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A robot from AgiBot is seen during the Global Developer Conference, organized by the Shanghai AI Industry Association, in Shanghai on February 21, 2025. (Hector Retamal via Getty Images)
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Taliban security forces demonstrate their skills during the ceremony in Guzara district of Herat province on June 22, 2023. (Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images)
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A screen displays a portrait of re-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin following the announcement of the official results in the three-day presidential election at Russia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC) in Moscow on March 21, 2024. (Stringer 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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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) members march during the annual anti-Israel Al Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, on April 29, 2022. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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A high angle view of Raja Ghazanfar Ali Road in the old city area of Saddar, Karachi. (Getty Images)
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Xi Jinping makes a public pledge of allegiance to the constitution at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, on March 10, 2023. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi on March 7, 2023. (Iranian Presidency Office)
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The second oil well drilled, outside of the Otuabagi community, continues to leak crude despite being capped in Bayelsa, Nigeria. (James Barnett via New Lines Magazine)
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A man holding his smartphone stands under an anti-Social networking banner in Tehran, Iran, on December 3, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Joshua Meservey
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Nate Sibley
Fellow and Director, Kleptocracy Initiative
