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ARAWA, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea (June 30, 2015) A woman waits her turn at the Pacific Partnership community health engagement in Arawa, Papua New Guinea. The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) is in Papua New Guinea for its second mission port of PP15. Pacific Partnership is in its tenth iteration and is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership missions to date have provided real world medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary services to more than 38,000 animals. Critical infrastructure development has been supported in host nations during more than 180 engineering projects. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Greg Badger/Released)
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The former US embassy in Tehran
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by Sol White May 17, 2025May 17, 2025
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Cacak, Serbia - January 26, 2025: "Change country or we change country". Protests in Serbia regarding the fall of a concrete canopy in Novi Sad where 15 people died. Citizens demand that the authorities take responsibility and punish those responsible for that event. The protests were initiated by the students of the Belgrade Drama Faculty, after which the citizens joined in and are taking place in almost all cities of Serbia. This is a moment from the protest from the city of Cacak.
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The Invisible Ones: Student Protests in Serbia

by Lola Dunton-Milenkovic May 7, 2025May 7, 2025
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