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[caption id="attachment_55238664" align="alignnone" width="620"] A young Syrian protester holds a sign calling for a no-fly zone during a…

[caption id="attachment_55238644" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iraqi's protest against Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Kirkuk, February 2013…

[caption id="attachment_55238607" align="alignnone" width="620"] Malian Tuareg soldiers patrol in the streets of Gao on February 3. Source: 2013SIA…

[caption id="attachment_55238551" align="alignnone" width="620"] Great mosque of Samarra, excavation photograph, 1911-13. Source: Juliet Highet[…

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[caption id="attachment_55238430" align="aligncenter" width="618"] Palestinians hold placards bearing anti- US and USAID slogans during a protest…

[caption id="attachment_55238461" align="alignnone" width="620"] UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks on September 17, 2012 before a…

[caption id="attachment_55238420" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani (L) and Turkey's Foreign Minister…