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Portugal's forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates a goal after shooting a penalty kick during the Russia 2018 World Cup Group B football match between Portugal and Spain at the Fisht Stadium in Sochi on June 15, 2018. (Photo by Nelson Almeida / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MOBILE PUSH ALERTS/DOWNLOADS (Photo credit should read NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Jonathan Caines poses in a traditional hobbyhorse costume in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada on Saturday, December 19, 2015.

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"The Afghans"

Boy Mohammad, got bullit in his leg, when he was a mujahedin.
Part of a self organized support group for the disabled in Mazar-e Sharif

The faces of Afghanistan

Zurab was born in a small village near Suxomi. He lost his sight as a small child when he was 2 years. As his parents told him, that he's got a critical illnes which made him lost his sight. During his first teenage years, Zurab moved with his parents to tbilis and started to attend the school for blind people. He was already living in a dormish accomodation in ponichala, seperated from his parents while he went to the school. Right after his graduation, Zurab started to work in the facilities in ponichal and he never went to some other place since he first moved to ponichala.

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China, Guizhou, Yeli Village - March 2015
Yu Guojiang (63 years) bringing manure to his field. Credit: Michele Palazzi/Contrasto/Redux

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Rigobert Youmbi from Cameroon poses for a photo when wearing a body paint in the Russian color prior to the opening match between Russia and Saudi Arabia during the 2018 soccer World Cup at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

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CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 01: Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 2018 reputation Stadium Tour at Soldier Field on June 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by John Shearer/TAS18/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: Aaron Judge #99 of the New York Yankees has his batting helmet knocked off by a foul ball during the third inning against the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium on May 30, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images)

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Palestinian protestors fly a kite loaded with an incendiary towards Israel on June 8, 2018 during a demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip. - Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave have used kites carrying burning cans to set ablaze Israeli fields, torching large patches of farmland near Gaza. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Palestinian protesters using weaponized kites

Palestinian protestors fly a kite loaded with an incendiary towards Israel on June 8, 2018 during a demonstration along the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip. - Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave have used kites carrying burning cans to set ablaze Israeli fields, torching large patches of farmland near Gaza. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP) (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED ABED/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel responds to explosive kites with Gaza strikes

LAMPEDUSA, ITALY - MAY 24: A woman cries after losing her baby in the water as she sits in a rescue boat from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) 'Phoenix' vessel on May 24, 2017 off Lampedusa, Italy. The Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) 'Phoenix' vessel rescued 603 people after one of three wooden boats partially capsized leaving more than 30 people dead. Numbers of refugees and migrants attempting the dangerous central Mediterranean crossing from Libya to Italy has risen since the same time last year with more than 43,000 people recorded so far in 2017. In an attempt to slow the flow of migrants Italy recently signed a deal with Libya, Chad and Niger outlining a plan to increase border controls and add new reception centers in the African nations, which are key transit points for migrants heading to Italy. MOAS is a Malta based NGO dedicated to providing professional search-and-rescue assistance to refugees and migrants in distress at sea. Since the start of the year MOAS have rescued and assisted 3572 people and are currently patrolling and running rescue operations in international waters off the coast of Libya. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Ceiling collapses onto crowded escalator

Osas Ighodaro Ajibade at the red carpet of Ocean 8 premiere held at the filmhouse cinema, Lagos on Sunday, June 17 2018

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TEL AVIV, ISRAEL: Former Israeli energy minister Gonen Segev (C) appears at the Tel Aviv district tribunal 22 April 2004. Segev was remanded in custody after having been arrested on suspicion of attempted drug-trafficking. The court ordered that Segev remain in custody until April 28. Segev, who had served as a minister in the cabinet of the late Labour party prime minister Yitzak Rabin, is accused of trying to smuggle 25,000 ecastasy tablets from Holland by changing the date on an out-of-date diplomatic passport. AFP PHOTO/Yariv KATZ -- ISRAEL OUT (Photo credit should read YARIV KATZ/AFP/Getty Images)

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As the peace march journeyed on through six provinces, the numbers grew, with the initial eight youth being joined by dozens of others, including protesters in as old as 70.

Afghans who marched hundreds of miles for peace arrive in Kabul

Rescue boat carrying migrants from off the coast of Libya.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves the Reichstag housing the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) after a meeting with the leadership of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party on June 14, 2018 in Berlin. - German Chancellor Angela Merkel is facing an escalating row within her conservative camp over the flashpoint issue of immigration that could threaten her political future. (Photo by Michael Kappeler / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty Images)

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A worker carries chairs at a polling station in Cali, Colombia, on May 25, 2018. - Colombia will hold the first round of the presidential election next May 27. (Photo by Luis ROBAYO / AFP) (Photo credit should read LUIS ROBAYO/AFP/Getty Images)

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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 17: Mexicans celebrate at the Angel of Independence after the Mexico National Team victory over Germany in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia on June 17, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Manuel Velasquez / Getty Images)

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Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn presides over the annual royal ploughing ceremony outside Bangkok's royal palace on May 14.

