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Palestinians rally in Ramallah to mark the 76th anniversary of their "Nakba" or "catastrophe", which Palestinians associate with Israel's creation. During the 1948 war that accompanied Israel's creation, around 760,000 Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes and many took refuge in what would later become the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. IMAGES
Protestors gather outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok on the second anniversary of the coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's government. Western powers launched a fresh broadside of sanctions against the Myanmar generals on the anniversary, but previous rounds have shown little sign of throwing the junta off course. IMAGES
A crowd consisting of mostly Taliban militants attend a spontaneous rally at Kabul's Shah Massoud square as the hardline Islamists marked the first anniversary of their return to power in the country with a national holiday. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended 20 years of US-led military intervention. IMAGES
Crowds gather at Baghdad's iconic Tahrir Square, the latest demonstration marking the one-year anniversary of unprecedented anti-government demonstrations. IMAGES
Hundreds of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to mark the first anniversary of a non-sectarian protest movement that has rocked the political elite but has yet to achieve its goal of sweeping reform in the crisis-hit country. IMAGES
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