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A pro-Taiwan protester holds a flag during a demonstration outside of the United Nations offices on the opening day of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the World Health Organization's annual meeting, on May 22, 2017, in Geneva. Despite impassioned pleas from several countries, the World Health Organization's annual assembly refused on May 22 to even discuss admitting Taiwan to the meeting, in a move hailed by China. Self-governing Taiwan, which China sees as a renegade province awaiting reunification, has been invited to attend the WHO's main annual meeting as an observer every year since 2009, but this year it did not receive an invitation. / AFP PHOTO / Fabrice COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)