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Israeli soldiers sit atop an infantry-fighting vehicle near the border with the Gaza strip in southern Israel on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images)

Apartments undergoing construction on March 19, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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The flags of the European Union in front of the EU Commission headquarters on August 31, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. (Thierry Monasse via Getty Images)

Sailors on the USS Green Bay participate in a visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) drill with JS Osumi of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) as part of Exercise Iron Fist near Japan on March 4, 2023. (US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Cavenaile)

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)

President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine aid in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2024. (Jim Watson via Getty Images)

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