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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping enter the hall during a signing ceremony on May 20, 2026, in Beijing, China. (Getty Images)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets crowds of supporters during a roadshow in support of state elections on March 4, 2022, in Varanasi, India. (Ritesh Shukla via Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Grand Democratic Alliance party gather during a protest rally in Jamshoro on February 16, 2024, amid claims of alleged vote-rigging in Pakistan's national elections. (Akram Shahid via Getty Images)
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Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi during the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 High Level Segment meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on December 1, 2023. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Polling staff open ballot boxes in the presence of poling agents from various political parties as they start counting votes at the end of Pakistan's national elections on February 8, 2024. (Banaras Khan/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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An Indian Sea King Helicopter arrives at Kakinada Beach, India, carrying casualties during Tiger TRIUMPH on November 20, 2019. (Armando Elizalde via DVIDS)
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Soldiers from Task Force Stalwart on March 28, 2018, in a post in the outskirts of Afghanistan. (US Army via DVIDS)
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Military troops patrol near a polling station during Pakistan's national elections in Lahore on February 8, 2024. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)
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Pakistan election commission workers prepare election materials at a distribution center in Karachi on February 6, 2024. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Afghan men load food packets from the World Food Programme onto a vehicle in Baraki Barak, Afghanistan, on January 7, 2024. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joint session of the National Assembly and Senate in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 14, 2020. (Murat Kula via Getty Images)
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Commuters move past the Pakistan People's Party flags hung over a street in Karachi on January 16, 2024, ahead of the country's upcoming general elections. (Asif Hassan/AFP via Getty Images)
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Aparna Pande
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Adela Raz
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