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Halah
Hussein Reda, a newly-licensed Saudi motorist, drives a car in the Red
Sea coastal city of Jeddah early on June 24, 2018.
Saudi Arabia ended its longstanding ban on women driving on June 24,
2018 -- and the second the clock struck midnight, women across the
country started their engines. AMER HILABI, AFP/Getty Images
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New
Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, with her partner Clarke
Gayford, holds their newly born baby girl, Neve, at Auckland Hospital on
June 24, 2018. Ardern made her first public appearance on Sunday since
giving birth to her daughter on Thursday. Ardern is just the second
elected world leader to give birth while holding office. Greg Bowker, New Zealand Herald via AP
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Turkey's
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets supporters outside a voting
station after casting his vote in the countries parliamentary and
presidential election on June 24, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey. Voting
opened across Turkey after weeks of campaigning. Turks are voting in a
snap Parliamentary and Presidential election called by President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan. Chris McGrath, Getty Images
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Yemeni
civilians receive food aid for displaced people who fled battles in the
Red Sea province of Hodeida and are now living in camps under control
by the Iranian-backed Huthi rebels in Hajjah on June 24, 2018. ESSA AHMED, AFP/Getty Images
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A
car and a house are destroyed after an explosion in Wuppertal, Germany,
June 24, 2018. German police say 25 people were injured, when an
explosion destroyed a building in the western city of Wuppertal. The
reason still is unclear. Henning Kaiser, dpa via AP
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Members
of the ancient Samaritan community pray during the holiday of Shavuot
on Mount Gerizim near the West Bank town of Nablus, early June 24, 2018.
Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and
Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism 2,800 years ago. Today,
the remaining 700 Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in
the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. Majdi Mohammed, AP
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Palestinian
mourners carry the body of Palestinian Osama Abu Khater, who died of
wounds he sustained after he was shot by Israeli troops during a protest
at the Israel-Gaza border, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip
June 24, 2018.
At least 134 Palestinians have been killed in clashes since mass
protests broke out along the Gaza border on March 30. SAID KHATIB, AFP/Getty Images
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Devotees
wearing costumes made of banana leaves attend a mass as part of a
religious festival in honor of St. John the Baptist, also known locally
as the "mud people" festival, in Aliaga town, Nueva Ecija province,
north of Manila, on June 24, 2018.
Farmers coated in mud paraded in Philippine villages on June 24 to mark
one of the Catholic nation's most colourful religious festivals. NOEL CELIS, AFP/Getty Images
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A
rider gallops with a lance during the traditional San Juan (Saint John)
festival in the town of Ciutadella, on the Balearic Island of Menorca
on June 24, 2018, on the eve of Saint John's Day.
During the island's San Juan Festival, held each year on June 23 and 24,
Minorcan racehorses gallop and prance on their hind legs through the
streets of Ciutadella in honour of the town's patron saint. As the
"caixers" (horse riders) ride together in a parade, spectators attempt
to pat the horses' chests to get good luck. JAIME REINA, AFP/Getty Images
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