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A Palestinian protester poses with smoke candle during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least five Palestinians were wounded during the clashes near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap
A Palestinian protester poses with smoke candle during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least five Palestinians were wounded during the clashes near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap
A Palestinian youth takes cover behind a concrete block during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A Palestinian youth takes cover behind a concrete block during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 18 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A bomb explodes during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers near the Israel-Gaza border fence on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A bomb explodes during clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers near the Israel-Gaza border fence on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to hurl rocks towards Israeli soldiers during a rally near the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to hurl rocks towards Israeli soldiers during a rally near the Israel-Gaza border fence east of Gaza City on September 22, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A Palestinian protester waves Palestinian flags amidst tear gas smoke, during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 15 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A Palestinian protester waves Palestinian flags amidst tear gas smoke, during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 15 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A man on crutches watches as a Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 15 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
A man on crutches watches as a Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli troops on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 15 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
Mourners react during the funeral of 25-year-old Palestinian Yousef Radwan, who was killed the previous day amid clashes following anti-Israel protests by the Gaza Strip's eastern border fence, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 20, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Mourners react during the funeral of 25-year-old Palestinian Yousef Radwan, who was killed the previous day amid clashes following anti-Israel protests by the Gaza Strip's eastern border fence, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 20, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Palestinian relatives of Youssef Radwan, who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest at the Israeli-Gaza border fence, react at the hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Palestinian relatives of Youssef Radwan, who was killed by Israeli forces during a protest at the Israeli-Gaza border fence, react at the hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
 Palestinian protesters stand during clashes on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 20 September 2023. According to the Palestinian ministry of health, at least four Palestinian protesters were wounded during the clashes near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap
Palestinian protesters stand during clashes on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, 20 September 2023. According to the Palestinian ministry of health, at least four Palestinian protesters were wounded during the clashes near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. EPA-Yonhap
This aerial picture taken on September 23, 2023 shows a family holding on as they try to navigate swift currents in the Rio Grand river as they cross the US-Mexico border to Eagle Pass, Texas. AFP-Yonhap
This aerial picture taken on September 23, 2023 shows a family holding on as they try to navigate swift currents in the Rio Grand river as they cross the US-Mexico border to Eagle Pass, Texas. AFP-Yonhap
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near a border wall as members of the Texas National Guard stand guard with the purpose of inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the United States, on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near a border wall as members of the Texas National Guard stand guard with the purpose of inhibiting the crossing of migrants to the United States, on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A child looks on next to a razor wire fence, near a border wall on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A child looks on next to a razor wire fence, near a border wall on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
 Migrants aspiring to reach the US travel on a train known as The Beast in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 16 September 2023 (issued 23 September 2023). EPA-Yonhap
Migrants aspiring to reach the US travel on a train known as The Beast in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 16 September 2023 (issued 23 September 2023). EPA-Yonhap
Migrants watch a train go past as they wait along the train tracks hoping to board a freight train heading north, one that stops long enough so they can hop on, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023. AP-Yonhap
Migrants watch a train go past as they wait along the train tracks hoping to board a freight train heading north, one that stops long enough so they can hop on, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023. AP-Yonhap
Migrants wait along a rail line hoping to board a freight train heading north, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023. AP-Yonhap
Migrants wait along a rail line hoping to board a freight train heading north, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023. AP-Yonhap
Migrants walk along rail lines hoping to board a freight train heading north, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023.  AP-Yonhap
Migrants walk along rail lines hoping to board a freight train heading north, in Huehuetoca, Mexico, Sept. 19, 2023. AP-Yonhap
A migrant girl holds a toy rabbit, as she waits with her family to board a train to try to reach the U.S. border, as they travel through the state of Nuevo Leon, in San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A migrant girl holds a toy rabbit, as she waits with her family to board a train to try to reach the U.S. border, as they travel through the state of Nuevo Leon, in San Nicolas de los Garza, Mexico September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A migrant from Venezuela waits to board a trying to try to reach the U.S. border as he travels through the state of Coahuila, in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico September 20, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A migrant from Venezuela waits to board a trying to try to reach the U.S. border as he travels through the state of Coahuila, in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico September 20, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Agents from Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) and police authorities carry out an operation in search of migrants on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Agents from Mexico's National Institute of Migration (INM) and police authorities carry out an operation in search of migrants on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, the border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
embers of the National Guard walk on top of a shipping container as they looks for migrants crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 24, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
