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President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.
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President-elect Donald J. Trump entering the state of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States inside the Capitol Rotunda of the US Capitol building in Washington, D.C., Monday, January 20, 2025.
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An artist gives final touches to a painting of US President-elect Donald Trump in Amritsar, in India's state of Punjab, on January 19, 2025.
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A Palestinian man reacts while riding a horse-drawn cart as he returns to his devastated neighbourhood, following a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, January 19, 2025.
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Freed Palestinian prisoner Nidaa Zaghebi is greeted by her daughters after her release from an Israeli jail as part of a hostage swap and a ceasefire deal in Gaza between Hamas and Israel in Jenin on January 20, 2025.
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The destroyed statue of Syria's former president Hafez al-Assad, the father of Bashar al-Assad, the leader of the 61-year Baath regime that collapsed in Syria, in Deir Atiye of Damascus countryside, Syria on January 19, 2025.
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Men ride horses through a bonfire made of pine branches after the horses were blessed by a priest to protect them during the 'Las Luminarias' festival in the town of San Bartolome de Pinares in Avila, Spain on January 16, 2025.
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A man attends a ceremony commemorating the Feast of San Antonio Abad, the patron saint of domestic animals, at the San Bernardino de Siena Cathedral in Xochimilco on the outskirts of Mexico City, Mexico January 17, 2025.
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Northrop F-5E Tiger II aircraft of the aerobatic team of the Swiss Air Force perform an aerobatic display ahead of the men's Super-G event at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup event in Wengen, Switzerland on January 17, 2025.
REUTERS / Tiksa Negeri
Ethiopian Orthodox faithful blow traditional trumpets during the annual Epiphany celebration called "Timket" to commemorate Jesus Christ's baptism in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, in Batu, Ethiopia, January 19, 2025.
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