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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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A Taliban soldier the first anniversary of the US withdrawal from the country in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 31, 2022. (Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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An Apple Store at a usually bustling intersection in a popular shopping district after recent COVID-19 outbreaks on May 23, 2022, in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
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Mourners react during a funeral for victims killed in a fire at a Coptic church in Giza on August 14, 2022. (Mahmoud Elkhwas/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Salman Rushdie does a reading in New York City on April 15, 2016. (Al Pereira/Getty Images)
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Evacuees await their departure at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021. (Gunnery Sergeant Melissa Marnell/USMC)
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Egyptian university students gather on November 26, 2013, in Alexandria, Egypt, to protest the anti-demonstration law, which bans protests without prior police approval. (Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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Christian devotees take part in a holy procession on Good Friday in Kampala, Uganda, on April 15, 2022. (Nicholas Kajoba/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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The China-donated Gwadar Technical and Vocational Institute in southwest Pakistan's Gwadar on October 1, 2021, just after the building's completion. (Photo by Str/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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A protest in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 22, 2018, after an attack in Benue state that killed at least 18, including two Roman Catholic priests. (Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images)
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Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan waves to supporters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on July 2, 2022, during a protest rally against inflation, political destabilization, and hikes in fuel prices. (Photo by Farpq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images)
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Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