embers of the National Guard walk on top of a shipping container as they looks for migrants crossing the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 24, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Migrants arrive to Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023. The clandestine journey through the Darien Gap usually lasts five or six days, at the mercy of all kinds of bad weather. More than 390,000 migrants have entered Panama through this jungle so far this year, far more than in all of 2022, when there were 248,000, according to official Panamanian data. AFP-Yonhap
Migrants arrive to Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama, on September 22, 2023. The clandestine journey through the Darien Gap usually lasts five or six days, at the mercy of all kinds of bad weather. More than 390,000 migrants have entered Panama through this jungle so far this year, far more than in all of 2022, when there were 248,000, according to official Panamanian data. AFP-Yonhap
Venezuelan migrant Alexander Gallardo floats using plastic bottles to cross the Turquesa River with an injured knee near the village of Bajo Chiquito, the first border checkpoint in Panama's Darien province, on September 21, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Venezuelan migrant Alexander Gallardo floats using plastic bottles to cross the Turquesa River with an injured knee near the village of Bajo Chiquito, the first border checkpoint in Panama's Darien province, on September 21, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Migrants cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass Texas, USA, 22 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
Migrants cross the Rio Grande in Eagle Pass Texas, USA, 22 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
Migrants try to cross the Rio Grande on their way towards the border with the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 27 September 2023. High water levels in the Rio Grande complicated the migrants' passage. EPA-Yonhap
Migrants try to cross the Rio Grande on their way towards the border with the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 27 September 2023. High water levels in the Rio Grande complicated the migrants' passage. EPA-Yonhap
A migrant bathes in the Rio Grande river as others sit behind rows of razor wire as they wait to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A migrant bathes in the Rio Grande river as others sit behind rows of razor wire as they wait to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Asylum-seekers watch a camp fire at a camp near the border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. AP-Yonhap
Asylum-seekers watch a camp fire at a camp near the border with Mexico, Tuesday Sept. 26, 2023, near Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif. AP-Yonhap
Migrants gather near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 25, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants gather near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 25, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants from Guatemala cross the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants from Guatemala cross the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents to request asylum, in El Paso, Texas, U.S. September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Sarita, a one year old migrant girl from Guatemala, stares through the fence of a cemetery where a group of compatriots surrendered to border patrol agents after crossing into United States from Mexico in Fronton, Texas, U.S. September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Sarita, a one year old migrant girl from Guatemala, stares through the fence of a cemetery where a group of compatriots surrendered to border patrol agents after crossing into United States from Mexico in Fronton, Texas, U.S. September 18, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near a border wall on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near a border wall on the banks of the Rio Bravo River, on the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 19, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A young girl is lifted over concertina wire are she and other other migrants crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico head to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. AP-Yonhap
A young girl is lifted over concertina wire are she and other other migrants crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico head to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023, in Eagle Pass, Texas. AP-Yonhap
 A young migrant from El Salvador kisses a Mario doll before walking to a processing area with his family after crossing the Rio Grande river at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas on September 23, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A young migrant from El Salvador kisses a Mario doll before walking to a processing area with his family after crossing the Rio Grande river at the US-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas on September 23, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A migrant from Cameroon keeps warm between the primary and secondary border fences along the Mexico and U.S. border as she awaits processing by U.S. immigration in San Diego, California, U.S., September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
A migrant from Cameroon keeps warm between the primary and secondary border fences along the Mexico and U.S. border as she awaits processing by U.S. immigration in San Diego, California, U.S., September 22, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Mexico's Navy officers patrol in Playas de Tijuana near the US/Mexico border, Baja California State, Mexico, on September 28, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Mexico's Navy officers patrol in Playas de Tijuana near the US/Mexico border, Baja California State, Mexico, on September 28, 2023. Reuters-Yonhap
Refugees queue in vehicles near the border town of Kornidzor, arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 26, 2023. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023,  following Azerbaijan's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. AFP-Yonhap
Refugees queue in vehicles near the border town of Kornidzor, arriving from Nagorno-Karabakh, on September 26, 2023. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023, following Azerbaijan's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. AFP-Yonhap
A refugee holds an icon as she queues next to cars after crossing the border, near the town of Kornidzor, on September 26, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A refugee holds an icon as she queues next to cars after crossing the border, near the town of Kornidzor, on September 26, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
 A refugee waits in a car with her baby as she wait to cross the border, leaving Karabakh to Armenia, in Lachin, on September 26, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
A refugee waits in a car with her baby as she wait to cross the border, leaving Karabakh to Armenia, in Lachin, on September 26, 2023. AFP-Yonhap
Refugees wait in their car to cross the border, leaving Karabakh for Armenia, at Lachin checkpoint, on September 26, 2023. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023, following 's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. AFP-Yonhap
Refugees wait in their car to cross the border, leaving Karabakh for Armenia, at Lachin checkpoint, on September 26, 2023. Hundreds of vehicles were heading to Armenia from Nagorno-Karabakh on September 26, 2023, following 's lightning offensive against the separatist enclave, an AFP team at the scene said. AFP-Yonhap
Ethnic Armenian flee Karabakh for Armenia sitting in a truck at the Lachin checkpoint controlled by Russian peackeepers and Azeri border guards, Azerbaijan, 26 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap
Ethnic Armenian flee Karabakh for Armenia sitting in a truck at the Lachin checkpoint controlled by Russian peackeepers and Azeri border guards, Azerbaijan, 26 September 2023. EPA-Yonhap




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