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A picture shows a view of a street with access to a detention center under the Adliyeh (Palace of Justice) bridge (L) of Lebanon's capital Beirut, on August 7, 2022, following a dawn prison break. - More than 30 people fled the detention centre, security forces said, after sawing their way past a prison window, according to a judicial official. (Photo by Anwar AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israeli troops withdraw from Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank after blowing up a house belonging to a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli soldier a few months ago, on December 15, 2018. - Israeli Sergeant Ronen Lubarsky, 20, of the Duvdevan special forces unit, reportedly died on May 26, 2018, two days after being struck on the head by a stone block thrown during an arrest raid. Israeli media said that the block was a granite slab dropped from a third-floor window. (Photo by ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ABBAS MOMANI/AFP via Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Fighters of the UAE-trained Security Belt Force, dominated by members of the the Southern Transitional Council (STC) which seeks independence for south Yemen, ride atop a tank in Yemen's southern coastal town of Shuqrah, east of the city of Aden, on August 27, 2019. - Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates renewed a call earlier this week for peace talks between Yemen's government and southern separatists, urging a ceasefire following deadly clashes. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 09: Hillary Clinton speaks at the Jewish Labor Committee's Annual Human Rights Awards Dinner on December 9, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jeenah Moon/Getty Images)

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Interpol Secretary-General Jurgen Stock gives a speech during the ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the International Criminal Police Organization, more commonly known as INTERPOL, at its headquarters in Lyon, on November 27, 2019. (Photo by ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP) (Photo by ROMAIN LAFABREGUE/AFP via Getty Images)

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