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Mexico’s President Struggles to Escape Trump’s Growing Demands

Par :Jack Nicas
After months of negotiation and concessions, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico has found herself in a cycle of pressure from the White House.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum and her cabinet are said to be frustrated that they have worked hard to meet Washington’s demands, and yet it never seems to be enough.
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Targeting Iran’s Leaders, Israel Found a Weak Link: Their Bodyguards

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti
Israel was able to track the movements of key Iranian figures and assassinate them during the 12-day war this spring by following the cellphones carried by members of their security forces.

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A banner in Tehran showing pictures of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by Israeli strikes. Israel used its technological and intelligence capabilities to track and target key figures in Iran during the 12-day war in June.
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Targeting Iran’s Leaders, Israel Found a Weak Link: Their Bodyguards

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti
Israel was able to track the movements of key Iranian figures and assassinate them during the 12-day war this spring by following the cellphones carried by members of their security forces.

© Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency, via Reuters

A banner in Tehran showing pictures of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by Israeli strikes. Israel used its technological and intelligence capabilities to track and target key figures in Iran during the 12-day war in June.
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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies

Par :Trip Gabriel
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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Representative Duke Cunningham, Republican of California, in 2005, the year he pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal and left Congress after 15 years in office.
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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

Par :Charlie Savage · John Ismay · Helene Cooper · Eric Schmitt and Greg Jaffe
No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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The proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.
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Britain Bars Israeli Government From a Leading Arms Trade Fair

Par :Mark Landler
The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.

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The Defense and Security Equipment International fair in London in 2023.
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Ukraine’s Donetsk Faces Water Crisis Under Russian Occupation

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva
The Russian authorities have seized on the crisis in Donetsk to argue that taking over the rest of the region from Ukraine would allow Moscow to restore the water supply.

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Residents waiting last month to collect drinking water in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine.
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Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library

Par :Greg Jaffe
The Pentagon is putting back up a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery.

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The United States Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y.
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Trump Administration Plans Immigration Crackdown in Chicago

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
The plans involve sending in hundreds of homeland security officers and using a naval base as a staging area.

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The main entrance on Thursday of the Naval Station Great Lakes, located about 35 miles north of Chicago.
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19 Democratic Governors Warn Trump Not to Send Troops to Their States

Par :Reid J. Epstein
President Trump’s extraordinary push to override local authority and militarize cities in Democratic-run states has prompted an unusually united response from state leaders.

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Earlier this week Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois warned President Trump to keep the military out of Chicago and reminded his audience that of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates, eight are led by Republican governors.
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U.N. Votes to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Lebanon Over Next Two Years

Par :Pranav Baskar
With the decades-old peacekeeping mission set to expire, the U.N. Security Council chose to extend it through 2026, then gradually withdraw the forces the following year.

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A U.N. peacekeeper, center, talking with a soldier at a Lebanese army checkpoint in March.
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European Nations Move to Restart Iran Sanctions Over Nuclear Program

Par :Steven Erlanger
Britain, France and Germany said the country had violated the terms of a 2015 nuclear deal. Iran’s foreign minister called their action “illegal.”

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The headquarters in Vienna of the International Atomic Energy Agency, whose inspectors have long monitored Iran’s nuclear activities.
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Russian Drones Are Flying Over U.S. Weapons Routes in Germany, Officials Say

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
U.S. and European military officials are increasingly concerned about the flights, even as Russian acts of sabotage have declined.

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American-made artillery shells prepared in a factory in Scranton, Pa., before being sent to Ukraine.
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Israel’s Exhausted Soldiers Complicate Plans for Gaza Assault

Par :Aaron Boxerman
Worn down by hundreds of days of military service, fewer Israeli reservists are turning up for duty. Others are refusing to fight in a war they no longer believe in.

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Israeli military reservists and veterans, demanding an immediate end to the war in Gaza and the return of hostages, demonstrated in Tel Aviv earlier this month.
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2 Weeks After Trump Talks, Russia Bombards Kyiv, Killing at Least 23

Par :Maria Varenikova and Finbarr O’Reilly
The strikes, which hit a five-story apartment building, a shopping mall and buildings used by European governments, were the largest on the Ukrainian capital since the Alaska summit.

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After Threats, Mayors of Blue Cities Seek United Front Against Trump

Par :Katie Glueck
“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland, who led a private strategy call on Wednesday.

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Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland urged elected Democrats at all levels of government to seize what he called a “unique opportunity” to go on the offensive with a message on crime reduction.
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Why Ukraine Is Allowing More Young Men to Leave the Country

Par :Maria Varenikova
For three years of war, the country has banned young men from leaving the country once they turn 18, prompting an exodus of teenage boys. Now it is raising that age limit to 23.

