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A woman and child kneel during Catholic Mass at Benedictine College, Oct. 29, 2023, in Atchison, Kan. (Credit: Charlie Riedel/AP.)

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People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

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Police officers stand guard outside West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts, where activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s trial is scheduled to open, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. A landmark national security trial opened Monday in Hong Kong for prominent activist publisher Jimmy Lai, who faces a possible life sentence if convicted under a law imposed by Beijing to crush dissidents. (Vernon Yuen/AP.)

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The parliamentary building in the Republic of Ireland. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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