"thugocracy"

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11 October 2025

Women dress in purple capes and white bonnets to protest for abortion rights against participants of the Christian fundamentalist ''March of 1000 Crosses'' in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 11, 2025. The demonstrators, referencing ''The Handmaid's Tale,'' demand recognition of abortion as a human right and the protection of women's lives.

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#12850169

11 October 2025

Feminist activists dress in purple capes and white bonnets and hold banners reading ''Abortion rights are human rights'' and ''Antifeminismus bekampfen (Fight antifeminism)'' during a counter-protest against the Christian fundamentalist ''March of 1000 Crosses'' in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 11, 2025. The demonstration calls for women's rights, bodily autonomy, and access to safe abortion.

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#12850170

11 October 2025

Women dress in purple capes and white bonnets to protest for abortion rights against participants of the Christian fundamentalist ''March of 1000 Crosses'' in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 11, 2025. The demonstrators, referencing ''The Handmaid's Tale,'' demand recognition of abortion as a human right and the protection of women's lives.

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#12850171

11 October 2025

Feminist activists dress in purple capes and white bonnets and hold banners reading ''Abortion rights are human rights'' and ''Antifeminismus bekampfen (Fight antifeminism)'' during a counter-protest against the Christian fundamentalist ''March of 1000 Crosses'' in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 11, 2025. The demonstration calls for women's rights, bodily autonomy, and access to safe abortion.

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#12850172

11 October 2025

Women dress in purple capes and white bonnets to protest for abortion rights against participants of the Christian fundamentalist ''March of 1000 Crosses'' in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on October 11, 2025. The demonstrators, referencing ''The Handmaid's Tale,'' demand recognition of abortion as a human right and the protection of women's lives.

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#12123626

5 March 2025

A demonstrator's sign proclaims the United States under Donald Trump and Elon Musk a ''thugocracy'' during Light for Democracy, one of many community events across the country in support of democratic governance, during Trump's address to Congress in Washington, on March 4, 2025. Since taking office in January, Trump has ruled largely by executive order and eliminated thousands of federal jobs, as well as entire agencies, through Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

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#12067204

18 February 2025

A protester's sign reads, ''No to kleptocracy, idiocracy, theocracy'' during a demonstration on Presidents' Day outside City Hall in Houston, Texas, on February 17, 2025.

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#10977789

9 February 2024

Two young Iranian women are standing together at the Sarv Book Complex in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on the evening of February 8, 2024. Qom is known as the religious capital of Iran and played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10976824

9 February 2024

People are walking past Iranian flags hanging on a sidewalk in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 7, 2024. Qom, known as the religious capital of Iran, played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10976828

9 February 2024

People are walking past Iranian flags hanging on a sidewalk in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 7, 2024. Qom, known as the religious capital of Iran, played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10976835

9 February 2024

Veiled Iranian schoolgirls are looking on while participating in a ceremony at the holy mosque of Jamkaran on the outskirts of the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, in Qom, Iran, on February 8, 2024. Qom is known as the religious capital of Iran and played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10976853

9 February 2024

A veiled young Iranian girl is praying while standing at the holy mosque of Jamkaran on the outskirts of the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 8, 2024. Qom is known as the religious capital of Iran and played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10973898

8 February 2024

An Iranian flag is hanging at the A'zam mosque in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 7, 2024. Qom is known as the religious capital of Iran and played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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8 February 2024

An Iranian flag is hanging at the A'zam mosque in the holy city of Qom, 145 km (90 miles) south of Tehran, on February 7, 2024. Qom is known as the religious capital of Iran and played a pivotal role in the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The city has become a center for the struggle against the Pahlavi regime due to the presence of the Qom Seminary and the sources of emulation.

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#10512708

17 September 2023

EDMONTON, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2023: Members of the Iranian diaspora and supporters gather in Churchill Square to remember Jina Mahsa Amini, one year after her tragic death in detention, on September 16, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Amini's 2022 death, stemming from her arrest due to hijab-related issues, ignited worldwide protests advocating for women's rights and demanding an end to Iran's long-standing Islamic theocracy. In response to these calls for change, Iran resorted to a brutal crackdown, resulting in hundreds of casualties and the detention of thousands, with accusations of torture during the subsequent legal proceedings drawing international condemnation.

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#10512710

17 September 2023

EDMONTON, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 16, 2023: Members of the Iranian diaspora and supporters gather in Churchill Square to remember Jina Mahsa Amini, one year after her tragic death in detention, on September 16, 2023, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Amini's 2022 death, stemming from her arrest due to hijab-related issues, ignited worldwide protests advocating for women's rights and demanding an end to Iran's long-standing Islamic theocracy. In response to these calls for change, Iran resorted to a brutal crackdown, resulting in hundreds of casualties and the detention of thousands, with accusations of torture during the subsequent legal proceedings drawing international condemnation.

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