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Supporters of a Shiite group allied with Hezbollah help an injured comrade during armed clashes that erupted during a protest in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, Oct. 14, 2021. The chaotic street fighting between Shiite Muslim and Christian factions erupted during a protest organized by the Hezbollah group against the judge leading the probe into the 2020 blast in the city’s port, and raised the specter of a return to sectarian violence in Lebanon. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar)

A farmer walks past Chinese government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with a slogan reading: “Unity, Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune,” near Kashgar in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, March 19, 2021. Four years after Beijing’s brutal crackdown on largely Muslim minorities native to Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are dialing back the region’s high-tech police state and stepping up tourism. But even as a sense of normality returns, fear of the authorities remains, hidden but pervasive. (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan)

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

In this July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society., A Chinese-flagged ship fishes for squid at night on the high seas off the west coast of South America July 2021 photo provided by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Since 2009 the number of Chinese-flagged vessels in the southern Pacific surged 10-fold to 557 in 2020, according to an intergovernmental group charged with ensuring conservation and sustainable fishing. (Isaac Haslam / Sea Shepherd via AP)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses reporters at the California Democratic Party headquarters in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 14, 2021, after beating back the recall attempt that aimed to remove him from office. The rare, late-summer election emerged as a national battlefront on issues from COVID-19 restrictions to climate change. (AP Photo / Rich Pedroncelli)

Farmer John Boyd Jr., poses in front of a hay baler at his farm in Boydton, Va., May 27, 2021. “I’m owning land that many of my forefathers worked when it was scotch free. You know — slave labor, man,” says Boyd. “I’m just trying to make them proud.” Like other Black farmers, Boyd has encountered prejudice while trying to make a living on his 1,500 acres. (AP Photo / Steve Helber)

In Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, June 11, 2021, Mahmoud Nassir, 10, looks out from his home, heavily damaged by airstrikes during May’s 11-day war between Hamas and Israel. Members of the Nassir family and their neighbors have endured four wars in 13 years. A United Nations inspector said the building will have to come down, but even with the expectation that conflict will erupt again, the family plans to rebuild. (AP Photo / Felipe Dana)

Michael Williams sits for an interview in his South Side Chicago home, July 27, 2021, after spending nearly a year in jail as a suspect in a May 2020 killing. Prosecutors had used ShotsSpotter evidence to build their case against Williams. “I kept trying to figure out, how can they get away with using the technology like that against me?” he asked. “That’s not fair.” His case was eventually dismissed when prosecutors said they had insufficient evidence. (AP Photo / Charles Rex Arbogast)