[caption id="attachment_55249718" align="alignnone" width="620"] Turkish riot police use gas to disperse demonstrators during the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul on July 8, 2013. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…
[caption id="attachment_55249709" align="alignnone" width="620"] Young Libyans release lanterns into the sky as they celebrate the third anniversary of the popular revolt that overthrew Muammar…
[caption id="attachment_55249675" align="alignnone" width="620"] A man stands watching the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in the western Saudi city of Mecca on November 2, 2010. (AMER…
[caption id="attachment_55249647" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd L) shakes hands with US Secretary of State John Kerry next to Chinese Foreign…
[caption id="attachment_55249662" align="alignnone" width="619"] US President Barack Obama, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice (R) and Secretary of State John Kerry (L) leave after meeting with…
[caption id="attachment_55249650" align="alignnone" width="620"] Members of Iraqi Shi'ite militant group Asa’ib Ahl Al-Haq carry the coffin of one of their commanders, Hamid Qassem, during his…
[caption id="attachment_55249615" align="alignnone" width="620"] Kurds dance and wave the People’s Democracy Party banner during Nowruz celebrations on March 23, 2014 in Istanbul. (Bulent Kilic/AFP…
[caption id="attachment_55249619" align="alignnone" width="620"] The remains of a horse carriage lie on the street in the southern Egyptian city of Aswan on April 6, 2014 after a blood feud broke out…
[caption id="attachment_55249568" align="alignnone" width="620"] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz (L) at the Ziguangge Pavilion in the…
[caption id="attachment_55249552" align="alignnone" width="620"] Peaceful protesters staging a sit-in at Gezi Park on May 30, 2013, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Selin Alemdar/Getty Images)[/caption]
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