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  • Vehicles pass by a large patriotic banner depicting the Iranian flag on Enghelab Square in Tehran on January 14, 2026. Iran on Januray 14 vowed fast-track trials for people arrested over a massive wave of protests, after US President Donald Trump threatened "very strong action" if the Islamic republic goes ahead with hangings. In Tehran, authorities held a funeral ceremony for over 100 members of the security forces and other "martyrs" killed in the demonstrations, which authorities have branded as "riots" while accusing protesters of waging "acts of terror". (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities, and included economic slogans, to political and anti-government ones.
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  • Mandatory Credit: Photo by STRINGER/EPA/Shutterstock (16215932b) Iranian shopkeepers and traders protest against the economic conditions, as tear gas is fired by anti-riot police in Tehran, Iran, 29 December 2025. Iran is experiencing an economic crisis as the value of its currency declines as a result of tensions between Iran, Israel, and the USA as well as sanctions implemented by the US and EU against Iran. Iranian shopkeepers protest over economic crisis in Tehran, Iran Islamic Republic Of - 29 Dec 2025
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  • ADEN, YEMEN - JANUARY 08: Members of the Homeland Shield Forces, affiliated with Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council take control across the main streets and intersections after seizing control of the southern city of Aden, Yemen on January 08, 2026. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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  • TOPSHOT - This picture taken on January 8, 2026 shows columns of smoke rising from Aleppo's Sheikh Maqsoud and Ashrafieh neighborhoods amid intense clashes between government forces and the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) forces. Syria's military warned civilians in two besieged Kurdish neighbourhoods in the city of Aleppo to leave on December 8, as it prepared to conduct a fresh wave of strikes targeting Kurdish positions. Thousands have already fled the area following clashes between the army and Kurdish-led forces that have killed more than a dozen people. (Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie inspects the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on January 2 in Rafah, Egypt.
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  • Protesters march in downtown Tehran, Iran, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025. (Fars News Agency via AP)
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  • Palestinians live in makeshift tents amid harsh conditions in Nuseirat, Gaza on December 28, 2025. Palestinians living in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip are struggling to carry on with their daily lives under harsh conditions amid the rubble left behind by Israeli attacks. Many displaced families, deprived of basic necessities, are trying to survive in makeshift tents and heavily damaged buildings amid cold weather conditions.
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