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Yemeni Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Saeed al-Khanbashi (R) and Southern Transitional Council (STC) representative Nasser al-Habci (L) are seen during a signing ceremony of 'Riyadh Agreement' between the Yemeni government and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)-backed separatist forces, Southern Transitional Council (STC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on November 05, 2019.

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Displaced Syrians wait in a queue as an NGO delivers bread as they wait to receive humanitarian aid in a stadium which has been turned into a makeshift refugee shelter on February 19, 2020 in Idlib, Syria.

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Iranian electoral posters and fliers are pictured on the last day of election campaign in Tehran on February 19, 2020.

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