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Yoga guru Baba Ramdev, the brand ambassador for the billion dollar company Patanjali Ayurved, addresses the media during a launch of "premium products" in New Delhi. Rahul Singh/ANI via Reuters Connect hide caption

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Police escort men accused of allegedly raping a tourist to a district court in Dumka, in India's Jharkhand state, on March 4. The attack took place on March 1; the woman posted a video describing what happened on social media. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Indians raise their tied hands and shout slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Delhi, India, Dec. 27, 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government on Monday announced rules to implement a 2019 citizenship law that critics say is discriminatory against Muslims, weeks before the Hindu nationalist leader will seek a third term in office. Manish Swarup/AP hide caption

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This black and white photo taken in May 1982 shows Japanese manga artist Akira Toriyama, whose death was announced on March 8, 2024. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Taylor Swift performs during her Eras Tour at the National Stadium on March 2 in Singapore. Ashok Kumar/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Mana hide caption

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Taylor Swift's Singapore leg spurs bad blood in SE Asia. Neighbors can't shake it off

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Taiwan is looking to further restrict which seeds and saplings can be brought out of the island after accusing China of taking a pineapple cultivar developed in Taiwan. Sam Yeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The latest thorn in Taiwan-China tensions: pineapples

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A former Google engineer was charged with stealing AI technology while secretly working with two China-based companies. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang, center, speaks during the opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption

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FILE - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a press conference regarding parliamentary elections, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sunday, March 3, Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time. K.M. Chaudary/AP hide caption

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A medical worker walks to enter Seoul National University Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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South Korea launches legal action to force striking doctors back to work

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President Biden attends a welcoming ceremony hosted by Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the Presidential Palace of Vietnam in Hanoi on Sept. 10, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A rehearsal of Émigré by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall on Wednesday. Adam Crane/Courtesy of the New York Philharmonic hide caption

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A story of Jewish Shanghai, told through music

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks to a meeting with then-President Donald Trump in the Demilitarized Zone that straddles the Koreas on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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From left: Rosa Tsay Jacobs, Jocelyn Chung and Michelle Kuo in Taipei in January. All three moved to Taiwan after having lived and grown up in the United States. An Rong Xu for NPR hide caption

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Why Taiwanese Americans are moving to Taiwan — reversing the path of their parents

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Sunita Kumari Chaudhary weaves a dinner table mat with ropes once used by climbers in the Himalayas. She and her fellow craftswomen are part of a small start-up project in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, to repurpose Everest trash. Tanka Dhakal for NPR hide caption

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Houthi fighters march during a rally of support for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and against the U.S. strikes on Yemen, outside Sanaa, on Jan. 22. AP hide caption

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China is mostly quiet on Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

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