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Tourists from Switzerland look at the purple-coloured water of the Gipsbruchweiher pond on April 3, 2024, in Fuessen, southern Germany. This phenomenon is caused by purple bacteria, which are harmless but change the colour of the water during their bloom. (Photo by Lukas Barth-Tuttas/AFP Photo)

Swiss tourists observe the purple-hued waters of Gipsbruchweiher pond in Fuessen, southern Germany, on April 3, 2024. The unusual coloration results from a bloom of harmless purple sulfur bacteria.(Photo by Lukas Barth-Tuttas/AFP Photo)

A person wearing a mask depicting CEO of UBS Group Sergio Ermotti sits on top of an house of cards, as climate activists gather in front of St. Jakobshalle where UBS holds its Annual General Meeting, one year after buying rival Swiss bank Credit Suisse, in Basel, Switzerland, on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

A climate activist wearing a mask depicting UBS Group CEO Sergio Ermotti perches atop a house of cards during a protest outside St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, on April 24, 2024. The demonstration coincided with UBS’s Annual General Meeting, one year after its acquisition of Credit Suisse.(Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

Demonstrators wearing kangaroo masks gather outside the Supreme Court as justices prepare to hear arguments on former President Donald Trump's immunity claims, on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024. (Photo by Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo)

Demonstrators in kangaroo masks gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court as justices hear arguments on former President Donald Trump’s immunity claims, Washington, D.C., April 25, 2024.(Photo by Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo)

Police arrest a protester during a pro-Palestinian demonstration calling for an economic blockade and demanding a cease-fire on the Israel-Palestinian conflict outside The New York Stock Exchange on Monday, April 15, 2024, in New York. (Photo by Andres Kudacki/AP Photo)

Police detain a protester during a pro-Palestinian rally demanding an economic blockade and ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict, outside the New York Stock Exchange, April 15, 2024.(Photo by Andres Kudacki/AP Photo)

Kites fly over the beach during the 37th International Berck-sur-Mer Kite Festival, in the northern French resort of Berck-sur-Mer, France on April 21, 2024. (Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)

Kites fill the sky during the 37th International Berck-sur-Mer Kite Festival in northern France, April 21, 2024.(Photo by Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters)

Soldiers stand near the site where a building collapsed, following an earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Walid Berrazeg/Reuters)

Soldiers survey the collapsed remains of a building following an earthquake in Hualien, Taiwan, April 3, 2024.(Photo by Walid Berrazeg/Reuters)

A pro-Palestinian activist looks on as she participates in the 79th anniversary of the Liberation Day that commemorates the victory of the Italian resistance movement against Nazi Germany and the Italian Social Republic, in Rome, Italy, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)

A pro-Palestinian activist participates in Liberation Day commemorations marking Italy’s resistance victory over Nazi Germany, Rome, April 25, 2024.(Photo by Yara Nardi/Reuters)

Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, center, speaks with Serena Williams, and other guests, at the 2024 Royal Salute Polo Challenge to Benefit Sentebale, in Wellington, Fla., April 12, 2024. (Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

Markle, Duchess of Sussex, converses with Serena Williams and guests at the 2024 Royal Salute Polo Challenge benefiting Sentebale, Wellington, Florida, April 12, 2024.(Photo by Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)

A young woman shows off her henna tattoos at the end of Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Members of the Romanian Muslim community joined prayers at the Dinamo stadium in the Romanian capital, in the largest Muslim public gathering of the year. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)

A young woman displays her henna tattoos after Eid al-Fitr prayers at Bucharest’s Dinamo Stadium, Romania, April 10, 2024. The gathering marked the end of Ramadan for Romania’s Muslim community.(Photo by Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo)

People ride bicycles as smoke rises from the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Photo by Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP Photo)

Cyclists pass the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen as smoke billows from a fire that destroyed its iconic spire, April 16, 2024. Bystanders helped rescue artworks and valuables from the 17th-century building.(Photo by Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP Photo)

