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In pics - World's most and least powerful passports

1) Japan
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1) Japan

For a fifth year in a row, the Japanese passport has been crowned the world's most powerful passport with the holders gaining visa-free access or visa on arrival to 193 countries.

Singapore
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Singapore

The Singaporean passport is almost as strong as the Japanese one, but it provides access to 192 countries at present

South Korea
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South Korea

South Korea is currently tied with Singapore as the country with the second most powerful passport in the world with access to 192 nations

Iraq
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Iraq

The Middle Eastern countries continue to have the weakest passports in the world with Iraq citizens having visa-free access to just 29 countries

Afghanistan
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Afghanistan

The Taliban-government Afghanistan has the weakest passport in the world currently with visa-free access to only 27 countries