15 images of dictators' parades that make Trump's July 4th tanks look half-hearted
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Jul 12, 2019, 22:00 IST
Belarus's Independence Day celebration in 2018 was a vibrant one.
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Belarus is nominally a democracy, but its president, Alexander Lukashenko, has been in power since 1994.
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Beijing celebrated the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II with these camouflaged cruise missiles.
China's premier Xi Jinping has overseen the detention of ethnic Uighurs in prison camps, in addition to the religious persecution and press censorship typical of the Chinese state.
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Venezuela's dictator Nicolas Maduro has overseen a dramatic humanitarian crisis in the country, but will not resign his post.
In the face of concern over US military intervention, Venezuela's troops put on a show for the country's Independence Day parade this year.
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Trump's parade was unfavorably compared to military parades in autocratic states like Russia.
Russian fighter jets practice for the Victory Day parade, in which Russia celebrates victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.
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North Korea places great importance on its military; its constitution says that military service is the duty and honor of citizens.
North Korea also takes the opportunity to show off its firepower.
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Iran's military marches before President Hassan Rouhani in 2017.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, oversees a theocratic regime that detains dissidents, restricts freedom of speech, and oppresses LGBT citizens.
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15 images of dictators' parades that make Trump's July 4th tanks look half-hearted
The Saudi security forces climb a flaming structure during a military parade.
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Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan rules over a country that is becoming increasingly less free. The Turkish government detains dissidents and threatens the press.