Despite Trump's impeachment, Giuliani doubles down on controversial Ukraine push
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer is doubling down on the tactics that ultimately contributed to the impeachment of his most prominent client. © Saul Martinez/Getty Images, FILE Trump Attorney Rudy Giuliani addresses the crowd at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on Dec. 19, 2019 in Palm Beach, Fla. Even while facing legal scrutiny from federal prosecutors in New York, according to sources — and with the president headed for trial in the Senate — Giuliani has only raised his profile.
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for The swap , which was overseen by monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, came three months after Ukraine carried out a
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country’s war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for civilians and servicemen held captive in some cases for years in two breakaway regions. “It’s wonderful, I’m so happy,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for civilians and servicemen held captive in some cases for years in two breakaway regions.
© Alexey NIKOLSKY The swap came after a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders in Paris this month
"It's wonderful, I'm so happy," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists, after greeting the former prisoners at Boryspil airport near Kiev.
A plane carrying 76 captives, including 12 military personnel and 64 civilians, was met by a crowd of relatives, some holding flowers and balloons.
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Ukrainian and Russian prisoners are reunited with their families after 200 detainees were exchanged in controversial POW swap . Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for civilians and servicemen held
Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern regions completed the prisoner swap , exchanging all remaining detainees in the five-year Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for
© GENYA SAVILOV The prisoner exchange was an emotional homecoming for detainees released by the separatists Family members, some with children, rushed to embrace the former prisoners with tears and shouts of joy.
"Most of all I want to relax after all this and forget as soon as possible what was happening there," Anatoliy Semerenko, one of the released civilians, told reporters.
Among those swapped were Stanislav Aseyev and Oleg Galazyuk, two journalists who contributed to the Ukrainian service of the US-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Kiev also handed over to separatists five riot policemen suspected of killing protesters during a pro-Western uprising in 2014 as part of the swap, sparking public outrage.
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Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the war-torn east of the country are expected Sunday to swap dozens of prisoners in a frontline operation that stirred The swap would come three months after Ukraine carried out a long-awaited exchange with Russia of 35 prisoners each.
Checkpoint Mayorske, Ukraine , (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Dec, 2019 ) : Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists in the country's war-torn east exchanged 200 prisoners on Sunday, swapping detained fighters for civilians and servicemen held captive in some cases for years in two
© GENYA SAVILOV The total number of people involved in the exchange was still unclear on Sunday Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron hailed the swap as "positive".
The exchange came after Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Zelensky held their first face-to-face talks in Paris on December 9 and agreed on measures to de-escalate Europe's only active war.
Earlier on Sunday prisoners filed off coaches at the Mayorske checkpoint in the eastern Donetsk region, many carrying plastic bags stuffed with their belongings, as gun-toting uniformed soldiers and ambulances were on standby.
Bittersweet homecoming
Victoria, 24, said she had been held for three years after being convicted of "state treason".
© Yevgen Honcharenko Pro-Russian detainees - who were made prisoners - were part of an exchange between the Ukraine conflict rivals Another woman being handed to Kiev sported a handwritten sign on her clothing: "My country is Ukraine!"
Ukraine Whistleblower’s Attorney Calls for Sen. Blackburn’s Resignation from Protection Caucus
One of the attorneys representing the whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment inquiry called for Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn to resign from the chamber’s Whistleblower Protection Caucus. “Senator [Marsha Blackburn] should resign from Senate Whistleblower Caucus,” attorney Mark Zaid said Thursday. “Her comments are completely contrary to everything that Caucus is supposed to stand for and protect.”Senator @MarshaBlackburn should resign from Senate #Whistleblower Caucus. Her comments are completely contrary to everything that Caucus is supposed to stand for and protect.#ProtectTheWhistleblowerhttps://t.
Ukrainian authorities and pro-Russian separatists in the war-torn east of the country are expected Sunday to swap dozens of prisoners in a frontline operation that stirred The swap would come three months after Ukraine carried out a long-awaited exchange with Russia of 35 prisoners each.
Ukrainian authorities and Russia-backed separatists in the war-torn east of Ukraine have exchanged 200 prisoners , swapping detained fighters for civilians
The swap, which was overseen by monitors from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, came three months after Ukraine carried out a long-awaited exchange with Russia of 35 prisoners each.
The previous prisoner swap between Kiev and separatists took place in 2017.
Ties between Ukraine and Russia were shredded after the bloody 2014 uprising ousted a Kremlin-backed regime.
