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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered "the most massive violations of human rights" in the world today, the head of the United Nations said in February 2023, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of thousands dead. Women walk by a building damaged by Russian shelling in the Saltivka district of Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
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Ukrainian military fires from a multiple rocket launcher at Russian positions in the Kharkiv area, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023.
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A severed hand lies in the rubble of a house where Ukrainian servicemen were sheltering which destroyed by a Russian S-300 rocket strike, in Kupiansk, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
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Natalya, the wife of Hennadii Kovshyk, who was killed on the frontline in eastern Ukraine, touches his face before his burial, backdropped by Ukrainian flags placed at the graves of servicemen killed since the war started, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
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A woman sits in a car before collecting materials for repair and insulation of homes destroyed or damaged by Russian shelling, provided by the HEKS/EPER Swiss Church Aid organization in Kupiansk, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 20, 2023.
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A mural destroyed by fire decorates a wall inside the badly damaged school No. 62, on the road where the first clashes between the Russian and Ukrainian forces took place a year ago, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
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Land mine victim Oleksandr Rabenko, 66 years-old, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press as Murzik, his cat, sits beside him at his son's home on the outskirts of Izium, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023.
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People cross a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Ukraine's leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe's security.
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Natalya, the wife of Hennadii Kovshyk, who was killed on the frontline in eastern Ukraine, touches his face during a religious funeral service in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
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A Ukraine National Guard hat sits next to a toy bear in a care bearing the a stiker that reads "Unbreakable Kharkiv" in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
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An elderly woman wrapped in a blanket watches people dance in a subway station during an air raid alarm in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 1, 2023.
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A message written on a dirty and broken mirror reads "Ukraine will prevail" inside the badly damaged school No. 62, placed on the road where the first clashes between the Russian and Ukrainian forces took place a year ago, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023.
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Second Place: Fatima Shbair / Associated Press
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This series chronicles the continuing escalation between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and its impact on the citizens who are caught in the ongoing escalations. Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel, in Gaza, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
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Palestinian relatives weep at the funeral for Islamic Jihad commander Ali Ghali, and his brother, Mohammed Ghali, both killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Palestinians celebrate the announcement of a cease-fire after five days of fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza City, Saturday, May 13, 2023.
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Palestinians mourn for Mohammed Abu Taima, killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.
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A mourner touches the body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli airstrike, in the morgue of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of the home of Ali Ghali, a senior Islamic Jihad commander, after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Early on Thursday, the Israeli military killed Ghali, said to be in charge of the group's rocket force, when it struck his home as part of strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group.
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Palestinians inspect the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023.
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Palestinian Belal Bashir collects his children's toys from his damaged house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Friday, May 12, 2023.
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Relatives mourn over the bodies of Khalil Bahtini, the Islamic Jihad militant group's commander for the northern Gaza Strip, his wife and son, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike at their family home in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2023. Bahtini was among three senior Islamic Jihad commanders killed in targeted airstrikes early Tuesday.
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Palestinians burn tires and wave the national flag during a protest against Israeli military raid in the West Bank city of Jenin, along the border fence with Israel, in east of Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. During the raid in the West Bank town of Jenin, Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians, including a 60-year-old woman, and wounded several others.
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Mourners comfort each other in the morgue of Al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli airstrikes killed a dozen Palestinians in Gaza City, Tuesday, May 9, 2023.
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The body of Palestinian Mahmoud Abdeljawwad, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside Islamic Jihad commander Ali Ghali, is being prepared for his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, May 11, 2023.
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Third Place: Evgeniy Maloletka / Associated Press
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Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has triggered "the most massive violations of human rights" in the world today, the head of the United Nations said in February 2023, as the war pushed into its second year with no end in sight and tens of thousands dead. A Ukrainian police officer takes cover in front of a burning building that was hit in a Russian airstrike in Avdiivka, Ukraine, Friday, March 17, 2023.
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Alina Hryshkova cries as she sits inside a van with her two daughters Vika and Karina during evacuation by Ukrainian police in Yelyzavetivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023.
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The body of a woman who was killed in a Russian rocket attack on a multistory building lies under rubble in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.
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Armored vehicles destroyed during the fighting between Ukrainian and Russian armed forces stand on the right bank of the frozen Siverskiy-Donets river in the recently liberated village of Bogorodychne, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
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Ukrainian policemen help an injured woman into an ambulance after a Russian rocket attack on a residential neighbourhood in Pokrovsk, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 21, 2023.
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A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher of the 95 Air Assault brigade fires towards Russian positions at the frontline near Kreminna, Ukraine, Thursday, March 9, 2023.
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Dead bodies burning lie on the ground in front of burning market after Russian rocket attack in city centrer of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, Wednesday, September 6, 2023.
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Ukrainian military doctors treat their injured comrade who was evacuated from the battlefield at the hospital in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. The serviceman did not survive.
