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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors gather burned debris to fill in bags to be used in the formation of barricades, as violent clashes happen between protestors and police outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protests continue in Kiev after days of violent clashes with the police forces. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A anti-government protestor uses a homemade shield to protect himself from the riot police water canons at a barricade outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium, near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: A Mali army men take guard in Diabaly city centre, a day after the government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 22, 2014: Funeral procession of anti-government protestors killed two days ago during clashes with riot police in central Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: A local child stands by destroyed islamic militants' armoured vehicles in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Religious ornaments are seen desecrated inside of a destroyed catholic church in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • Dami Babade, a 22-year old Nigerian living in Ireland for nearly two decades, poses for a portrait in one of the floors of the building housing his digital media agency in central Dublin, Ireland, on July 17, 2020. Last month, while on their way home from the gym, he and a female Chinese friend were attacked by a group of men and women in Dublin. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A christmas tree is seen between tents used by anti-government protestors in Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: An anti-government protestors takes cover behind newly build barricades at the frontline where violent clashes were happening between protestors and riot police outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A anti-government protestor takes a rest at the occupied Ukraine House, hours after violent confrontations with the riot police. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: French Army men gather in Niono's main square near the Mali police headquarters. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 17, 2013 - Bamako, Mali: First group of forty five Togolese army men arrive at Bamako International Airport to take part in the international force deployed to Mali to defend the country against the islamists rebel groups advancing from the northern areas of the country.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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Last week the Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • Jenifer Ikponmwosa, a 19-year old nursing assistant from Limerick, poses for a portrait at her aunt’s home in Dublin, Ireland, on July 17, 2020. Although she was born and raised in Ireland, Miss Ikponmwosa says she constantly experiences racist abuse. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The Wall Street Journal<br />
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian riot police hold a defensive line as protestors advance to a street that gives access to government buildings, near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 29, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors play football outside Kiev's Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors pray as demonstrations continue outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • August 09, 2013 - Zarqa, Jordan: Two syrian refugees walk by an hangar used as communal kitchen at Mrigb Al-Fuhud refugee camp, also known as Emirates-Jordanian camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa.<br />
The 10 million USD camp, which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to four thousand people, first opened in April 2013 and was paid for by the United Arab Emirates. Work is underway to house a total of 20 thousand by the end of the year. <br />
In contrast with the two other camps in the area, Mrigb Al-Fuhud as been classified by many as a 'five star' camp due to impressive housing facilities provided to the refugees. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Al Jazeera)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Locals stand near french military forces take guard in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Mali army men check a military base in central Diabaly, for unexploded ordinance, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: A Mali army man takes guard on the road outside Diabaly, a day after the government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protestors stand guard near a defensive barricade near Dynamo Kiev's stadium in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: An Orthodox priest blesses the bodies of anti-government protestors shot dead during an advance on police lines outside the Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors advance on police lines in the early hours of the day. The riot police responded with sniper fire causing at least 25 casualties with shots to the head. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors carry scrap metal to be used in new defensive barricades, as violent clashes between protestors and riot police happen outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators get food donated inside the occupied City Hall.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 27, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: A Ukrainian anti-government protestor eats a warm meal while standing guard to a barricade, as demonstrations continue in Kiev’s Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors visit the recently taken Ukraine House in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors pray as demonstrations continue outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protests continue in Kiev after days of violent clashes with the police forces. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Local people stand by a mango grove that islamic militants used as base in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Local children scavenge destroyed islamic militants' armoured vehicles in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Mali army men check a military base in central Diabaly, for unexploded ordinance, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: A Mali army men take guard in Diabaly city centre, a day after the government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Protestors stand guard near a defensive barricade near Dynamo Kiev's stadium in central Kiev, as temperatures drop to minus 15 degrees celsius. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: Anti-government protestors try to storm the parliament building in central Kiev, moments after the proposal for release of political prisoners was rejected by majority vote in a parliamentary session. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: Anti-government protestors prepare petrol bombs near a barricade in Maidan, hours after violent clashes between protestors and riot police happened outside Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Thousands in Kiev mourn a protester shot dead during clashes with the Ukrainian riot police in Kiev, early in the week.<br />
An emotional crowd packed Saint Michael's Cathedral and spilled into a square outside to pay their last respects to 25-year-old Mikhail Zhiznevsky, with many waving Ukrainian flags with black ribbons. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 23, 2014: Members of Maidan's defence unit take guard at one of the many checkpoints outside Kiev's Independence Square. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 26, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Ukrainian protesters laid siege to Ukrainian House international convention center, a Soviet-era building in central Kiev, used as a base by the security forces, who remained holed up inside.

Some two thousand stick-wielding protesters clad in helmets threw Molotov cocktails and smashed in windows of the Ukrainian House, climbing over sandbags into the building. The security forces protected themselves with riot shields as well as by hurling stun grenades and attempting to douse the protesters with jets of water.

