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Kanye West has completed his metamorphosis ... he's gone from fighting paparazzi at the airport to breaking up paparazzi fights.

Check out our video ... Kanye not only steps in when 2 photogs go for each other's face, he ends up hugging one of them into a state of calm.

Our photog went in for the warm and fuzzy ... will Kanye and Kim have #3?