A female police officer stands in the street during an anti-government protest in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, October 26, 2019. Chile has been facing days of unrest, triggered by a relatively minor increase in subway fares. The protests have shaken a nation noted for economic stability over the past decades, which has seen steadily declining poverty despite persistent high rates of inequality. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

An armed forces members patrol during an operation against drug dealers in Vila Kennedy slum in Rio de Janeiro, March 7, 2018. (Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters)

Ant Burgess practices his freestyle on a jet ski at Blyth beach in Northumberland, on the North East coast on Saturday, April 10, 2021. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)

Revellers dance at a rave party in central Kyiv, Ukraine on August 27, 2022. (Photo by Vladyslav Musiienko/Reuters)

A mural depicting a resting cat by Russian street artist Vladi is photographed by a man outside a hotel in Hong Kong on November 27, 2023. (Photo by Peter Parks/AFP Photo)

In this photo released by the Israeli military, Emily Damari, right, and her mother, Mandy, embrace near kibbutz Re’im, Israel, after Emily was released from captivity by Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday, January 19, 2025. Three Israeli hostages and 90 Palestinian prisoners were released as part of the first phase of a long-awaited ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. (Photo by Israel Defense Forces)

A woman poses on the flooded St. Mark's square during an acqua-alta (high-water) alert in Venice, on November 19, 2013. (Photo by Andrea Pattaro/AFP Photo)

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A Syrian boy receives treatment at a hospital in the regime-held part of Aleppo on October 13, 2016. Syrian state television said four children were killed by rebel rocket fire on a school in a western regime-held neighbourhood. (Photo by George Ourfalian/AFP Photo)