Clashes between demonstrators and police during a protest against NATO and the war on April 08, 2024 in Naples, Italy. Clashes in Naples between demonstrators and police during a pacifist protest against NATO and against the war in Palestine. The procession of demonstrators was trying to reach the San Carlo Theater where an event for the 75th anniversary of NATO was scheduled. Several protesters were injured. (Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images)

Clashes erupt between police and anti-NATO protesters in Naples, Italy, April 8, 2024, as demonstrators attempted to reach the San Carlo Theater during an event marking NATO’s 75th anniversary.(Photo by Ivan Romano/Getty Images)

Actress Mary Mina, playing high priestess, lights a torch from a flame lit the day before during the official ceremony of the flame lighting for the Paris Olympics, at the Ancient Olympia site, Greece, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Cloudy skies prevented the traditional lighting, when an actress dressed as an ancient Greek priestess uses the sun to ignite a silver torch. Instead, a backup flame was used that had been lit on the same spot Monday, during the final rehearsal. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Actress Mary Mina, portraying a high priestess, lights the Olympic torch using a backup flame during the cloudy Paris 2024 ceremony in Ancient Olympia, Greece, April 16, 2024.(Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

French DJ and songwriter Gesaffelstein performs at the Outdoor Theatre during the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 13, 2024 in Indio, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Coachella)

French DJ Gesaffelstein performs at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre, Indio, California, April 13, 2024.(Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images for Coachella)

Riders participate in “Ride for Hope”, an event where people ride motorcycles across the country in support of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Tel Aviv, Israel on April 12, 2024. (Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)

Motorcyclists join the “Ride for Hope” in Tel Aviv, Israel, on April 12, 2024, demanding the release of hostages taken by Hamas during the October 7 attack.(Photo by Hannah McKay/Reuters)

Performers dressed as priestesses attend a practice for the Paris Olympic flame-lighting ceremony, in Athens, Greece, March 30, 2024. The flame for this summer's Paris Olympics is lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games in southern Greece in a meticulously choreographed ceremony. (Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Performers rehearse for the Paris 2024 Olympic flame-lighting ceremony in Athens, Greece, March 30, 2024.(Photo by Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo)

Locals carry an unconscious woman (C) who nearly drowned after being trapped in her flooded home following a night of heavy rainfall and the overflowing of Gitathuru river that broke its banks damaging surrounding neighborhoods, in the Ngondo village, in Mathare, Nairobi, Kenya, 24 April 2024. Kenya's meteorological department predicts more heavy rainfall this week, as floods continue to destroy properties in various parts of the country. According to the Kenya Red Cross Society, at least 103,485 people have been affected by the March-May long rains that continue to rise, including 40,265 people displaced, as of 18 April 2024. (Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Rescuers carry a woman who nearly drowned after flash floods submerged her home in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, Kenya, April 24, 2024. Heavy rains have displaced over 40,000 people nationwide.(Photo by Daniel Irungu/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

A seller delivers a beef carcass to a butcher shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 10, 2024. President Javier Milei's plan to slash spending has encountered resistance in a nation where annual inflation tops 276%. (Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

A vendor delivers beef to a Buenos Aires butcher shop, Argentina, April 10, 2024, amid soaring 276% inflation and austerity measures under President Javier Milei.(Photo by Rodrigo Abd/AP Photo)

Celeste Caeiro, 90, hands red carnations to former army captain Manuel Correia Silva, in Lisbon, Thursday, April 25, 2024, during the reenactment of troops movements of fifty years ago, part of anniversary celebrations of the Carnation Revolution. (Photo by Ana Brigida/AP Photo)

Celeste Caeiro, 90, offers red carnations to former army captain Manuel Correia Silva during Lisbon’s reenactment of the 1974 Carnation Revolution, April 25, 2024.(Photo by Ana Brigida/AP Photo)

Bangladeshi Muslims maneuver their way on the roof of an overcrowded train to travel home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. (Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)

Bangladeshi Muslims cling to an overcrowded train while traveling home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, Dhaka, April 9, 2024.(Photo by Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo)