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A picture taken on July 9, 2017 shows a Syrian regime forces member taking a selfie with an Islamic State (IS) group billboard at the Ithraya-Rasafa highway in the countryside of the city of Raqa.
On June 30, 2017 a military source, quoted by Syrian state news agency SANA, confirmed that the Islamic State (IS) group had pulled out of territory along the Ithraya-Rasafa highway. / AFP PHOTO / George OURFALIAN (Photo credit should read GEORGE OURFALIAN/AFP/Getty Images)

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Originally slated to finish in 2012, the opening of the highly anticipated Louvre Abu Dhabi has been pushed back to 2017. Designed by award-winning architect Ateliers Jean Nouvel with a budget of 2.4 billion AED ($653,470,224), the UAE branch of the famous Parisian museum features soft curves and a fresh white facade.

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The Tower will be the heart of Dubai Creek Harbour, one of the largest tourist and lifestyle developments in the world stretching across 2.3 square miles (6 sqkm).

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) greets his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad upon his arrival for a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on October 20, 2015. Assad, on his first foreign visit since Syria's war broke out, told his main backer and counterpart Putin in Moscow that Russia's campaign in Syria has helped contain "terrorism". / AFP / RIA NOVOSTI / ALEXEY DRUZHININ (Photo credit should read ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images)

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Car bomb attacks hit shopping districts in Baghdad

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This extraordinary lodge in Ecuador sees some 2,200 visitors a year.

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Marsa Al Arab is a $1.7b two-island project from Dubai Holding. The man-made structures, 2.5 million square feet in total, will nestle either side of the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah hotel.

Dubai to build $1.7b man-made islands by 2020

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A Lebanese couple enjoy themselves in the water at the beach of the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

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