Moscow went on to annex Crimea and support insurgents in eastern Ukraine who launched a bid for independence in 2014. Since then more than 13,000 people have been killed in the conflict.
'No future'
The release of the riot police has raised concerns in Ukraine, with many fearing the country is being pushed to pay too high a price for the swap.
The riot policemen are suspected to have been involved in the bloody crackdown on protesters in 2014. Some 100 demonstrators were shot dead during the uprising.
"What Ukrainians have been fighting for is going down the drain," filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was released in the September prisoner exchange, said on Facebook.
Ukraine, eastern rebels swap prisoners in move to end war
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"This country has no future," Volodymyr Golodnyuk, whose 19-year son was killed in the uprising, said on his Facebook page.
"It was a difficult decision," Zelensky told the press in the airport.
"But we were able to return those who are alive," he added.
The European Union said "we take note" of the exchange of riot policemen.
"We expect all accusations will continue to be investigated and the parties concerned to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice," they said in a statement.
'Frozen' conflict
Since coming to power in May, comedian-turned-president Zelensky, 41, has sought to kickstart a peace process to end the conflict.
At the Paris summit, the leaders sought to revive accords signed in Minsk in 2015 that call for the withdrawal of heavy weapons, and the restoration of Kiev's control over its borders, among other conditions.
But many doubt whether Putin genuinely wants to settle the conflict.
He has said that if Kiev gets back control of the border in the east, residents of separatist-held territories could be targeted.
Zelensky's peace plan has also been strongly criticised by war veterans and nationalists.
Pictures: A look back at the decade in 130 photos
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2010
A mountainside is bare after a mudslide in Morro da Carioca, an area in the city of Angra dos Reis, Brazil, on Jan. 2, 2010.
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Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper, is lit by laser lights during its opening ceremony in Dubai, UAE, on Jan. 4, 2010.
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The Haitian flag hangs on the ruins of the presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Jan. 13, 2010, a day after a magnitude 7 earthquake reduced much of the city to rubble.
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Cars lie overturned after the highway they were traveling on was destroyed in a magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Santiago, Chile, on Feb. 27, 2010.
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The Deepwater Horizon oil rig is seen burning in the Gulf of Mexico on April 21, 2010.
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A statue and a torn Thai national flag remain in front of Bangkok's Central World shopping mall, which was gutted by fire after army soldiers advanced toward an encampment of thousands of anti-government "red shirt" protesters on May 19, 2010.
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Workers celebrate after breaking through the second shaft of the Gotthard Tunnel in Sedrun, Switzerland, on Oct. 15, 2010.
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Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as she walks with party members of National League for Democracy (NLD) after being released from house arrest in Yangon, Myanmar, on Nov. 13, 2010.
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A South Sudanese man, wearing a T-shirt that reads, "Vote for Your Freedom,” holds up a cross during a Christmas Eve procession in Juba on Dec. 24, 2010.
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2011
A Tunisian soldier screams as he tries to calm down rioters during clashes with the police, in the capital Tunis on Jan. 14, 2011.
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Thousands of anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square after the announcement of President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in Cairo, Egypt, on Feb. 11, 2011.
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Smoke is seen rising from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant in Futaba, Japan, on March 14, 2011, three days after a massive earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale jolted the region and triggered a tsunami that knocked out electricity in most areas.
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Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony at Buckingham Palace after their wedding in London, England, on April 29, 2011.
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President Barack Obama (2nd L), Vice President Joe Biden (L), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (2nd R) and members of the national security team receive an update on the mission against Osama bin Laden in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 1, 2011. Obama later announced that the U.S. has killed Bin Laden in an operation led by U.S. Special Forces at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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Riot police walk on the street as a couple kisses in Vancouver, Canada, on June 15, 2011. Riots broke out in Vancouver after the local ice hockey team, Vancouver Canucks, lost the Stanley Cup Final to Boston Bruins.
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Libyan rebel soldiers embrace as they grieve at the Martyr Square for the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tripoli, Libya, on Aug. 31, 2011. Libyans celebrated the first Eid al-Fitr since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime, which ruled the country for 42 years.
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Robert Peraza, who lost his son Robert David Peraza, pauses at his son's name at the 9/11 Memorial during the 10th anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center, in New York City, New York, U.S., on Sept. 11, 2011.
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A dog barks at the riot police during a protest over government austerity measures, outside the Finance Ministry in Athens, Greece, on Oct. 14, 2011.