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U.S. Border Patrol agents take a father and son from Honduras into custody near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 near Mission, Texas. The asylum seekers were then sent to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) processing center for possible separation. U.S. border authorities are executing the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political-asylum status. John Moore/Getty Images

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MCALLEN, TX - JUNE 12: A two-year-old Honduran asylum seeker cries as her mother is searched and detained near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and were detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents before being sent to a processing center for possible separation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is executing the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy towards undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions also said that domestic and gang violence in immigrants' country of origin would no longer qualify them for political asylum status. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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A building is seen on fire during riots in Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands province.

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ADANA, TURKEY - JUNE 01: Leader of Turkey's Iyi (Good) Party and presidential candidate, Meral Aksener speaks to supporters at a rally on June 1, 2018 in Adana, Turkey. Meral Aksener and party members campaigned in Hatay, Adana and surrounding areas ahead of the June 24, 2018 parliamentary and presidential elections. Aksener is one of six candidates contesting the snap elections called by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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ADANA, TURKEY - JUNE 01: Leader of Turkey's Iyi (Good) Party and presidential candidate, Meral Aksener speaks to supporters at a rally on June 1, 2018 in Adana, Turkey. Meral Aksener and party members campaigned in Hatay, Adana and surrounding areas ahead of the June 24, 2018 parliamentary and presidential elections. Aksener is one of six candidates contesting the snap elections called by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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A relative of one of the victims of the night club "Los Cotorros" -where a tear gas grenade was detonated- waits outside the morgue in Caracas on June 16, 2018. - Seventeen people, including eight minors, were killed after a brawl broke out during a middle school graduation party and someone detonated the tear gas, sending more than 500 people rushing for the exits (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

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epa06815348 Afghan security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bombing that targeted the participants of a meeting between Taliban militants and the Governor of Nangarhar province, outside the Governor's office in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, 17 June 2018. According to media reports, ten people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion outside the governor's office in the eastern province of Nangarhar as participants were leaving after a meeting to discuss ceasefire between the Afghan government and Talibans. The Taliban on 17 June ordered its fighters not to visit areas controlled by the Afghan government, a day after an attack by the Islamic State terror group against a gathering of insurgents and civilians left 36 dead. EPA/GHULAMULLAH HABIBI ATTENTION: GRAPHIC CONTENT

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FILES) -- A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (C). Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on November 25, 2014. "Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders on their way to Chad to buy fish, " Abubakar Gamandi said. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM

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Pope Francis prays during a weekly general audience in St Peter's square on May 23, 2018 in Vatican.

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The Aquarius rescue ship enters the port of Valencia on June 17, 2018. - The 630 migrants whose rescue sparked a major migration row in Europe began disembarking in Spain after a turbulent week that saw Italy turn away the Aquarius ship. (Photo by Pau Barrena / AFP) (Photo credit should read PAU BARRENA/AFP/Getty Images)

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Women and children migrants who were rescued sleep on board the Aquarius in the "shelter" - an indoor space to shield them from the weather, on June 14, 2018. Most are suffering from sea sickness and are being treated by the MSF medical team with sea sickess medications.

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - SEPTEMBER 27: General view of Burj Khalifa during a heavy fog on September 27, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)

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GINOWAN, Japan - A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft lands at the Marines' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2012, as three more Ospreys flew to the Futenma base for deployment from another base in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Six Ospreys had arrived at Futenma from Iwakuni the previous day. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

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Relatives of the victims of the night club "Los Cotorros" -where a tear gas grenade was detonated earlier today- wait outside the morgue in Caracas on June 16, 2018. - Seventeen people, including eight minors, were killed after a brawl broke out during a middle school graduation party and someone detonated the tear gas, sending more than 500 people rushing for the exits (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo credit should read FEDERICO PARRA/AFP/Getty Images)

17 dead after Venezuela nightclub violence

Stranded migrants disembark in Spain

A taxi driver was detained after hitting pedestrians in central Moscow on Saturday.

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Taxi driver detained after hitting pedestrians in central Moscow. Moscow police said Saturday they had detained a person who drove a taxi onto a sidewalk in a crowded area of central Moscow, saying the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle.

Police: Taxi hits pedestrians, several injured

Alleged Taliban militants meets Afghan people as a group of Taliban visits to greet people as a goodwill gesture amid a three-day ceasefire on second day of Eid al-Fitr, in Ghazni, Afghanistan, 16 June 2018.

Eid celebrations in Afghanistan marred by deadly bombing

Taxi driver detained after hitting pedestrians in central Moscow. Moscow police said Saturday they had detained a person who drove a taxi onto a sidewalk in a crowded area of central Moscow, saying the driver apparently lost control of the vehicle.

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Angelina Jolie visits war-torn Mosul one year after its liberation from ISIS

Yemeni pro-government forces gather at the south of Hodeida airport, in Yemen's Hodeida province on June 15, 2018. - Yemen's rebel chief urged his forces to fight on against pro-government troops pressing a Saudi-backed offensive to retake the key aid hub of Hodeida, as the UN called for the Red sea port to be kept open. (Photo by - / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands evacuate as battle intensifies near Yemen airport

Italian official warns migrant ships not to dock as migrant supporters rally in Rome

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