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A visitor with several watches strapped to his blazer is pictured at the Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 9, 2024. (Photo by Pierre Albouy/Reuters)

A visitor wearing multiple watches on his blazer attends the Watches and Wonders fair in Geneva, Switzerland, on April 9, 2024.(Photo by Pierre Albouy/Reuters)

Fatou, known to be the world's oldest female gorilla, feeds on a kiwi she picked out of a basket that she was given in her outdoor enclosure one day ahead of her 67th birthday at the Berlin Zoological Gardens, Berlin, Germany, on April 12, 2024. (Photo by John McDougall/AFP Photo)

Fatou, the world’s oldest female gorilla, enjoys a kiwi from a birthday gift basket in her enclosure at Berlin Zoological Gardens, Germany, on April 12, 2024—one day before her 67th birthday.(Photo by John McDougall/AFP Photo)

Cyclists take part in a flash mob to denounce the new road code proposed by Italy's Transport Minister Matteo Salvini, as they protest during G7 Transport summit in Milan, Italy, on April 13, 2024. (Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Reuters)

Cyclists stage a flash mob in Milan, Italy, on April 13, 2024, protesting a proposed road code by Italy’s Transport Minister Matteo Salvini during the G7 Transport summit.(Photo by Daniele Mascolo/Reuters)

Yulia Navalnaya (C), widow of the late Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends the Media freedom Prize award ceremony during the Ludwig-Erhard summit in Gmund at lake Tegernsee, southern Germany, on April 19, 2024. (Photo by Lukas Barth/AFP Photo)

Yulia Navalnaya (C), widow of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, attends a Media Freedom Prize ceremony at the Ludwig-Erhard Summit in Gmund, Germany, on April 19, 2024.(Photo by Lukas Barth/AFP Photo)

Protestors holding Georgian and European flags gather outside the parliament during a demonstration against a draft bill on “Foreign influence” in Tbilisi on April 21, 2024. Georgian youths have dominated a week of street protests since April 15, 2024, against plans for a “foreign influence” law and are increasingly vocal about affinity for the European Union and Western values. For the fifth straight night Friday, hundreds of young protesters marched in the capital Tbilisi to make their voices heard. (Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP Photo)

Protesters wave Georgian and EU flags outside parliament in Tbilisi on April 21, 2024, opposing a draft “foreign influence” law. Youth-led demonstrations have dominated the city since April 15.(Photo by Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP Photo)

Maximilian Krah, member of the European Parliament for the far-right Alternative for Germany and AfD's top candidate in June's election to the assembly, gives a statement, after an aide has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of “especially severe” espionage for China, in Berlin, Germany, on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Maximilian Krah, far-right AfD party’s top EU candidate, speaks in Berlin on April 24, 2024, after his aide was arrested for alleged espionage for China.(Photo by Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters)

Armenians take part in the annual torch march on the eve of the Genocide Remembrance Day in Yerevan, on April 23, 2024, to mark the 109th anniversary of the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire in 1915. (Photo by Karen Minasyan/AFP Photo)

Armenians hold a torch march in Yerevan on April 23, 2024, commemorating the 109th anniversary of the 1915 mass killings under the Ottoman Empire.(Photo by Karen Minasyan/AFP Photo)

Pope Francis is greeted by Gondoliers upon his arrival in Venice, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pontiff arrived for his first-ever visit to the lagoon town including the Vatican pavilion at the 60th Biennal of Arts. (Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)

Pope Francis arrives in Venice on April 28, 2024, greeted by gondoliers during his first visit to the city, including the Vatican’s Biennale pavilion.(Photo by Alessandra Tarantino/AP Photo)

DJ Alok performs during the celebrations of the 64th anniversary of Brasilia, at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 21, 2024. (Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

DJ Alok performs at the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasília, Brazil, on April 21, 2024, marking the city’s 64th anniversary.(Photo by Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters)

Chefs prepare a broth with over 700kg of tilapia, a freshwater fish, during the Tilapia Regional Festival in Armazem, Brazil on April 28, 2024. Armazem has a population of just over 9,000 people and is the region's leading producer of tilapia in ponds. (Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)

Chefs cook a 700kg tilapia broth at the Tilapia Regional Festival in Armazem, Brazil, on April 28, 2024. The town is a leading tilapia producer.(Photo by Anderson Coelho/AFP Photo)

A cloud of smoke erupts down the road from an explosion as a man drives an animal-drawn cart loaded with jerrycans in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on April 17, 2024 amid the ongoing battles in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Smoke rises near a donkey cart in Nuseirat, Gaza, on April 17, 2024, amid ongoing Israel-Hamas clashes. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Palestinian members of a pro-Syrian government squad raise their arms in salute as they take part in a military parade to mark the annual Quds (Jerusalem) Day commemorations, in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus on April 5, 2024. The Jerusalem Day, an initiative started by the late founder of the Islamic republic in Iran, is held annually on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in support of the Palestinian people. (Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP Photo)

Pro-Syrian government Palestinian fighters salute during a Quds Day military parade in Damascus’ Yarmouk camp on April 5, 2024. The event supports Palestinians.(Photo by Louai Beshara/AFP Photo)

People perform during the St. George's Day celebration in northwest London, Britain, on April 21, 2024. It has been held for the past 61 years as part of the London suburb's St. George's Day celebrations and involves teams of two taking turns pushing each other in a wheelbarrow through the streets of Pinner while drinking beer. (Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

Revelers push wheelbarrows and drink beer during St. George’s Day celebrations in Pinner, London, on April 21, 2024—a 61-year tradition.(Photo by Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)

A employee of the Grevin wax museum works on the wax figure of Pierre de Coubertin, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee, at the museum's workshop in Paris on April 23, 2024. (Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

An artist at Paris’ Grévin Museum sculpts a wax figure of Pierre de Coubertin, IOC co-founder, on April 23, 2024.(Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP Photo)

Families and supporters of hostages, kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, smear yellow paint, associated with the struggle for the return of hostages, on glass above the plenum as part of a demonstration at the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Reuters)

Relatives of Hamas-held hostages smear yellow paint—symbolizing their campaign—on Israel’s parliament windows during a Jerusalem protest on April 3, 2024.(Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Reuters)

Yakut artists present a performance based on the national Yakut epic “Olonkho” on the stage of the Kyrgyz Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 24 April 2024. The State Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is on tour in Bishkek on April 24 and 26. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)

Artists from Russia’s Sakha Republic perform the Yakut epic Olonkho at Bishkek’s opera house on April 24, 2024, during a Kyrgyzstan tour.(Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)

Local residents of the region wearing traditional costumes make their way to get blessings for men and animals, at the St. George church in Traunstein, Germany, Monday, April 1, 2024. (Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)

Traditional costume-clad residents seek blessings for livestock at St. George’s Church in Traunstein, Germany, on April 1, 2024.(Photo by Matthias Schrader/AP Photo)

ATV drivers try to drive through a mud pit during the OFFROAD KINGS off-road club's Jeep Sprint Cup spring festival in the village of Ozernoye, about 35 kilometers from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 14 April 2024. Amateurs of all-terrain vehicles (quad bikes) from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan took part in the races in various categories. (Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)

ATV drivers tackle a mud pit during the Jeep Sprint Cup festival near Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on April 14, 2024, with participants from Central Asia and Russia.(Photo by Igor Kovalenko/EPA/EFE)

Raymond Hinze
Raymond Hinze is a writer and IT consultant with nearly 20 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He's worked as a writer, trainer, technical support person, delivery manager, system admin, and various other roles that involve getting people and technology to work together.