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South Sudanese military police officers monitor the area during a South Sudanese Unified Forces deployment ceremony at the Luri Military Training Centre in Juba on November 15, 2023. (Peter Louis Gume/AFP via Getty Images)
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A woman casts her ballot to vote at a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Karachi on February 8, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pedestrians walks past destroyed Russian military vehicles blanketed in snow in front of Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in downtown Kyiv on November 22, 2023. (Roman Pilpey/AFP via Getty Images)
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks during a meeting of African leaders with Russian President at the Konstantin Palace in Strelna on June 17, 2023 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Contributor via Getty Images)
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