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In this photograph taken on January 29, 2017, Afghan members of a wushu martial arts group led by trainer Sima Azimi (C), 20, pose for a photograph at the Shahrak Haji Nabi hilltop overlooking Kabul. Afghanistan's first female wushu trainer, Sima Azimi, 20, is training 20 Afghan girls aged between 14 - 20 at a wushu club in Kabul, after learning the sport while living as a refugee in Iran. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)
In this photograph taken on January 29, 2017, Afghan members of a wushu martial arts group led by trainer Sima Azimi (C), 20, pose for a photograph at the Shahrak Haji Nabi hilltop overlooking Kabul. Afghanistan's first female wushu trainer, Sima Azimi, 20, is training 20 Afghan girls aged between 14 - 20 at a wushu club in Kabul, after learning the sport while living as a refugee in Iran. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images)

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This photo taken on January 19, 2017 shows Chinese workers installing a rooster lantern outside a museum in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. / AFP / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
This photo taken on January 19, 2017 shows Chinese workers installing a rooster lantern outside a museum in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province. The Lunar New Year, known locally as the Spring Festival, falls on January 28 this year and marks the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese calendar. / AFP / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

China Celebrates the Lunar New Year

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TOPSHOT - Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demostration in Caracas on January 23, 2017. Some 2,000 Venezuelan opponents marched Monday in the streets of Caracas to demand early elections, with the aim of ousting President Nicolas Maduro, who they blame for the profound political and economic crisis that has the country in its grip. / AFP / MANAURE QUINTERO (Photo credit should read MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hold a demostration in Caracas on January 23, 2017. Some 2,000 Venezuelan opponents marched Monday in the streets of Caracas to demand early elections, with the aim of ousting President Nicolas Maduro, who they blame for the profound political and economic crisis that has the country in its grip. / AFP / MANAURE QUINTERO (Photo credit should read MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOT - Cossacks help a boy to take a bath in the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Leninskoe, some 15 km of Bishkek, on January 19, 2017. / AFP / Vyacheslav OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Cossacks help a boy to take a bath in the icy waters of a lake during the celebration of the Epiphany holiday near the village of Leninskoe, some 15 km of Bishkek, on January 19, 2017. / AFP / Vyacheslav OSELEDKO (Photo credit should read VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images)

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US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina on December 6, 2016 during his USA Thank You Tour. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
US President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina on December 6, 2016 during his USA Thank You Tour. / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

What to Really Expect on Day One of the Trump Administration

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TOPSHOT - A Sri Lankan police personnel leads a monk from a protest in the southern port city of Hambantota on January 7, 2017. Sri Lankan nationalists, monks and local residents are protesting the creation of an industrial zone for Chinese investments on the island. / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - A Sri Lankan police personnel leads a monk from a protest in the southern port city of Hambantota on January 7, 2017. Sri Lankan nationalists, monks and local residents are protesting the creation of an industrial zone for Chinese investments on the island. / AFP / Ishara S. KODIKARA (Photo credit should read ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Exchange: Why Americans Can’t Cope With Trauma

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TOPSHOT - Indian activists of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) shout slogans as they burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest meeting in Siliguri on January 4, 2017. TMC supporters protested after the CBI arrested TMC MP, Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the alleged Rose Valley chit fund scam, the previous day in Kolkata. / AFP / Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Indian activists of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) shout slogans as they burn an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a protest meeting in Siliguri on January 4, 2017. TMC supporters protested after the CBI arrested TMC MP, Sudip Bandyopadhyay in connection with the alleged Rose Valley chit fund scam, the previous day in Kolkata. / AFP / Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

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A migrant hangs from a boat as they wait to be rescued as they drift in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. At least 1,800 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard announced, adding that similar operations were underway around 15 other overloaded vessels. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
A migrant hangs from a boat as they wait to be rescued as they drift in the Mediterranean Sea, some 12 nautical miles north of Libya, on October 4, 2016. At least 1,800 migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast, the Italian coastguard announced, adding that similar operations were underway around 15 other overloaded vessels. / AFP / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

The Year in Photos 2016

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My Favorite Story This Year

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play in the aMAZEme labyrinth made from books at The Southbank Centre on July 31, 2012 in London, England. Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo used 250,000 books to create the maze which will be on display until August 25, 2012.
play in the aMAZEme labyrinth made from books at The Southbank Centre on July 31, 2012 in London, England. Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo used 250,000 books to create the maze which will be on display until August 25, 2012.

What Foreign Policy Staff Read in 2016

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TOPSHOT - Pakistani revellers, some dressed in 'Santa Claus' hats, take part in a camel rally in Karachi on December 21, 2016, ahead of the celebration of Christmas. / AFP / ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Pakistani revellers, some dressed in 'Santa Claus' hats, take part in a camel rally in Karachi on December 21, 2016, ahead of the celebration of Christmas. / AFP / ASIF HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)

The World in Photos This Week

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The Leading Global Thinkers of 2016

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TOPSHOT - Chinese paramilitary police border guards train in the snow at Mohe County in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia, on December 12, 2016. Mohe is the northernmost point in China, with a sub arctic climate where border guards operate in temperatures as low as -36 Celcius. / AFP / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
TOPSHOT - Chinese paramilitary police border guards train in the snow at Mohe County in China's northeast Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia, on December 12, 2016. Mohe is the northernmost point in China, with a sub arctic climate where border guards operate in temperatures as low as -36 Celcius. / AFP / STR / China OUT (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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Global Thinkers: London Mayor Sadiq Khan

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