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China's President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), in Beijing on May 13, 2025.
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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: Bella Hadid attends the "The Apprentice" Red Carpet at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 20, 2024 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images)
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Supporters of the arrested former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chant his name during a solidarity rally on his birthday in Davao City, Philippines on March 28, 2025.
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NEW YORK CITY - JANUARY 05: A woman works in a McDonalds in Manhattan on January 05, 2024 in New York City. As the American economy continues to outperform expectations, the December jobs report showed that employers added 216,000 positions for the month as the unemployment rate held at 3.7% (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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NORTH ARLINGTON, NJ - MAY 24: A 96 percent illuminated waning gibbous Flower Moon rises behind the skyline of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on May 24, 2024, as seen from North Arlington, New Jersey. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
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