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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, men stand in line to enter a temple in Lalish, the holiest site of the Yazidi religion, located in the Shekhan district of Nineveh province, Iraq. A new psychological trauma institute is being established at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region. The program will train local mental health professionals to treat Islamic State victims, including thousands of Yazidi women and children. It will open at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
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In this Jan. 13, 2017 photo, Sebastian Wolf, left, and German trauma specialist Jan Kizilhan, centre, sit with Baba Sheikh in Lalish, the holiest site of the Yazidi religion, located in the Shekhan district of Nineveh province, Iraq. Kizilhan is spearheading a new psychological trauma institute at the university of Dohuk in Iraq, the first in the entire region. (AP Photo/Alice Martins)
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Sally Amon and her son Max Amon of Olivette, Mo., react as they saw toppled gravestone of her grandmother Anna Ida Hutkin at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, a suburb of St. Louis on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Vandals have damaged or tipped over as many as 200 headstones at the Jewish cemetery in suburban St. Louis, leaving the region's Jewish community shaken and anxious. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Rabbi Hershey Novack of the Chabad center walks through Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend. "People who are Jewish are shocked and angry," Novack said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Rabbi Hershey Novack of the Chabad center walks through Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, where almost 200 gravestones were vandalized over the weekend. "People who are Jewish are shocked and angry," Novack said. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Attack on the Earth by the Evil Empire Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
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Baylor guard Jake Lindsey, right, collides with Oklahoma's Christian James, left, chasing down a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Chloe LaCasse, right, listens during a public hearing on a bill that would bar discrimination based on gender identity, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Concord, N.H. Morris, a stay-at-home father, came out as transgender four years ago. LaCasse, 45, came out as a transgender woman last summer. (AP Photo/Kathleen Ronayne)
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Hundreds of people, many of them protesters, packed the Maquoketa City Hall Council Chambers Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, for what was supposed to be a Veterans Roundtable Discussion with Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, in Maquoketa, Iowa. Most of the protesters centered around the Republican-led effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Many of the veterans in attendance were annoyed with the protests. Republicans from Congress have encountered hostile crowds during public events across the country since efforts started to repeal the ACA. (Kevin E. Schmidt/Quad City Times via AP)
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Protesters wave signs as they listen to speakers outside the Montana Capitol in Helena on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Hundreds of protesters who were upset that U.S. Sen. Steve Daines wasn't planning a town hall this week decided to bring one to him instead outside of the Montana Capitol, where Daines was scheduled to address the state Legislature on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Volz)
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, left, and Henrikh Mkhitaryan attend a training session at the Aon Training Complex, Manchester, England, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Manchester United will play Saint-Etienne in a Europa League round of 32 soccer match on Wednesday. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)
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President Donald Trump speaks in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **
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"Allegory of the Catholic Faith", a 1670-1672 oil painting by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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"Allegory of the Catholic Faith", a 1670-1672 oil painting by Johannes Vermeer is presented to the press during the opening of the exhibition entitled "Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting," at Louvre Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. The Louvre has inaugurated a major exhibit of old master Johannes Vermeer, presenting 12 of the Flemish painter's oil canvasses including The Milkmaid. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2015, file photo, U.S. forward Abby Wambach reacts during a practice session in New Orleans for Wednesday's final U.S. victory tour match, against China. Wambach and Christian writer Glennon Doyle Melton announced their engagement on Feb. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
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People walk through toppled graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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People search for loved ones' graves at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Authorities in Missouri are investigating after dozens of headstones were tipped over at the Jewish cemetery near St. Louis. (Robert Cohen /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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San Diego Padres' Christian Bethancourt throws during spring training baseball practice Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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This undated photo provided by Christian Picciolini shows Shannon Martinez giving a Nazi salute while she was part of a racist skinhead organization as a teen decades ago. Martinez, now affiliated with Life After Hate, a nonprofit that works to get people out of extremist groups, talks to people in an online forum sponsored by the organization. (Christian Picciolini via AP)
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This undated photo provided by Christian Picciolini shows him at left with Shannon Martinez giving Nazi salutes while both were affiliated with racist skinhead organizations as young people decades ago. Picciolini went on to begin Life After Hate, a nonprofit that works to get people out of extremist groups, and Martinez volunteers by talking to people in an online forum sponsored by the organization. (Alex Picciolini/Courtesy of Christian Picciolini via AP)
