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German Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Lisa Paus and German Justice Minister Marco Buschmann give a press statement on the government's draft law on self-determination in relation to gender registration in Berlin, Germany August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse

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People gather outside the building of Russia’s Supreme Court following a hearing to consider a request by the Ministry of Justice to recognize the LGBTQ movement as extremist in Moscow, Russia, November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

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A man walks past the carcass of sheep that died from the El Nino-related drought in Marodijeex town of southern Hargeysa, in northern Somalia's semi-autonomous Somaliland region, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

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Female Afghan YouTubers Ayesha Niazi (L) and Setaish Hayat (R) pose in this composite image. Ayesha Niazi and Setaish Hayat/Handout via Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Tourists stand on the Sacre-Coeur Basilica stairs painted with the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games design at the Butte Montmartre in Paris, France, April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

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Sudanese refugees who have fled the violence in their country queue to receive food supplements from World Food Programme (WFP) near the border between Sudan and Chad in Adre, Chad April 26, 2023

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Homeless encampments line the bike path on Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

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Protesters gather inside the South Carolina House as members debate a new near-total ban on abortion with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest at the state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S. August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Sam Wolfe

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