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  • Subtronics and Oliver Tree perform at the Sahara Tent during the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 12, 2026 in Indio, California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Coachella)
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  • CARACAS, VENEZUELA - FEBRUARY 11: Interim President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez looks on during a joint declaration with U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright (not in frame) after a bilateral meeting at Palacio de Miraflores, on February 11, 2026, in Caracas, Venezuela. This is the highest U.S. Government visit to Venezuela after the capture of Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 3. The U.S. Treasury Department issued a general license to facilitate the exploration and production of oil and gas in Venezuela on February 10, 2026. (Photo by Jesus Vargas/Getty Images)
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  • General view of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, where a high-level security official was kidnapped, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
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  • New York Knicks Karl-Anthony Towns (center-left) and Jose Alvarado (front-right) help the team lift the trophy after defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in game four of the eastern conference finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs in May 2026.
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  • Spectators raise a giant flag ahead of the international friendly match between Canada and the Republic of Ireland at Saputo Stadium on June 5, 2026 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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  • Colombia's presidential candidate Abelardo de la Espriella, of the Salvadores de la Patria movement, speaks to supporters behind bulletproof glass after a quick count of votes in the presidential election at the Ventana al Mundo monument in Barranquilla, Colombia, on May 31, 2026. Colombia's presidential election appeared headed for a runoff between leftist Ivan Cepeda and hard-right Abelardo de la Espriella on May 31, presenting voters with a stark choice between peace talks and a militarized crackdown. (Photo by Rodrigo BUENDIA / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • A man walks past a house in the Playa neighborhood in Havana on April 23, 2026. Price hikes in some neighborhoods, intermediaries activity in social media, and growing interest from Cuban-American emigres: Havana's real estate market shows signs of revival in anticipation of possible economic or political changes on the communist island.
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  • This aerial view shows the Mexico City Stadium, renamed from Azteca Stadium (or Banorte Stadium) for the FIFA World Cup, in Mexico City on May 28, 2026.
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  • Wilson Isidor #18 of Haiti celebrates after scoring a goal during the international friendly match between Haiti and Iceland at BMO Field on March 31, 2026, in Toronto, Canada.
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  • Cuba's former President Raul Castro watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo/File Photo
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  • Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel gives a welcome speech to participants of the Our America International Convoy at the Convention Palace in Havana on March 20, 2026. The first shipment of international aid for crisis-hit Cuba arrived in the country from Europe on March 18, 2026 in the shape of five tons of medical supplies. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • A motorcyclist rides past a mural of ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro flashing the V sign, in Caracas, on May 14, 2026. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP via Getty Images)
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  • A general view of the Malecon waterfront area near the United States Embassy as preparations are finalized for the International Workers' Day march on April 30, 2026, in Havana, Cuba.
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  • J Balvin perfoms onstage during Ciudad Primavera Tour in Barranquilla, Colombia on May 1, 2026. (Photo by Nathaly Triana/CNN)
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  • Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala, right, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington, center, walks at the front of the procession on Sunday, September 28, 2025, in observance of the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees and the Jubilee of Migrants declared by the late Pope Francis in conjunction with the 2025 observation of a Jubilee year.
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    He was smuggled into the US in a car. He will lead the Catholic church in West Virginia
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