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Ukrainian military recruiters in Kyiv last year check to see if civilian men have updated their contact information with the Ukrainian draft office. Since February 2022, men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been barred from leaving the country.
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Prosecutors Fail to Secure Indictment Against Man Who Threw Sandwich at Federal Agent

Par :Alan Feuer · Devlin Barrett and William K. Rashbaum
It was a sharp rebuke to the prosecutors who were assigned to bring charges against those arrested after President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents to Washington.

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Sean C. Dunn, left, who was later arrested, interacting with Border Patrol and F.B.I. agents in Washington this month.
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Israel Links Deadly Hospital Attack in Gaza to Hamas Surveillance Camera

Par :Isabel Kershner and Aric Toler
The Israeli military said, without providing evidence, that its initial inquiry found that militants had placed an observation camera in the area. It said the attack killed six militants.

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People and rescuers working to recover the body of a Palestinian cameraman, Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters and was killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza on Monday.
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Russia and Ukraine Target Energy Sites, Seeking Leverage Away From the Front

Par :Constant Méheut and Ivan Nechepurenko
The two countries appear to be trying to raise political pressure on each other and send signals to Washington in case peace talks move forward.

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A photograph released by the Mayor of Sochi, Russia, showing firefighters working at a fuel depot outside the city, after a Ukrainian drone attack, this month.
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Russian Troops Gain a Toehold in Another Ukrainian Region

Par :Kim Barker
For the first time, Russian forces seized villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a minor but symbolic gain that gives the Kremlin another bargaining chip.

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Ukrainian soldiers firing at Russian drones, in the Dnipropetrovsk region earlier this month.
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Trump Wants to Rename the Defense Department to the Department of War: What to Know

Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The president said War Department “just sounded better” than Defense Department, a name that has been in use since 1949.

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The Defense Department received its name under an amended act of Congress.
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A Peace Deal for Ukraine Could Test German Reluctance to Deploy Troops

Par :Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley
The question of whether to send soldiers to a postwar Ukraine is the latest chapter in an evolving relationship between Germans and their military.

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German soldiers participate in a military exercise with Lithuania north of the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, last year.
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Israeli Security Cabinet Meets Amid Growing Protests Over Gaza War

Par :Lara Jakes
As rallies spread to demand action to free hostages, the security cabinet met for the first time since Hamas agreed to a new cease-fire proposal, officials said.

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Crime Gone in a Week? The Politics Behind Trump’s Federal Crackdown.

Par :Luke Broadwater
President Trump is using crime as a political weapon, proclaiming quick-fix solutions to deeply rooted challenges in cities led by Democrats.

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President Trump visiting law enforcement officers and members of the National Guard last week who are patrolling the streets of Washington.
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Gov. Pritzker Challenges Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago

Par :Julie Bosman
The Illinois governor pointed out that eight of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans.

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Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois in front of the Trump Hotel on the Chicago River on Monday.
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Trump Orders Major Expansion of National Guard’s Role in Law Enforcement

Par :John Ismay · Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
An executive order released on Monday directs the creation of specialized Guard units to quell civil disturbances in each state and seeks civilian volunteers to assist federal agents in Washington.

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National Guard troops in Washington last week. President Trump has mused openly about expanding the deployments to other cities, particularly Democratic strongholds.
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With Trump’s Takeover, Washington Finds a Mission to Resist

Par :Clyde McGrady · Bernard Mokam and Pooja Salhotra
Known more for their museums, monuments and government buildings than their culture, Washingtonians are showing a spirit of dissent as protesters dog federal agents in their streets.

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People protest the federal law enforcement presence in Washington on Aug. 21.
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Israeli Hospital Strike Kills 20 in Gaza, Including 5 Journalists

Par :Isabel Kershner · Aaron Boxerman and Ameera Harouda
Five journalists, along with medical workers, were among the dead at Nasser Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would investigate.

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Palestinian medics helping an injured man at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on Monday.
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Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military

Par :Cassandra Vinograd and Oleksandr Chubko
Pregnant Ukrainian soldiers say they are fighting for the future of their country and for their children.

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Nadia, a military radio operator, getting an ultrasound at the Poltava hospital in central Ukraine in January. She served until she was eight and a half months pregnant.
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What’s Next for Ukraine After All That Diplomacy?

Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg
After President Trump held talks with President Vladimir V. Putin, he said the Russian leader would be willing to meet with Ukraine’s president. That seems less and less likely.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and President Trump at the White House last week.
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National Guard Patrols Begin to Carry Weapons in D.C.

