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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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Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) shakes hands with Senegalese President Macky Sall (L) during a meeting at the West lake State Guest House in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province on September 2, 2016 (IWASAKI MINORU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Ghanese flag at the beach village below Jamestown Lighthouse (Getty Images)
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Egyptian anti-government protesters celebrate at Tahrir Square in Cairo on February 11, 2011 after President Hosni Mubarak stepped down after three decades of autocratic rule and handed power to a junta of senior military commanders (Getty Images)
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Niger's Armed Forces drive through the airport's tarmac in Diffa, southeastern Niger, as they patrol during a visit of Niger's Interior Minister on June 16, 2016 following attacks by Nigeria-based Boko Haram fighters in the region (Getty Images)
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Houthi rebel fighters hold their weapons during a gathering aimed at mobilizing more fighters before heading to battlefronts (Photo by Hani Al-Ansi/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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A general view of "Ever Given", a container ship operated by the Evergreen Marine Corporation which is currently stuck in the Suez canal, during a tugging attempt to re-float it (Photo by Fadell Dawod/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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This picture taken late on March 27, 2021 shows a view of tugboats by the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' (operated by Taiwan-based Evergreen Marine) container ship, which has been wedged diagonally across the span of the canal about six kilometres north o
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Dignitaries take part in a forum for social cohesion and the reaffirmation of the presence of the state, held by Niger Interior Minister Alkache Alhada a week a massacre of civilians by jihadists that this country has known (Getty Images)
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Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, also known as Abu Serga, Also known as Cavern Church. Coptic Cairo. Egypt. 4th century
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Coptic Christians pray during a protest in Tahrir Square during the 2011 Egyptian protests.
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Joshua Meservey
Senior Fellow
Zineb Riboua
Research Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
