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REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier [/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2189999\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2189999\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-16T184102Z_320301496_UP1EK5G1CMQFN_RTRMADP_3_FILMFESTIVAL-CANNES-MEGALOPOLIS-PREMIERE.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" /> Director Francis Ford Coppola poses on the red carpet with cast members Jon Voight, D. B. Sweeney, Grace VanderWaal, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Romy Mars, Adam Driver, and Nathalie Emmanuel, during arrivals for the screening of the film \"Megalopolis\" in competition at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 16, 2024. 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REUTERS/Toby Melville[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2190015\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2190015\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2024-05-17T123400Z_111600170_RC2CS7ANENXP_RTRMADP_3_GEORGIA-POLITICS-ORTHODOX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"475\" /> People take part in a procession, that was organized by the Patriarchate of Georgia's Orthodox Church to mark the Day of Family Purity and Respect for Parents, in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze[/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_2190020\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"720\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-2190020\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/12231545.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"520\" /> FIFA President Gianni Infantino announces Brazil as the winning country to host the 2027 Women's World Cup during the 74th FIFA Congress in Bangkok, Thailand, 17 May 2024. 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