A TV journalist prepares to do a piece to camera in front of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region on 24, 2014.
A TV journalist prepares to do a piece to camera in front of an armoured personnel carrier (APC) on the frontline between Ukrainian forces and pro Russian separatists near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve, in the Donetsk region on 24, 2014. © Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

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Elizardo Sanchez, head of the banned but tolerated Cuban National Human Rights Commission, talks with journalists after meeting with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson at the Residence of the Chief of Mission of the U.S. Interests Section January 23, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. © Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Moldovan president Maia Sandu talks to the media outside a polling station after casting her vote on September 28, 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. © Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images
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People remove possessions and inspect their homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 13, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. © Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
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Flowers and candles laid out during a vigil honouring journalists killed in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues. Washington, D.C., 11 Aug 2025. © Mehmet Eser/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. © Stringer/Getty Images
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A woman looks at pictures of the bodies of prisoners recovered from prisons around Damascus on 16 December 2024. © Chris McGrath/Getty Images
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Captured Russian soldier, Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sgt. Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a civilian on a bicycle in the village of Chupakhivka, Sumy Region, days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Captured Russian soldier, Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, attends a court hearing on May 18, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Sgt. Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a civilian on a bicycle in the village of Chupakhivka, Sumy Region, days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. © Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Relatives of drug war victims hold pictures of their loved ones during a gathering on March 12, 2025 in Quezon city, Metro Manila, Philippines. © Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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A woman waves the flag of the Syrian rebels as people gather to celebrate the fall of the government, in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Rebel forces in Syria claimed that they had retaken the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country. © Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images
A woman waves the flag of the Syrian rebels as people gather to celebrate the fall of the government, in Umayyad Square on December 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Rebel forces in Syria claimed that they had retaken the capital from longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad, who was reported to have fled the country. © Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images
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Castillo, Abregú and Portela, three cases of hangings in police stations in Buenos Aires province reported by the relatives of the deceased. © elDiarioAR
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Religious groups that dominate the political system in Iraq have been pushing to erode women’s rights in the country for more than a decade. Illustration by Jumar.media
Religious groups that dominate the political system in Iraq have been pushing to erode women’s rights in the country for more than a decade. Illustration by Jumar.media
Iraqi Women Fight for Their Rights
Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
Broadcast journalists record as smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes that hit the city's southern suburbs early in the morning on October 2, 2024 in Beirut, Lebanon. After escalating strikes against Hezbollah facilities and leadership, the Israeli army announced it was launching a "limited" ground invasion of Lebanon and told residents of more than two dozen villages in the southern part of the country to evacuate. © Daniel Carde/Getty Images
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