"military build-up"

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3 September 2025

Displaced Palestinians walk along the Sea Road in Gaza City, on September 3, 2025. Israel intensifies its military build-up on September 2 as reservists begin responding to call-up orders ahead of a planned offensive on Gaza City, despite mounting pressure at home and abroad to end the nearly two-year campaign in the Palestinian territory.

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3 September 2025

Displaced Palestinians walk along the Sea Road in Gaza City, on September 3, 2025. Israel intensifies its military build-up on September 2 as reservists begin responding to call-up orders ahead of a planned offensive on Gaza City, despite mounting pressure at home and abroad to end the nearly two-year campaign in the Palestinian territory.

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2 June 2025

People stand and sit at various levels of the National Monument at Vitkov, including the rooftop viewing platform and base level, in Prague, Czech Republic, on May 10, 2025. The monument, built between 1928 and 1938 to honor Czechoslovak legionaries of World War I, is a key site of national remembrance and identity.

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9 May 2025

Heavy deployment of Indian forces occurs near the site destroyed by Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, India, on May 9, 2025.

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1 May 2025

A placard reading ''Soziales rauf! Rustung runter!'' (''Increase social spending! Reduce military spending!'') is displayed on a van during the Labour Day demonstration organized by German trade unions in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 1, 2025. The message reflects widespread demands to redirect public funds from defense budgets toward social programs, education, and public welfare.

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1 May 2025

A protester holds a sign reading ''Money for higher wages instead of war and the army'' during the 1st May demonstration organized by German trade unions in Munich, Bavaria, Upper Bavaria, Germany, on May 1, 2025. The sign includes the slogans ''Raise social spending'' and ''Reduce military spending,'' reflecting calls for budget reallocation toward workers' welfare and public services instead of defense.

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6 March 2025

A German Bundeswehr soldier is at a railroad station in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on February 22, 2025. The Bundeswehr is short of thousands of soldiers. The CDU and the Bundeswehr Association call for the reintroduction of compulsory military service.

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14 July 2024

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 13: Members of the French Army patrol the area near the stairs to the Grande Arche, adorned with Olympic-themed paintings celebrating the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, on July 13, 2024, in the La Defense district of Paris, France. Paris anticipates over 11 million visitors for the XXXIII Olympic Summer Games, primarily from France, as the city prepares for the event from July 26 to August 11

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16 April 2024

A Nepali Hindu devotee is arranging the mask of Lord Bhairab on the front edge of the towering chariot of Seto Machhindranath before the formal start of the chariot procession of the ''White God'' in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 16, 2024. The chariot procession, which honors the god of rain and is also known as Jana Baha Dyah Jatra, involves pulling the skyscraping chariot of Seto Machindranath from place to place over the course of three days. Each day, when the chariot reaches its destination, a group of soldiers is firing their rifles into the air. According to myth, during the reign of Yakshya Malla, the King of Kantipur, people would bathe in a holy river and visit Swayambhunath, which was believed to grant the power to send people to heaven after death. When Yamraj, the God of Death, learned about the power of Swayambhunath, he visited the holy temple. Upon his return from the temple, Yama was captured by King Yakshya Malla and his Guru, who possessed powers and demanded immortality. Unable to escape, Yama prayed to Arya Awalokiteshwor (Seto Machhindranath) to free him. The god heard his prayers and immediately appeared from the water, white in color with his eyes half-closed. He instructed the king to build a temple where the Kalmati and Bagmati rivers met and to organize a chariot procession so that the god could visit the people and bless them with contentment and long life. Since then, the three-day-long procession has been celebrated to honor the god.

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19 April 2023

Ukrainian flag and Coat of Arms emblems are seen on a military uniform during the 35th anniversary of 'International March of the Living' at the former Nazi-German Auschwitz Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland on April 18, 2023. The annual march is a part of educational program, which brings Jewish students from around the world to Poland, where they explore the remnants of the Holocaust. Participants march silently three kilometers from Auschwitz I to Auschwitz II Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp complex built during World War II. This year's march is celebrating 75th anniversary of the State of Israel and 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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25 March 2022

NATO military assets at the Border town of Rzeszow close to the Ukrainian border, in Rzeszow Subcarpathian Voivodeship Poland, March 24, 2022.

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