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A statue of Mao Zedong in Lijiang, China. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The national flags of the Maldives and China flutter at Tiananmen Square on January 9, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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The US flag flies above a sign marking the US Department of Justice headquarters on January 20, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers remarks during a joint press conference with US President Joe Biden in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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FARDC (Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo) soldiers escort civilian vehicles transporting goods from Beni toward Komanda on March 19, 2022. (Photo by Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during the China Development Forum 2024 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on March 24, 2024, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Fu Tian/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)

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Believers pray at the Church of Saint Yuri the Victorious on Holy Cross Sunday in Lviv, Ukraine, April 7, 2024. (Pavlo Palamarchuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is saluted by members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force during an International Fleet Review on November 6, 2022, off Yokosuka, Japan. (Photo by Issei Kato/Pool/Getty Images)

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A member of a Ukrainian artillery brigade during a training session near Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images)