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Abortion right activists protest outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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The marshal of the Supreme Court requested the governors of Virginia and Maryland to enforce state laws against protesting outside of the homes of Supreme Court justices in the wake of the high court overturning the right to abortion.

In this image taken from video footage run by China's CCTV, sailors line up in front of China's third aircraft carrier christened Fujian before its launching ceremony at a dry dock in Shanghai on Friday, June 17, 2022. State media reported that China on Friday launched its third aircraft carrier, the first such ship to be both designed and built entirely within the country. Chinese characters on screen reads "Our country's third aircraft carrier launched into water, named Fujian." (CCTV via AP)

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In this file photo, a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone is displayed during a rehearsal of a military parade dedicated to Independence Day in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 20, 2021. The drones, which carry lightweight, laser-guided bombs, carried out unexpectedly successful attacks in the early stages of Ukraine's conflict with Russia. But that edge is rapidly evaporating, researchers and military observers say, as fresh Russian anti-drone systems arriving on the front lines of the bloody slog in the eastern Donbas region are making the unmanned craft far less effective. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File) **FILE**

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Annett Babinsky, right, and Laura Suarez celebrate their marriage at the registry office 'Amtshaus' in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, July 1, 2022. After a yes vote in the &quot;Marriage for All&quot; vote last fall, from July 1, same-sex couples marriage for the first time in Switzerland. (Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP)

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Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, second from left, stands during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. The Uvalde school district’s police chief has stepped down from his position in the City Council just weeks after being sworn in following allegations that he erred in his response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File) **FILE**

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