The protesters later in the night formed a corridor on the steps of the building to allow the security forces to leave. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 25, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors continue to demonstrate outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square in central Kiev. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 24, 2014 - Kiev, Ukraine: Anti-government protestors attack the Ukrainian riot police, outside the Dynamo Kiev stadium near the Independence Square. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Local children scavenge destroyed islamic militants' armoured vehicles in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Local merchants at a stall in Diabaly market, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: General view of the inside of a destroyed catholic church in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: A french army man checks the Mali military base in central Diabaly, for unexploded ordinance, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Mali army men patrol a military base in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 17, 2013 - Bamako, Mali: First group of forty five Togolese army men arrive at Bamako International Airport to take part in the international force deployed to Mali to defend the country against the islamists rebel groups advancing from the northern areas of the country.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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Last week the Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 17, 2013 - Bamako, Mali: First group of forty five Togolese army men arrive at Bamako International Airport to take part in the international force deployed to Mali to defend the country against the islamists rebel groups advancing from the northern areas of the country.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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Last week the Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 20, 2014: People check the bodies of anti-government protestors shot dead during an advance on police lines outside the Independence Square in central Kiev. The riot police responded to the advance with gunfire that, according to the opposition, killed at least 70 and as many as 100 people. The drastic escalation of the three-month-old Ukraine crisis left the country reeling from the most lethal violence in decades. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Locals take lunch at a restaurant, with Kaddafi, Bob Marley and Emperor Haile Selassiei poster displayed on the wall, in Niono village, the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January. In the back<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • August 09, 2012 - Aleppo, Syria: A group of Free Syria Army (FSA) fighters leave their headquarters in Haneno neighborhood, to join their comrades on the frontline at Salehedine...The Syrian army and the FSA have in the past week exchanged heavy fire in a battle for the control of Syria's economic capital, Aleppo. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • DONETSK, UKRAINE - OCTOBER 21, 2014: A local resident sits in a bomb shelter in the basement of a destroyed hospital in Kievsky District in Donetsk. Kievsky is one of the areas most affected by the fierce fight between DNR rebels and the Ukrainian military over the control of the city airport. Throughout Donetsk, there are people living in very basic shelters and under constant shellfire for almost four months. Many of them without electricity, humanitarian aid or a chance to move to safer areas. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • January 19, 2013 - Markala, Mali: French Army men take defensive position in the outskirts of Markala, in preparation for an advance towards the northern city of Diabaly, under siege by islamist militants since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • DUBLIN, IRELAND - AUGUST 26, 2018: People holding protest posters against clerical sexual child abuse in Ireland, during a protest gathering at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin City centre. Thousands took the streets of Dublin protesting the wrongdoings of the Catholic Church, during the two day visit of Pope Francis to Ireland. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
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  • CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, IRELAND - AUGUST 18, 2017: A local man watches a group of Kurdish playing football in a leisure centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, a small town in the west of Ireland of just five thousand people where a group of Kurdish refugees were resettled from Iraq about 11 years ago. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Mali troops tow a broken Armoured Personal Carrier in central Niono. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Markala, Mali: French Army men take defensive position in the outskirts of Markala, in preparation for an advance towards the northern city of Diabaly, under siege by islamist militants since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Local residents watch a convoy of french troops passing by in direction to Niono village, the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, IRELAND - AUGUST 18, 2017: A group of Kurdish men play football in a leisure centre in Carrick-on-Shannon, a small town in the west of Ireland of just five thousand people where a group of Kurdish refugees were resettled from Iraq about 11 years ago. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
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  • CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, IRELAND - AUGUST 17, 2017: Aziz Allakarami talks to his wife, Fawzieh Amiri as he works on his vegetable garden at his family home in Carrick-on-Shannon in Ireland. The Allakarami family were part of a group of more than one hundred Kurdish resettled from Iraq about 11 years ago in the small Irish town in the west of the country. Despite health issues preventing Mr. Allakarami to hold a full time job, he spends his days taking care of his vegetable garden and occasionally selling his products at the local farmers market. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: French Army men gather in Niono's main square near the Mali police headquarters. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Local prepare ingredients for dinner in Niono village, the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 17, 2013 - Bamako, Mali: First group of forty five Togolese army men arrive at Bamako International Airport to take part in the international force deployed to Mali to defend the country against the islamists rebel groups advancing from the northern areas of the country.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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Last week the Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: French Army men gather in Niono's main square near the Mali police headquarters. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: French Army men gather in Niono's main square near the Mali police headquarters. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Moriba Coulibaly, the Major of Niono village, receives a call from people sieged in the neighbouring cry of Diabaly. Niono is the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January. In the back<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Local children scavenge destroyed islamic militants' armoured vehicles in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 19, 2013 - Niono, Mali: Local residents watch a convoy of french troops arriving at Niono village, the last government controlled location before Diabaly, a city under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Mali army men patrol central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • January 21, 2013 - Diabaly, Mali: Mali army men patrol a military base in central Diabaly, a day after Mali government troops regain control of the city. Diabaly was under islamist militants control since the 14th of January.<br />
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Several insurgent groups have been fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organisation fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012.<br />
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The Malian government pledge to the French army to help the national troops to stop the rebellion advance towards the capital Bamako. The french troops started aerial attacks on rebel positions in the centre of the country and deployed several hundred special forces men to counter attack the advance on the ground. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • ODESSA, UKRAINE - March 16, 2014: A anti-war group marches the streets of Odessa in protest against the referendum in Crimea. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • May 29, 2013 - Kesenuma, Japan: Newly planted flowers grow in a destroyed residential neighbourhood of Kesennuma. In the background, a large vessel, washed away by the 2011 tsunami that struck over the coastal areas of Japan, remains grounded amid the flattened area. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • KIEV, UKRAINE - February 24, 2014: People pass by a a building where several anti-government protestors lost their life as when of the attempt to take the Ukraine parliament building in Kiev. CREDIT: Paulo Nunes dos Santos
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  • December 19, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Pro-EU demonstrators prepare food for free distribution at  the Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • December 18, 2013 - Kiev, Ukraine: Local women look at a barricade in Independence Square.<br />
On the night of 21 November 2013, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest began in Ukraine, when spontaneous protests erupted in the capital of Kiev as a response to the government’s suspension of the preparations for signing an association and free trade agreement with the European Union. Anti-government protesters occupied Independence Square, also known as Maidan, demanding the resignation of President Viktor Yanukovych and accusing him of refusing the planned trade and political pact with the EU in favor of closer ties with Russia.<br />
After a days of demonstrations, an increasing number of people joined the protests. As a responses to a police crackdown on November 30, half a million people took the square. The protests are ongoing despite a heavy police presence in the city, regular sub-zero temperatures, and snow. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Polaris)
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  • August 08, 2013 - Zaatari, Jordan: A shisha vendor stands at his stall in Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan. The stall is located on a street that aid workers have nicknamed the Champs Elysees, due to the hundreds of shops and businesses. Zaatari camp, home to more than 120,000 people who in the past year have fled the conflict in Syria, become the fourth largest city in Jordan and the world's second largest refugee camp behind Dadaab in eastern Kenya. Most of its residents came from Daraa, a city about 30Km away in Syria, rich with businessmen thanks to a long history of cross-border trade with Jordan. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Al Jazeera)
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  • August 09, 2013 - Zarqa, Jordan: Syrian children enjoy the playground of Mrigb Al-Fuhud refugee camp, also known as Emirates-Jordanian camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa.<br />
The 10 million USD camp, which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to four thousand people, first opened in April 2013 and was paid for by the United Arab Emirates. Work is underway to house a total of 20 thousand by the end of the year. <br />
In contrast with the two other camps in the area, Mrigb Al-Fuhud as been classified by many as a 'five star' camp due to impressive housing facilities provided to the refugees. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Al Jazeera)
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  • August 09, 2013 - Zarqa, Jordan: A syrian refugee works at the communal kitchen of Mrigb Al-Fuhud refugee camp, also known as Emirates-Jordanian camp, 20 kilometres east of the Jordanian city of Zarqa. Many refugees have been offered jobs inside the camp in a intent to bring some normality to their lives. At this kitchen, several meals are prepared daily to be distributed for free among all the camp's residents.<br />
The 10 million USD camp, which has 750 caravans, a hospital, and a school and can take up to four thousand people, first opened in April 2013 and was paid for by the United Arab Emirates. Work is underway to house a total of 20 thousand by the end of the year.<br />
In contrast with the two other camps in the area, Mrigb Al-Fuhud as been classified by many as a 'five star' camp due to impressive housing facilities provided to the refugees. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos/Al Jazeera)
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  • August 12, 2012 - Kafa Safra, Efrin, Syria: Barakat Gadalum, father of a dead Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighter, poses with his son's portrait. Around five thousand Syrian Kurdish attended the funeral and ceremony of martyrdom of Taliz Gadalum, killed days earlier during combat against the Turkish army...PKK has been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Founded on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis, was led by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism - although since his imprisonment, Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • August 12, 2012 - Kafa Safra, Efrin, Syria: Syrian Kurdish women arrive at the funeral and ceremony of martyrdom of Taliz Gadalum, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighter killed days earlier during combat against the Turkish army...PKK has been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Founded on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis, was led by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism - although since his imprisonment, Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • August 12, 2012 - Kafa Safra, Efrin, Syria: Around five thousand Syrian Kurdish attended the funeral and ceremony of martyrdom of Taliz Gadalum, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighter killed days earlier during combat against the Turkish army...PKK has been fighting an armed struggle against the Turkish state for an autonomous Kurdistan and greater cultural and political rights for the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran. Founded on 27 November 1978 in the village of Fis, was led by Abdullah Öcalan. The PKK's ideology was originally a fusion of revolutionary socialism and Kurdish nationalism - although since his imprisonment, Öcalan has abandoned orthodox Marxism. The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States, the European Union and NATO. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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  • August 11, 2012 - Azaz, Aleppo, Syria: A syrian war refugee passes by in a improvised refugee center in Azaz, where 32 families who fled the combat areas are temporarily living. (Paulo Nunes dos Santos)
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