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A serviceman of Security Service of Ukraine escorts Chinese prisoner of war in Kyiv on April 14, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, in Strasbourg, France, on October 4, 2023. (Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud walk away after a photoshoot at the US Department of State, in Washington, DC, on April 9, 2025. (Photo by Andrew Thomas/Middle East Images via AFP)
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Palestinian members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a gathering on January 31, 2016, in Gaza City. (Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images)
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A Ukrainian soldier conducts training on April 8, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Ahmed al-Shara meet during the fourth edition of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Türkiye, on April 11, 2025. (Turkish Presidency via Getty Images)
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A Pakistani soldier in the South Waziristan District on October 18, 2017. (Getty Images)
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