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A protestor lights a cigarette with a burning image of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, during a demonstration in Milan, Italy

A protestor lights a cigarette with a burning image of Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, during a demonstration in Milan, Italy (Image credit: Piero Cruciatti / AFP / Getty Images)

Two women embrace while visiting a memorial for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer last week, in Minneapolis, United States (Image credit: John Locher / AP Photo)

Presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, talks to supporters during his party’s final campaign rally ahead of elections in Kampala, Uganda (Image credit: Luis Tato / AFP / Getty Images)

A white-cheeked spider monkey licks a popsicle in the summer heat at BioParque do Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Image credit: Bruna Prado / AP Photo)

Young women dressed in kimonos take pictures while attending a Coming of Age Day ceremony in Yokohama, Japan (Image credit: Franck Robichon / EPA / Shutterstock)

Rider Luciano Benavides crosses a dune during the ninth stage of the Dakar Rally near Bisha, Saudi Arabia (Image credit: Thibault Camus / AP Photo)

Recovery workers stand beside a highway construction site after a fatal crane collapse in Samut Sakhon province, Thailand (Image credit: Chanakarn Laosarakham / AFP / Getty Images)

British super lightweight boxing champion Adam Azim is photographed during a media event at Bronx Boxing Club in London, United Kingdom (Image credit: Andrew Couldridge / Reuters)

Rows of tents are seen at a displaced persons camp in El Obeid, Sudan (Image credit: El Tayeb Siddig / Reuters)

People in traditional costumes perform around a bonfire as part of the Surva festival in Svetlya, Bulgaria (Image credit: Valentina Petrova / AP Photo)

Hundreds of motorists on scooters crowd the road during morning rush hour in Taipei, Taiwan (Image credit: Ritchie B Tongo / EPA / Shutterstock)

A neighborhood on the banks of the Dnipro River sits in darkness during a power outage in Kyiv, Ukraine (Image credit: Genya Savilov / AFP / Getty Images)

A smoke-filled protest, a tearful embrace, and more

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