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2012
A fan of pop diva Whitney Houston signs a giant mural with a portrait of the singer, in Manila, Philippines, on Feb. 17, 2012. The singer died on February 11, aged 48, in Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
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Self-portraits by 200,000 children are projected onto the Buckingham Palace to form a portrait of Queen Elizabeth, in London on April 19, 2012, in the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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Liu Yang (C), China's first female astronaut, waves next to her comrade Jing Haipeng (L), as she comes out from the re-entry capsule of the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner, China, on June 29, 2012.
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Commuters wait near the closed gate of a Delhi metro station during a power outage in New Delhi, India, on July 31, 2012. A massive power failure hit the country as three regional power grids collapsed, blacking out more than half of India and affecting over 600 million people.
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Austria's Felix Baumgartner jumps out of a capsule for his record-breaking leap to Earth from the stratosphere, over Roswell, New Mexico, U.S. on Oct. 14, 2012.
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2013
U.S President Barack Obama (L) takes the oath of office as first lady Michelle Obama holds the bible and daughter Malia looks on, at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2013.
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South African Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius appears at the Magistrate Court in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 20, 2013. Pistorius battled to secure bail as he appeared on charges of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Feb. 14.
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Pope Francis I, the newly elected pope, greets pilgrims and well-wishers from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after his election, in the Vatican City on March 13, 2013. He became the 266th pope after Benedict XVI's surprise resignation in February 2013.
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Aerial view of the Taim Ecological Station on fire in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, on March 27, 2013.
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The coffin of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried into St. Paul's Cathedral for her funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. Thatcher, who was Conservative prime minister between 1979 and 1990, died on April 8 at the age of 87.
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The Kedarnath Temple (C, foreground) is pictured amid the destruction caused by flood in the holy town of Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India, on June 18, 2013.
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Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, hold the couple’s first child, a baby boy, outside St. Mary's Hospital in London on July 23, 2013.
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India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25), carrying the Mars orbiter, lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, on Nov. 5, 2013.
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The funeral procession of Nelson Mandela leaves for the grave site, following his state funeral in Qunu, South Africa, on Dec. 15, 2013. Mandela passed away on Dec. 5 at the age of 95.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Yukos oil company chairman who was charged with embezzlement and tax evasion, arrives to speak to the media in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 22, 2013, two days after his release from a Russian prison. Khodorkovsky spent 10 years in prison until his unexpected pardon by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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2014
Four of five Olympic Rings are seen lit up during the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia on Feb. 7, 2014. The fifth ring failed to lit up due to a technical glitch.
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A young child poses for the camera at the "wall of hope," which was erected for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Malaysia, on March 17, 2014.
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A tapestry depicting the late Pope John XXIII hangs on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City on April 25, 2014, two days before his canonization along with the late Pope John Paul II.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) prepares to shake hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif after the former’s swearing-in ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 26, 2014.
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A woman marches during a demonstration demanding the release of over 200 Chibok school girls, who were kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, in Lagos, Nigeria, on May 29, 2014.
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Debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down by a surface-to-air missile, is seen smoldering in a field in Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014.
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Members of the Great War Society, a non-profit organization, dressed as "4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment" stand under a shower of a million poppy flowers representing the dead, during a World War I centenary ceremony at the Tank Museum in England's Dorset county on Aug. 4, 2014.
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A group of young volunteers wear special uniforms for burials and sterilization around the Kptema graveyard, under threat from the Ebola virus, in Kenema, Sierra Leone, on Aug. 24, 2014.
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Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi, pose with their medals during the Nobel Peace Prize awards ceremony in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2014.
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A view of the floral tributes for Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson, the victims of the hostage crisis at Lindt Chocolat Café, in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 18, 2014.
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A child stands in silence in front of a poster near the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Dec. 19, 2014, three days after it was attacked by Taliban gunmen. More than 130 students died after gunmen broke into the school and opened fire.
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2015
A woman holds a candle and a poster reading "I am Charlie" during a gathering in Strasbourg, France, on Jan. 8, 2015, a day after a deadly attack on the Paris (France), headquarters of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
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A member of the Nepalese army stands in front of a collapsed temple, a day after a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit the Himalayan nation, in Bhaktapur, Nepal, on April 26, 2015.
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Pluto's largest moon Charon is shown from a distance of 289,000 miles (466,000 kilometers) from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft. The image was taken on July 13 and released on July 15, 2015.
