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Move Forward Party supporters react to a speech from Pita Limjaroenrat, leader of the Move Forward Party, during a campaign rally in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday, April 22, 2023. Thailand's Move Forward Party, which is surging in opinion polls ahead of the May 14 election, wants to reclaim the lost decade of military-backed rule with sweeping reforms to revitalize Southeast Asias second-largest economy. Photographer: Andre Malerba/Bloomberg

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Nairobi, KENYA: Members of African Gay and Lesbian communities demonstrate against female genital mutilation, 23 January 2007 at the Nairobi World Social Forum venue in Kasarani, Nairobi. Some 46,000 participants are attending the seventh edition of the World Social Forum taking place this week in Kenya, organisers said Monday as hundreds of youths protested registration charges. Organisers had hoped to attract about 160,000 anti-globalisation activists, but about one third of that figure turned up for the conference that kicked off in Nairobi at the weekend and set to conclude on Thursday. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

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ISTANBUL, TURKEY - MAY 21: Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and his wife Selvi Kilicdaroglu pose to the media during a rally on May 21, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. Last week, Turkey's top court upheld convictions and a jail term against leading opposition politician Canan Kaftancioglu for insulting the president and the state. Kaftancioglu heads the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) Istanbul branch and played a significant role in municipal elections in the city that saw the CHP take over the mayoralty, which had been held by President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party for the last 25 years. (Photo by Burak Kara/Getty Images)

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ROME, ITALY - MAY 06: Jose Mourinho head coach of AS Roma greets the fans at the end of the Serie A match between AS Roma and FC Internazionale at Stadio Olimpico on May 06, 2023 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Silvia Lore/Getty Images)

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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND - APRIL 26: Erling Haaland of Manchester City celebrates after scoring the team's fourth goal during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Arsenal FC at Etihad Stadium on April 26, 2023 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

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