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Algerian security forces use a water canon to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital city of Algiers on April 9th, 2019. Lawmakers named the speaker of the upper house as Algeria's first new president in two decades on Wednesday, after the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika following mass protests.

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Viewfinder: An Anti-Government Demonstration in Algeria

Algerian security forces use a water canon to disperse students taking part in an anti-government demonstration in the capital Algiers on April 9th, 2019.

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A protester is removed by police officers during a sit-in to block construction vehicles working on the expansion of Camp Schwab, a United States military base, on May 31st, 2018, in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, Japan. Demonstrators protesting against the U.S. military presence on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have staged continuous protests outside Camp Schwab to block construction vehicles as the camp is expanded to accommodate the relocation of an airbase in nearby Henoko.

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Viewfinder: Okinawa Residents Protest Against U.S. Military Presence

A protester is removed by police officers during a sit-in to block construction vehicles working on the expansion of Camp Schwab, a United States military base, on May 31st, 2018, in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, Japan.

Ashley Hackett

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Twenty Himalayans Have Set Themselves On Fire This Month

It’s hard to mistake a Himalayan November for spring. Frustation in the Chinese-run region of Tibet appears to…

Marc Herman