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Students, staff and members of the faculty of the Indian Institute of Science pay a candlelight tribute to former Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in Bangalore, India, on July 28, 2015. Kalam, who played a significant role in the country's nuclear weapons tests, died on July 27 at the age of 83.
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Muslim pilgrims walk near a construction crane on Sept. 12, 2015, a day after it crashed in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
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Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie greet supporters in Montreal, Canada, on Oct. 20, 2015, after winning the general elections.
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Volunteer Thor Floss from Vesteroy, Norway, comforts traumatized refugees on the shore of Lesbos, Greece, where they arrived by boat from Turkey on Oct. 28, 2015.
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presents Syrian refugees with a child's winter jacket on their arrival from Beirut, Lebanon, at the Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Canada, on Dec. 11, 2015.
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2016
Floral tributes are left beneath a mural of singer David Bowie, painted by Australian street artist James Cochran, following the announcement of Bowie's death, in London on Jan. 11, 2016. The British music icon died of cancer at the age of 69.
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A man walks away from his home with his son as health workers fumigate the neighborhood as part of preventive measures against the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne diseases in Soyapango, El Salvador, on Jan. 21, 2016.
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Pope Francis (L), leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, react after signing a joint declaration, following their meeting at José Martí International Airport in Havana, Cuba, on Feb. 13, 2016.
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Residents cross a flooded street following heavy rains on the outskirts of Peshawar on April 4, 2016.
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Johanna Quaas (L), aged 90, who, according to the Guinness World Records, is the oldest active athlete in the world, poses with her husband, Gerhard, after her tandem parachute jump in Zwenkau, Germany, on June 5, 2016.
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Well-wishers touch the hearse carrying the body of boxing champion Muhammad Ali during his funeral procession through Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on June 10, 2016.
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Juno Project Manager Rick Nybakken (C) celebrates as the solar-powered Juno spacecraft goes into orbit around Jupiter, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, on July 4, 2016.
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Activist Ieshia Evans stands her ground while offering her hands for arrest, as riot police charge at her during a protest against police brutality outside the Baton Rouge Police Department in Louisiana, U.S. on July 9, 2016.
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Pro-Erdogan supporters wave the Turkish national flag during a rally at Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 21, 2016. Thousands of Turkish government supporters streamed across the bridge to protest against the coup that sought to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Solar Impulse 2, the solar-powered plane piloted by Swiss pioneer Bertrand Piccard, is seen prior to its landing in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to finish the first around-the-world flight without the use of fuel on July 26, 2016.
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt smiles at the camera as he competes in the men's 100 metres semifinal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 14, 2016.
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Thai royalists hold portraits of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on Oct. 13, 2016, on the day the emperor died aged 88.
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People line the street and wave flags as the remains of former Cuban President Fidel Castro pass by on Dec. 1, 2016, in Santa Clara, Cuba. Castro died on Nov. 25 at the age of 90.
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2017
Attendees line the National Mall to watch the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the U.S. in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2017.
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A poster along with flowers and candles are kept at Albert Square, Manchester, England, on May 23, 2017, a day after a suicide attack at an Ariana Grande concert.
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A man plays an acoustic guitar outside the parliament building in Tehran, Iran, on June 8, 2017, a day after a terrorist attack on the shrine of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
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Smoke rises from the 24-storey Grenfell Tower, after a huge fire engulfed the residential building in London on June 14, 2017.
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Iraq's federal police members wave the country’s national flag in the old city of Mosul on July 9, 2017, after the government announced the "liberation" of the embattled city from the control of Islamic State group.
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This composite image shows the International Space Station, with a crew of six onboard, as it transits the sun at roughly five miles (8 kilometers) per second, during a partial solar eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, near Banner, Wyoming, U.S.
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Flood water surrounds homes in a residential neighborhood in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Aug. 29, 2017.
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Fifty-eight white doves are released in honor of the victims of the Oct. 1 mass shooting at Route 91 Harvest country music festival, after the culmination of a faith unity walk in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Oct. 7, 2017.
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Pedestrians walk near the India Gate monument amid heavy smog in New Delhi on Oct. 20, 2017, the day after the Diwali festival.
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The Sydney Opera House is lit up in rainbow colors to celebrate the legalization of same-sex marriage in Australia on Dec. 8, 2017.
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2018
A Pegasus Airlines’ Boeing 737 passenger plane is seen struck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off the airstrip during landing, at the Trabzon Airport, Turkey, on Jan. 14, 2018.
