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Select footage courtesy the AP ArchiveReferences:

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/middleeast/united-states-planning-to-slash-iraq-embassy-staff-by-half.html

[2] https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/countries-limited-visa-services.html

[3] https://www.un.int/tuvalu/tuvalu/embassies

[4] https://usunrome.usmission.gov/mission/mission-usun/ambassador/

[5] https://web.archive.org/web/20080726181824/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/3428/a/24515; https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/representations-and-travel-advice/dpr-korea/dpr-korea-representation-in-ch.html; https://web.archive.org/web/20111027103411/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/foreign-embassy-in-the-uk/korea-dpr-north-korea

[6] https://treaties.un.org/doc/Treaties/1964/06/19640624%2002-10%20AM/Ch_III_3p.pdf

[7] https://www.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/diplomacy101/places/170537.htm

[8] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/15/julian-assange-ecuador-london-embassy-how-he-became-unwelcome-guest

[9] http://integrity-legal.com/legal-blog/miscellaneous/laws-and-rules-regarding-extraterritoriality/

[10] https://www.jstor.org/stable/4284446?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

[11] https://www.state.gov/discoverdiplomacy/diplomacy101/people/170341.htm

[12] https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/28/world/asia/28iht-embassy.1.13269969.html

[13] https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/09/fortress-america-how-us-designs-embassies/3289/

[14] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/langewiesche200711

[15] https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2004/11/welcome-to-the-green-zone/303547/

[16] https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/11/langewiesche200711

[17] https://aoprals.state.gov/Web920/hardship.asp

[18] https://aoprals.state.gov/Web920/danger_pay_all.asp

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