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March 18, 2023, Hong Kong, China: 12 meters high and 12 meters wide public installation GIANTS : RISING UP by artist JR is displayed atop Ocean Centre in Hong Kong. Famed international artist JR, who has amassed over 1.7 million Instagram followers, comes back to Hong Kong with his towering art installation after his last visit ten years ago. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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March 8, 2023, Tunis, Tunisia: Tunisians attend a demonstration on International Women’s Day in the capital Tunis. During the event participants called the release of prominent figures opposed to the president who have been arrested in recent weeks. (Credit Image: © Hasan Mrad/IMAGESLIVE via ZUMA Press Wire)

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A woman reacts emotionally during annual Candle Light Vigil at Victoria Park on the 30th Anniversary of June 4th Tiananmen Massacre. Some 180,000 citizens turned out calling for vindication of victims. June 4, 2019, Hong Kong, China. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Wire)

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Models wear masks of the Venice Carnival 2023 in San Marco Square during the Venice Carnival, Feb 2023. (Credit Image: © Luigi Berengo/LPS via ZUMA Press Wire)

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March 8, 2023: The Wall Street Journal Newspaper Cover A1. Image by A. Perez Meca/Contacto via ZUMA Press shows hundreds of women with banners during a demonstration called by the Student Union and ‘Libres y Combativas’, for 8M, International Women’s Day in Madrid.

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March 6, 2023, Manila, The Philippines: A driver taking part in a strike sleeps on his jeepney in downtown Manila, amid the nationwide 7-day strike against the government’s transport modernization program which aims to replace old vehicles. The diesel-powered jeepneys, evolved from US military jeeps, are often referred to as ‘King of the Road,’ and part of the south East Asian country’s culture. The program will older jeepneys replaced with enhanced safety features and better carbon emission standards.. But opponents and drivers say they will not be able to afford the cost of replacement even with financial aids. (Credit Image: © Daniel Ceng Shou-Yi/ZUMA Press Wire)

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March 4, 2023, Hong Kong China: The top part of a 42-story hotel under construction was seriously damaged in the massive fire on the late evening of Mar 2,2023. Hong Kong is poised for what could be City’s largest ever property related insurance payout in a single case after a massive Class-4 Fire engulfed EMPIRE GROUP’s Kimpton Hotel which was scheduled to complete within the year. The massive fire caused damage to neighbouring buildings which include residential mansion, newly built office building and hotels. The claim could run from 200 million HK Dollars to as much as 500 million HK Dollars (from 25 million US Dollars up). The insurance payout, if materialized, would be the highest level of compensation in Hong Kong history. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

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November 2, 2022, HONG KONG, CHINA: Citizens wait to cross the main road in front of a CITIBANK branch office under rainy weather in the financial center. Global Financial Leaders’ Summit is being hit by untimely Tropical Cyclone Signal No.8 which is bringing heavy rain and strong wind throughout the territory overnight. (Credit Image: © Liau Chung-ren/ZUMA Press Wire)

Scott Mc Kiernan, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, ZUMA Press

The Taliban banned women from attending university last December, nine months after the Islamist group barred girls from returning to secondary schools amid a brutal crackdown on women’s rights since it seized power in 2021. Afghanistan is currently one of the most difficult countries in the world in which to identify as a woman. Political and economic insecurity, educational inequality, sexual violence, and poor health are pervasive. One year after the fall of Kabul, women in Afghanistan are starving and have lost access to their hard-earned rights, education, and jobs. Welcome to: ‘Taliban’s War On Women’

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