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A nurse holds cloned macaques, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, at the non-human primate research facility of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 22, 2018.
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A "super blue blood moon" is seen from Whittier, California, U.S., on Jan. 31, 2018. The phenomenon is a rare lunar trifecta event in which the moon is at its closest to the Earth, appearing about 14 percent brighter than usual, and is simultaneously a "blue moon," the second full moon in the same month, as well as a total lunar eclipse. During the eclipse, when the moon is under the shadow of the Earth, it takes on a reddish color and appears as the "blood moon." Such a lunar event hasn't been seen since 1866.
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A Tesla roadster launched from the Falcon Heavy rocket with a dummy driver named "Starman" heads toward Mars, on Feb. 8, 2018.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping drops his ballot during a vote on a constitutional amendment, which lifted presidential term limits at a session of the National People's Congress (NPC), in Beijing, China, on March 11, 2018.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's motorcade makes its way along the country’s border with Mexico in San Diego, California, on March 13, 2018, where he inspected the border wall prototypes.
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Emma González, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida, U.S., cries as she addresses the conclusion of the "March for Our Lives" event demanding gun control, in Washington, D.C., on March 24, 2018.
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An emotional Steve Smith is comforted by his father, Peter, as he addresses the media at the Sydney International Airport on March 29, 2018. Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were flown back to Australia following investigations into alleged ball tampering in South Africa.
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A child walks past the headstone of Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya, on March 31, 2018.
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A student holds up her hands while taking part in the National School Walkout Day to protest school violence in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., on April 20, 2018.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) crosses the military demarcation line to the south side to attend the Inter-Korean Summit in Panmunjom, South Korea, on April 27, 2018. During the historic meeting, Moon stepped briefly over the border into the north, after a request from the North Korean leader.
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Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, hold hands in the Ascot Landau Carriage as their procession rides along the Long Walk after their wedding ceremony in Windsor, England, on May 19, 2018.
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Lava from a fissure of the Kīlauea volcano flows past downed trees toward the Pacific Ocean, near Pāhoa, Hawaii, U.S., on May 21, 2018.
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A man looks at the Fuego Volcano from Alotenango, Guatemala, on June 3, 2018.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel deliberates with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the official agenda on the second day of the G7 summit in Charlevoix, Canada, on June 9, 2018, as Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) looks on.
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Thanaporn Promthep, mother of one of the 12 missing Thai boys, displays an image of her son Duangpetch Promthep (2nd R) and his football coach Ekkapol Chantawong (R), after hearing the news that the group was found near the Tham Luang cave in Mae Sai district, Thailand, on July 2, 2018.
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A bus is seen submerged on a flooded road under a railway bridge after heavy rains in New Delhi on July 13, 2018.
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A Turkish soldier stands guard as the Artuklu Hamam, a centuries-old bath house in Hasankeyf, is loaded onto a wheeled platform and moved down a specially constructed road to a new location, on Aug. 6, 2018. The move is aimed to protect the monument from being engulfed by floodwaters of a controversial dam project.
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Fifteen-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg leads a school strike and sits outside The Riksdag, the Swedish parliament building, to raise awareness about climate change, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Aug. 28, 2018.
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An Aretha Franklin memorial is seen outside the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., on Aug. 30, 2018. The legendary singer passed away from advanced pancreatic cancer on Aug. 16 at the age of 76.
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A drone image shows an aerial view of the Rio de Janeiro's National Museum on Sept. 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building.
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A member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community celebrates the decision by India’s Supreme Court that struck down a colonial-era law, Section 377, criminalizing homosexuality, in Mumbai on Sept. 6, 2018.
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Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before testifying in the Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault case at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2018.
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A mosque that was previously partially submerged sits at an angle after its foundations were knocked off by an earthquake and a tsunami in Palu, Indonesia, on Oct. 2, 2018.
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Sophia the Robot and Mark Ginzburg, AngelVest representative in Ukraine, attend a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, on Oct. 11, 2018. The humanoid, developed by Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics, visited Ukraine for a meeting with the Ukrainian prime minister. During the conference, the State Agency for Electronic Government of Ukraine signed a memorandum of cooperation with Hanson Robotics and AngelVest.
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This Oct. 27, 2018, image shows an aerial view of Honduran migrants heading toward the U.S., as they leave Arriaga on their way to San Pedro Tapanatepec, in Mexico.
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General view of the "Statue of Unity" portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during its inauguration in Kevadia, Gujarat, India, on Oct. 31, 2018.
