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      <image:caption>Two protesters dressed as founding fathers march at the No Kings Protest in New York City.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A member of Pussy Riot attends the No Kings Protest on Oct. 18 in New York City.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Only about 20 families remain in the shrinking border village of Nerkin Hand, down from 113 people in 2001. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Residents in the village of Tsav, also near the border with Azerbaijan, are finding work with the military posts, in tourism, or in construction. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Basuta Guesthouse, opened in 2020, is located just across from an Armenian military post in Tsav and welcomes visitors from around the country and outside to an often tension-filled region, breaking stereotypes about the province. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Margarit, 45, and her family opened Basuta Guesthouse in 2020, welcoming visitors to an often tension-filled region, breaking stereotypes about the province. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chantal De Los Santos and David Nizar Giardina's story started in the library of the CUNY City College of New York when he passed her a flyer for a party. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“I, in my heart of hearts, never wanted to marry anybody for papers,” De Los Santos said. “It was terrible going through that — knowing that, yes, I do love this person, but then I was using them for something. It was very hard to wrap my head around that.” (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photos documenting Camila Palacio and Brian Rosario's relationship helped them prove they were a real couple and get their application for Palacio's green card approved. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Chantal De Los Santos and her boyfriend David Nizar Giardina offered each other promise rings after agreeing to eventually get married, no longer under pressure from De Los Santos' lack of legal status. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Camila Palacio and Brian Rosario have lived together in NYC since 2021, when Rosario left Puerto Rico to be with Palacio. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Camila Palacio and Brian Rosario have lived together in NYC since 2021, when Rosario left Puerto Rico to be with Palacio. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>26 Federal Plaza, home to New York City's immigration courts, became a flashpoint of immigration enforcement in the fall of 2025 as ICE agents arrested people coming for their immigration hearings. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Federal Immigation and Customs Enforcement officers wait outside an immigration courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza, Aug. 25, 2025 (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>26 Federal Plaza</image:title>
      <image:caption>26 Federal Plaza, home to New York City's immigration courts, became a flashpoint of immigration enforcement in the fall of 2025 as ICE agents arrested people coming for their immigration hearings. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The holding cells inside 26 Federal Plaza, where detainees await transfer after being arrested by ICE outside of their immigration court hearings, Aug. 27, 2025 (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait outside an immigration courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza, Aug. 27, 2025 (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers wait outside an immigration courtroom at 26 Federal Plaza, Aug. 27, 2025 (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Andranik, 55, watches over his grandson playing in the tub in their village home in Nerkin Hand.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Only about 20 families remain in the shrinking border village of Nerkin Hand, down from 113 people in 2001. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hasmik, 67, cuts up watermelon in her home in the village of Nerkin Hand, on the border with Azerbaijan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Residents in the village of Tsav, also near the border with Azerbaijan, are finding work with the military posts, in tourism, or in construction. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Basuta Guesthouse, opened in 2020, is located just across from an Armenian military post in Tsav and welcomes visitors from around the country and outside to an often tension-filled region, breaking stereotypes about the province. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Margarit, 45, and her family opened Basuta Guesthouse in 2020, welcoming visitors to an often tension-filled region, breaking stereotypes about the province. (Photo by Sandra Sadek)</image:caption>
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      <image:title>2026 Elections, Armenia</image:title>
      <image:caption>The main political parties include the ruling party, Civil Contract, and the opposition groups, Strong Armenia and Armenia Alliance.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A woman walks past registered voter rolls inside a school in the northern neighborhood of Arabkir on June 7, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Voters line up to cast their ballot in central Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, June 7, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Voters and election workers inside a polling site in the neighborhood of Sari Tagh on June 7, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Candidate parties must receive at least 4% of the votes to enter parliament. The threshold for political alliances is 11%.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A woman helps a voter sign in to vote at a polling site in Sari Tagh, in south Yerevan on June 7, 2026.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>There are 18 political factions running in the June 7, 2026 parliamentary elections.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The 2026 Parliamentary Elections have gathered massive international attention, framed as a battleground between the West and Russia.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>With election observers present, officials lock the ballot box after polls closed at 8 p.m. on June 7.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Election officials begin the process of counting ballots after polls closed at 8 p.m. on June 7.</image:caption>
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