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An outbreak of violence in the ongoing IsraeliPalestinian conflict commenced on May 10, 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on May 21. As a result of the violence, at least 254 Palestinians including 66 children were killed. In Israel 13 people were killed, including one child. The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that more than 1,900 Palestinians were injured, and as of May 12 Israel reported at least 200 injured Israelis. An Israeli missile flies down to hit a building in Gaza City, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. The Israeli airstrike was the latest in a series of assaults on targets in the Gaza Strip after a long dispute between Israel and Hamas erupted into an exchange of rocket attacks from Gaza and Israeli retaliation.
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Palestinian rescuers pull a survivor from under the rubble of a destroyed residential building following deadly Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The airstrikes flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.
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Relatives of 11 year-old Hussain Hamad, who was killed by an explosion during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, react during his funeral in the family home in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May. 11, 2021.
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An aerial view of a destroyed building after it was hit last week by Israeli airstrikes, in Gaza City, Saturday, May 22, 2021.
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A Palestinian man carries a dead child taken out of the rubble of a destroyed residential building following Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The Israeli airstrikes flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.
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Palestinians walk next to the remains of a destroyed 15 story building after being hit by Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Thursday, May 13, 2021.
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A clothes shop is damaged following Israeli air-strikes, prior to a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Gaza City, Monday, May 24, 2021.
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Palestinians on a horse carte loaded with belongings, pass by destroyed homes, to which they returned following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021.
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A Palestinian woman works in the kitchen of her destroyed home she returned to following a cease-fire reached after an 11-day war between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in town of Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021.
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The body of a Palestinian lies under the rubble of a building that was destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Sunday, May 16, 2021. The airstrikes flattened three buildings and killed at least 26 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke out between Israel and the territory's militant Hamas rulers nearly a week ago.
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A Palestinian relative mourns over the bodies of four brothers from the Tanani family who were found under the rubble of a destroyed house following Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 14, 2021.
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The body of 11-year-old Dima Assaliya, covered with a white cloth, lies in a morgue after she was killed by an Israeli airstrike in town of Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 20, 2021. Israel unleashed another wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, as it pushed ahead despite U.S. calls to wind down the offensive against Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, who have fired thousands of rockets at Israel.
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This series chronicles the ongoing tensions in Indian controlled Kashmir. A Kashmiri, inspecting a house where suspected rebels had taken refuge, is seen through a hole created by a mortar shell fired by government forces during a gunfight, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two suspected rebels were killed in a gunfight in in the disputed region's main city on Friday, officials said, as violence increased in recent weeks.
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Indian policemen detain a Kashmiri Shiite Muslim for participating in a religious procession in central Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse hundreds of Shiite Muslims, while detaining dozens who attempted to participate in processions marking the Muslim month of Muharram.
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A Kashmiri Shiite Muslim throws back tear gas shell fired by Indian police during a religious procession in central Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021.Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse hundreds of Shiite Muslims, while detaining dozens who attempted to participate in processions marking the Muslim month of Muharram.
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Relatives and neighbors wail during the funeal of Waseem Ahmed, a policeman who was killed in a shootout, on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, June 13, 2021. Two civilians and two police officials were killed in an armed clash in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Saturday, police said, triggering anti-India protests who accused the police of targeting the civilians.
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Kashmiri villagers are seen through the bullet ridden iron mesh of a window of the residential house where suspected rebels were taking refuge, after a gunfight in Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 2, 2021. Five suspected rebels and an army soldier were killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, officials said, as violence in the disputed region has increased in recent weeks.
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Kashmiri villagers throw stones and bricks at vehicle belonging to Indian police during a protest near the site of gun battle in Kakapora Pulwama, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, April 2, 2021.
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Indian policemen carry body of a suspected rebel after a gun battle in outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Gun battle between rebels and government forces overnight killed three rebels on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said.
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Photographs of Kashmiri Sufi saints are seen on the bullet ridden wall of the house damaged in a gunbattle in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, July 16, 2021. Two suspected rebels were killed in a gunfight in in the disputed city's region's main city on Friday, officials said, as violence in the disputed region has increased in recent weeks.
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Kashmiri boys try to take out bullets from the wall of a damaged house after a gunbattle in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Two suspected rebels were killed in a overnight gun battle in Indian portion of Kashmir, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander a day after his arrest.
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Relatives mourn during the funeral of Fida Hussain, a local leader of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in Qazigund, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Assailants shot and killed three BJP politicians in Kashmir late Thursday, police said, blaming militants fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region. Militants fired at the three members of Prime Minister Narendra Modis party in southern Kulgam district, police said in a statement.
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This series chronicles life in volatile Haiti following the assassination this year of its president, an earthquake and devastating economic turmoil. Women walk next to a mural with the portrait of the assassinated president of Haiti Jovenel Mose in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.
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A woman shouts anti-government slogans during a protest organized by friends and relatives of Biana Velizaire, who was kidnapped and held for several days by gang members, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Haitian police on Monday launched a special operation in response to the recent surge of kidnappings conducted by gangs.
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People displaced by gang violence occupy a school turned into a long-term shelter, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. Deportees join thousands of fellow Haitians who have been displaced from their homes, pushed out by violence to take up residence in crowded schools, churches, sports centers and makeshift camps among ruins.
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A lookout keeps an eye on rival gangsters in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. One of the most powerful groups is the G9 coalition of gangs led by Jimmy Cherizier, alias "Barbecue," a former policeman turned gangster. His gang coalition controls the empty streets around the judiciary and legislative buildings, and all streets east to the coast.
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Vendors wait for customers at a street market in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021.
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Students walk hand-in-hand crossing a barricade as they head home in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. Residents set up a barricade in protest after accusing police of killing a man during a Tuesday night raid.
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A cemetery worker shares a bottle of rum with a relative of Calixte Suzane during her funeral in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.
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A man raises his arms to show his innocence as policemen patrol the streets in downtown in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, where residents have set up a barricade in protest after accusing police of killing a man during a Tuesday night raid.
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A man cuts wood to feed the oven at the Bongu bakery in the Bel Air neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Sept. 27, 2021.
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A policeman stands in the entrance of the deserted Senate chambers, inactive for over a year, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2021. The country has struggled with political instability ??? along with dire poverty and crime ??? since the end of the brutal dictatorships of Francois and Jean-Claude Duvalier from 1957 to 1986.
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A gang member, wearing a balaclava and holding a gun, poses for a photo in the Portail Leogane neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. There could be as many as 100 gangs in Port-au-Prince; no one has an exact count and allegiances often are violently fluid.
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Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his private residence in Port-au-Prince, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021.
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