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People gather around a portrait of British Army staff nurse Rachael Ferguson, drawn on Downhill beach, Northern Island, for “Pages of the Sea,” on Nov. 11, 2018. Initiated by filmmaker Danny Boyle, “Pages of the Sea” is a public art project for the First World War centenary, honoring soldiers who lost their lives. Ferguson died on June 26, 1918, while serving her country at Bordighera, Italy, where she was buried in the British Cemetery.
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(L-R) Morocco's Prince Moulay Hassan, Moroccan King Mohammed VI, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrive at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on Nov. 11, 2018, to attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 armistice that ended World War I.
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Sully, the service dog of George H.W. Bush, sits near the casket of the former president, as it lies in the rotunda of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2018. The 41st U.S. President died on Nov. 30 at the age of 94.
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Protesters chant slogans during the "yellow vests" demonstration at the Champs-Elysées in Paris on Dec. 8, 2018.
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2019
Venezuela's National Assembly head Juan Guaidó declares himself the country's "acting president" during a mass opposition rally against President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on January 23, 2019, on the anniversary of a 1958 uprising that overthrew a military dictatorship.
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence applaud U.S. President Donald Trump at the State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2019.
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A man uses his mobile phone to document the unrest during a protest against the government of President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 10, 2019.
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A general view of a Brexit-inspired mural depicting the European flag by anonymous British street artist Banksy in Dover, England, on Feb. 15, 2019. The graffiti that appeared on a building near Dover's ferry terminal shows a worker removing one of the 12 stars from the EU flag.
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Candles burn before a flower-adorned memorial arch erected at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 crash in Ejere, Ethiopia, on March 14, 2019.
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern hugs a mosque-goer at the Kilbirnie Mosque in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 17, 2019, two days after a terrorist attacked two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people.
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The Event Horizon Telescope captures a black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87, in an image released on April 10, 2019, by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019, in London, following his arrest by Scotland Yard Police Officers inside the Ecuadorian Embassy.
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The altar inside the Notre-Dame Cathedral is seen surrounded by charred debris in Paris on April 16, 2019, a day after a fire devastated the cathedral.
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People pray outside St. Anthony's Shrine in Colombo on April 22, 2019, a day after the building was hit by a series of bomb blasts, which targeted churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka.
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A giant teddy bear measuring over 65 feet (20 meters) in length and weighing around 8,000 pounds (3,628 kilograms) is seen in Xonacatlán, Mexico, on April 28, 2019. The teddy bear entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the biggest of its kind.
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Emperor Akihito attends his abdication ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on April 30, 2019.
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Thailand's newly crowned King Maha Vajiralongkorn is carried on a golden palanquin during the coronation procession in Bangkok on May 5, 2019.
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Taiwanese men celebrate after the country's parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage on May 17, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan. With the decision, Taiwan became the first country in Asia to pass a law in favor of same-sex marriages.
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Military re-enactors look on as 280 paratroopers take part in a parachute drop at Sannerville, France, on June 5, 2019, a day before the June 6 commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Normandy Landings.
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Thousands of protesters dressed in black make way for an ambulance during a rally against a controversial extradition law proposal in Hong Kong on June 16, 2019.
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Megan Rapinoe of the U.S. celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup quarterfinal match against France at Parc des Princes in Paris on June 29, 2019. U.S. defeated France 2-1.
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating South and North Korea in Panmunjom on June 30, 2019.
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A pharmacy thermometer displays a temperature of 42.5 degrees Celsius (108.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in Paris on July 25, 2019, as heatwaves hit the French capital.
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A young girl reads the Constitution of Russia to law enforcement officers, during a rally calling for transparent elections, in Moscow, Russia, on July 27, 2019.
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Sixteen-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses world leaders at the 2019 Climate Action Summit in New York City on Sept. 23.
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Japan's Emperor Naruhito attends the central enthronement ceremony called Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2019.
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A man sits on a park bench during an anti-government protest at the Plaza Italia in Santiago, Chile, on Nov. 8, 2019.
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A ferry is seen stranded on the docks in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 13, 2019. Bad weather since Nov. 12 caused the worst floods in the historic city since 1966, damaging houses and monuments.
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Analysis: New coverup questions in Trump’s Ukraine scandal .
A new report by Just Security indicates the Office of Management and Budget misled, at best, about the withholding of military aid to Ukraine.That already-strained talking point suffered a significant blow on Thursday.