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People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Terrorism researchers say right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons in response to the ongoing protests against police misconduct. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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United Nations peacekeepers stand next to a patient during a visit of the U.N. secretary-general at an Ebola treatment center in Mangina, North Kivu province, last September. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An Afghan member of medical staff cleans a stretcher following a suicide bombing attack in Kabul on April 22, 2018. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo credit should read WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images) WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.N. has operated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for years. Thursday evening's attack was the bloodiest assault on peacekeeping forces in recent memory, according to a U.N. official. Giles Clarke/Getty Images hide caption

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On August 8, 2016, a suicide bomber killed 74 people and wounded 112 others at a government-run hospital in Quetta, Pakistan. Arshad Butt/AP hide caption

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Report: Health Workers Attacked In 23 Countries Last Year

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A commemoration ceremony is held for the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on Sunday at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Baton Rouge police block Airline Highway after police were shot in Baton Rouge, La., on Sunday. Several law enforcement officers were killed and several injured in a shooting in Baton Rouge on Sunday morning. Max Becherer/AP hide caption

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Police patrol outside the council chamber of Brussels on Thursday during ongoing investigations into the Paris and Brussels terrorist attacks. More than 30 people have been identified as being involved in a network behind the Paris attacks on Nov. 13, with links now established to this week's bombings in Brussels. Dirk Waem/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Brussels Unites In Grief As Search For Attacker — Or Attackers — Continues

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At Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church in Murrysville, Pa., on Wednesday evening, worshipers held candles as they prayed for those injured in a stabbing attack at the local high school. Connor Mulvaney/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Landov hide caption

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