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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Former Prime Minister Imran Khan gestures during a lawyers convention in Lahore, Pakistan, on September 21, 2022. (Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images)
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Policemen stand guard as students take part in an anti-government demonstration in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 18, 2022. (Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP via Getty Images)
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A woman holds a sign during a protest over the death of Iranian Mahsa Amini outside the Iranian Consulate on October 7, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Chris McGrath via Getty images)
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A Pakistani teenager paddles a makeshift raft with his younger siblings in Khairpur, Pakistan, on September 12, 2022, following massive flooding. (Asad Zaidi via UNICEF)
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People gather in protest against the the Iranian regime on September 19, 2022, in Tehran, Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of the country's morality police. (Getty Images)
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Vladimir Putin on a screen set at Red Square in central Moscow as he addresses a rally marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine on September 30, 2022. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anti-regime protests in Tehran, Iran, on October 8, 2022. (AFP via Getty Images)
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Cardinal Joseph Zen preaches a sermon during a mass at the Holy Cross Church on May 24, 2022, in Hong Kong, China. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
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Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
