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Israeli military vehicles cross the fence to the buffer zone witrh Syria near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP)

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - AUGUST 24: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with fellow Brics leaders pose for a family photo with new Bric members at the last day of the Brics summit fellow leaders president, Xi Jinping, China's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, Narendra Modi, India's prime minister, and Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, Iranian president is Ebrahim Raisi, on the closing day of the BRICS summit at the Sandton Convention Center in the Sandton district of Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, South Africa. The Brics summit, held in South Africa between 22-24 August 2023. Brics is made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. New Members are Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia. Some of the things are discussed during the summit is if to expand Brics and accept new members like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and a Brics currency. Vladimir Putin wanted to attend the meetings but South African president Cyril Ramaphosa managed to talk him out of it, as he risked being arrested while in in South Africa, as the ICC, International Criminal Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Mr. Putin's on suspicion of unlawful deportation of children and unlawful transfer of people from the territory of Ukraine to the Russian Federation (Photo by Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 19: Paul Keary, COO of Teneo Holdings attends the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative Gala at Powerhouse at The American Museum of Natural History on November 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)

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A visitor tours the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut on November 7, 2024. The pavilion has chosen to open its doors to the public and provide a an environment of hope for all those wishing to discover its space dedicated to art and culture, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

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A visitor tours the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut on November 7, 2024. The pavilion has chosen to open its doors to the public and provide a an environment of hope for all those wishing to discover its space dedicated to art and culture, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP)

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Iraqi women demonstrate against underage marriage in Tahrir Square in central Baghdad on August 8, 2024, amid parliamentary discussions over a proposed amendment to the Iraqi Personal Status Law. Rights advocates are alarmed by a bill introduced to Iraq's parliament that, they fear, would roll back women's rights and increase underage marriage in the deeply patriarchal society. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)

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iraqdemocracy017_mac.jpg Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution has just returned from Iraq as an advisor to the Coalition Provisional Authority on how to democratize the country. event on 4/23/04 in Palo Alto Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle Ran on: 10-18-2006 Larry Diamond Ran on: 10-18-2006 Larry Diamond (Photo By Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

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