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A Philippine Air Force Black Hawk helicopter lands on June 29, 2023, on Mavulis Island, which is the Philippines’ northernmost island and is roughly 88 miles from Taiwan. (Getty Images)
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Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach during the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on February 04, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Xie Huanchi - Pool/Getty Images)
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MP of the Finland's Christian Democrats Paivi Rasanen holds a bible as she speaks to media ahead of a court session at the Helsinki District Court in Helsinki, Finland on January 24, 2022. (Photo by Antti Aimo-Koivisto/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gives a speech on U.S. Africa Policy at the Economic Community of West African States in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021. (Photo by ANDREW HARNIK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)