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Local resident Tetiana holds her pets, Tsatsa and Chunya, as she stands inside her house that was flooded after the Kakhovka dam blew up overnight, in Kherson, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric power station in a part of southern Ukraine that Russia controls, risking environmental disaster.
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Myroslava cries over the body of her husband Stepan Tymchyshak, a Ukrainian serviceman who was killed at the frontline near Kupiansk, during funeral ceremony in Opak, Ukraine, Sunday, July 23, 2023.
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Ukrainian air defenses fire to stop drones in a relentless wave of bombardments targeting Kyiv early Tuesday morning in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 30, 2023. Authorities say more than 20 Shahed drones were destroyed in the third attack on the capital in the last 24 hours
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Nina Klinkova reacts to a sound of an explosion as she looks for humanitarian aid in Siversk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023.
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Honorable Mention: Ariana Cubillos / Associated Press
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In Haiti, more than 2,400 people have been reported killed from January through mid-August this year, with more than 950 kidnapped and another 902 wounded, according to U.N. statistics. Violence against women and children in particular has risen. More than 200,000 Haitians have lost their homes to gangs who set fire to communities and rape and kill residents in a bid to wrestle territory from rival gangs. Two U.N. agencies have warned of rising food emergencies including starvation in Haiti due to restricted movements of people and goods. A no firearms allowed sign hangs on a fence at an emergency room run by Doctors Without Borders in the Cite Soleil district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The international medical humanitarian organization had temporarily suspended activities due to the escalating violence in the Haitian capital.
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Congregants attend a service at a Protestant church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, June 2, 2023.
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People pass by the body of a man that was killed and set on fire in Delmas area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, June 5, 2023.
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Students are not allowed to enter the Institution Mixte Wesleyenne Regard Divin school due to lack of monthly payment in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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Houses blanket a hillside in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, June 4, 2023.
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Congregants wave their hands in praise as a Protestant pastor leads a prayer at a church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, June 2, 2023.
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A ray of light illuminates a bullet wound on Rose Dufond's right shoulder as she poses for a picture at a shelter in Delmas, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Dufond says she was nine months pregnant when gang members shot her in the shoulder then beat and raped her, causing her to miscarry.
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A health worker holds a toddler at the Fontaine Hospital Center which treats malnourished children in the Cite Soleil area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, May 29, 2023.
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Men with machetes, part of "Bwa Kale," an initiative to resist gangs from getting control of their neighborhood, hold their machetes, in the Delma district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, May 28, 2023.
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Elise Messadien cries as she sits next to the body of her 1-year-old goddaughter, who is believed to have died of dehydration, at a shelter for people displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, May 30, 2023.
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Students wait for their teacher in the classroom at the Institution Mixte Wesleyenne Regard Divin school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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A woman sits in a school bus used as a public transportation bus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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Honorable Mention: Laurent Cipriani / Associated Press
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French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and imposed a highly unpopular change to the nation's pension system, raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. French unions held mass demonstrations since Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. This series chronicles the public protests and discontent over the new rule. Protesters clash with police officers during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.
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People pass by a burnt billboard during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests and strikes against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in what unions hope to be their biggest show of force against the proposal.
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Union members protect themselves during clashes with police officers during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.
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Protesters play music during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Saturday, March 11, 2023. Opponents of President Emmanuel Macron's hotly contested plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 were taking to the streets of France on Saturday for the second time this week in what union's hope will be a new show of force meant to push the government to back down.
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Protesters run in tear gas through the streets of Lyon, central France, after parliament adopted a divisive pension bill, Monday, March 20, 2023. The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by lawmakers who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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Police officers scuffle with protesters during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote.
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Demonstrators run in the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Friday, April 14, 2023. France's Constitutional Council on Friday approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, in a victory for President Emmanuel Macron after three months of mass protests over the legislation that have damaged his leadership. The decision dismayed or enraged critics of the pension plan, including protesters gathered outside Paris City Hall as the decision came down.
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People run after protesters threw stones on the road during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. It's the latest round of nationwide demonstrations and strikes against unpopular pension reforms and President Emmanuel Macron's push to raise France's legal retirement age from 62 to 64.
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A man plays the trumpet in front of a barricade during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. Demonstrators were marching across France on Tuesday in a new round of protests and strikes against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64, in what unions hope to be their biggest show of force against the proposal.
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Protesters march during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, April 13, 2023. Protesters opposing President Emmanuel Macrons unpopular plan to raise the retirement age to 64 marched Thursday in cities and towns around France, in a final show of anger before a decision on whether the measure meets constitutional standards.
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Union members stand in the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, April 6, 2023. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to fill the streets of France Thursday for the 11th day of nationwide resistance to a government proposal to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. The furious public reaction to the plan has cornered and weakened French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Students shout slogans during a protest in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Young people in France including some who haven't even entered the job market yet are protesting against the government's push to raise the retirement age.
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