Par :Bernard Mokam and Helene Cooper
More than 2,200 troops were deployed in Washington as of Sunday, a Guard spokesman said.

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Armed members of the South Carolina National Guard patrolled outside Union Station in Washington on Sunday.
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China Looms Large as South Korea’s President Meets With Trump

Par :Choe Sang-Hun
Washington’s increasing focus on Beijing is straining the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.

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President Lee Jae Myung of South Korea will meet with President Trump on Monday during his first official trip to Washington.
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As Other Israelis Die in War, Ultra-Orthodox Resist Call to Fight

Par :Elisabeth Bumiller · Natan Odenheimer and Johnatan Reiss
Ultra-Orthodox Israelis, exempt for decades from military service, are now being drafted. Their rage is dividing Israel and threatening Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.

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An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man being carried by Israeli security forces during a protest against conscription last week in Kfar Yona.
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After Gaza Famine Report, U.S. Is Mostly Silent and Israel Defiant

Par :Aaron Boxerman
The White House has not commented on a report finding famine in Gaza. Analysts say that absent U.S. pressure, Israel is unlikely to change course.

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A charity kitchen distributing food in Gaza City on Friday. A new U.N.-backed report found that the city and surrounding areas were experiencing famine.
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Trump Begins Buildup of U.S. Naval Forces Outside Venezuela, but Many Remain Skeptical

Par :Julie Turkewitz
President Nicolás Maduro said Venezuela would not back down while facing a U.S. naval buildup. But many in the country doubt a confrontation will come at all.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela during a parade in Caracas earlier this year. Mr. Maduro said on Monday that he was deploying 4.5 million militiamen around the country.
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Trump Says Chicago and New York Are Next for Federal Crackdown on Crime

Par :Luke Broadwater and Julie Bosman
President Trump wants to use Washington as a template to target crime in cities around the country.

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National Guard troops in Washington last week. Washington’s unique status as a federal district, not a state, means that President Trump can wield greater control there than in other cities.
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Pentagon Fires the Defense Intelligence Agency Chief

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.

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On Friday, the Pentagon fired Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?

Par :Charlie Savage · Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a military event in January. The Trump administration has labeled him a terrorist-cartel leader.
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Is the Trump Administration Building Up to a Military Confrontation With Venezuela?

Par :Charlie Savage · Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt
A major increase in U.S. naval forces in the south Caribbean Sea has been underway since President Trump signed a directive targeting some cartels.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela at a military event in January. The Trump administration has labeled him a terrorist-cartel leader.
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Hegseth Authorizes National Guard Troops in D.C. to Carry Weapons

Par :Greg Jaffe
It remains unclear whether the National Guard soldiers will be armed as they walk through the city.

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National Guard troops at Union Station on Wednesday. Nearly 2,000 troops are in the process of being mobilized for the mission in Washington.
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U.S. Kills Islamic State Operative in Rare Raid in Syria

Par :Eric Schmitt
The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — typically involve helicopter-borne commandos.

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Adm. Brad Cooper, in Bahrain in 2023, became the head of U.S. Central Command in August.
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Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Officially Hit by Famine, Global Group Says

Par :Vivian Yee
At least half a million people in the enclave were facing the most severe conditions measured by U.N.-backed international experts: starvation, acute malnutrition and death.

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Palestinians jostling for food outside a charity kitchen in Gaza City on Friday.
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Has Russia Advanced? Ukrainians Use This Online Map to Check Every Morning.

Par :Constant Méheut · Olha Konovalova and Brendan Hoffman
The online DeepState map, based on geolocated combat footage and tips from Ukrainian Army sources, draws 900,000 views each day and acts as a counterbalance to the military’s omissions.

Ruslan Mykula, 30, left, and Roman Pohorilyi, 26, the co-founders of DeepState, a Ukrainian group that maps changes to the frontline in Ukraine.
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U.S. Kills Islamic State Operative in Rare Raid in Syria

Par :Eric Schmitt
The Pentagon provided few details about the operation. But counterterrorism raids — as opposed to airstrikes — typically involve helicopter-borne commandos.

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Adm. Brad Cooper, in Bahrain in 2023, became the head of U.S. Central Command in August.
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Joao Silva’s Journey Back to Afghanistan

Par :Joao Silva
Fifteen years after a combat photographer lost his legs to a land mine, he returned to the place in Afghanistan where it happened.

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Fire on U.S. Navy Ship in Japan Extinguished After 12 Hours

Par :Yan Zhuang
Two sailors sustained minor injuries, the Navy said, adding that the ship’s crew will remain on board in Okinawa.

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A ship sprays water on the U.S.S. New Orleans docked in Okinawa, Japan, on Wednesday, in a photo released by the Japan Coast Guard.
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