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          A General view of the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa mosque compound during the first Friday prayers of the Muslims' Holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem on May 18. Alaa Badarneh / EPA

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          A female Palestinian protester throws stones during clashes after protests near the border with Israel in eastern Gaza City on May 4, 2018. Mohammed Saber / EPA Photo

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          A flypast in Tel Aviv on Israel's Independence Day anniversary celebrations. This year Israel marks 70 years of statehood amid protests from Palestinians and internal divisions. Ariel Schalit / AP

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          Demonstrators burn flares and wave Polish flags during the annual march to commemorate Poland's national independence day in Warsaw on Saturday. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

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          The chief executive of India's new partition museum, Mallika Ahluwalia, is seen here in New Delhi, looking at a steel trunk donated by the relative of a person who went to India during partition in 1947. Altaf Qadri / AP

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