinping speaks at the "Senior Chinese Leader Event" in San Francisco, California, on November 15, 2023. (Carlos Barria/AFP via Getty Images)
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