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Bucket-wheel excavators mine rare earth materials on Ukrainian soil on February 25, 2025, in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine. (Kostiantyn Liberov via Getty Images)
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Osama bin Laden. (Wikimedia Commons)
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An Orthodox priest collects religious objects as others clear up glass and debris inside the Holy Intercession Cathedral damaged after missile strikes, in Zaporizhzhia on October 18, 2023. (Andriy Andriyenko/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thousands gather at Fatih Mosque to attend 'silent scream' demonstration against Chinas persecution of Uighurs in Xinjiang, on December 20, 2019 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Family and friends attend the funeral of an Israeli soldier who was killed in the Gaza war on November 8, 2023. (Amir Levy via Getty Images)
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Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on December 8, 2022. (Photo by Yao Dawei/Xinhua via Getty Images)
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Al-Asqa Mosque in February 2020. (Wikimedia Commons)
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Neo Nazis take part in a march the night before the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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A group of pilgrim from China waves a red flag during the Pope Francis weekly general audience in St Peter Square at the Vatican on May 22, 2019. (Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Campaigners from London's Uyghur community protest opposite the Chinese embassy against continued human rights violations by the Chinese government on December 10, 2022, in London, United Kingdom. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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A participant holds a sign that reads "Stop Antisemitism" during a vigil outside the community center and synagogue of the Kahal Adass Jisroel Orthodox Jewish community on October 20, 2023, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup via Getty Images)
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Coptic cave church in Egypt. (Amy Nelson via Getty Images)
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A man praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel. (Jake Warga via Getty Images)
Experts
Paul Marshall
Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
