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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen posing at 'The Dictator' photocall at the Carlton Hotel, as part of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Laurene Favier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Jessica Moretti at Cannes 2012

File picture dated May 2012 of Jessica Moretti (right) with Sacha Baron Cohen as The Dictator at the Cannes Film Festival; in 2012, Moretti was among a group of models hired to appear alongside Baron Cohen for a publicity stunt promoting the film, while the Moretti couple are now the main figures under investigation following the New Year’s Eve bar fire that left 40 people dead and 116 injured - Sacha Baron Cohen at a photocall for the film "The Dictator" held at Carlton hotel as part of the 65th Cannes international film festival, southern France, on May 16, 2012. Photo by Guignebourg-Genin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

SEOSAN, South Korea, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner. (Kyodo)

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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Returned Buddha statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddha statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue returned to Japan

Photo taken on May 15, 2025, at a museum in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki shows a 14th-century Buddha statue that was recently returned to Kannonji temple in the city after it was stolen in 2012 and taken to South Korea. The statue, designated by Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, was unveiled to the media the same day ahead of is public exhibition from May 16.

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Sweden's day at Osaka expo

Kyoto University's Shinya Yamanaka, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 2012 for developing iPS cells, makes a speech at a ceremony in Osaka on May 14, 2025, marking the event's Sweden day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is unloaded from a truck as it arrives at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is carried into Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A truck carries a 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva upon its arrival on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was being returned to Kannon Temple on Tsushima.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (C), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk (R), the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus, the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), attends the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus, the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), attends the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum in Kyiv

General David Petraeus (L), the KSF Security Council Member, Commander of the US Central Command (2008 -2010), Director of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (2011-2012), and Arseniy Yatsenyuk, the KSF Chairman and Prime Minister of Ukraine (2014-2016), attend the 17th Annual Kyiv Security Forum, Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 9, 2025. (Photo by Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform)

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

Photo taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 5, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner.

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney during the 31th edition of the UNFP (French National Professional Football players Union) trophy ceremony, on May 28, 2023 in Paris, France. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Joao Braz de Aviz (Brazil) attends a mass in San Giovanni in Laterano Basilica in Rome, Italy on May 26, 2016. - Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz is a progressive-leaning senior Vatican official who since 2012 has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident

File - Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident. Isak Andic is seen during the Mango awards in Barcelona, Spain, on May 30, 2012. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident

File - Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident. Isak Andic is seen during the Mango awards in Barcelona, Spain, on May 30, 2012. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident

File - Mango Founder Isak Andic Dies Aged 71 In Mountain Accident. Isak Andic is seen during the Mango awards in Barcelona, Spain, on May 30, 2012. Photo by Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and First Lady Asma receive Turkish President Abdullah Gul and First Lady Hayrunnisa for a state visit in Damascus, Syria on May 17, 2009. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and First Lady Asma receive Turkish President Abdullah Gul and First Lady Hayrunnisa for a state visit in Damascus, Syria on May 17, 2009. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures

STORY: Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of Tokyo Stock Exchange 3. various of securities company STORYLINE: Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Tuesday amid concerns over rising long-term interest rates in Japan, while the market's downside was buoyed by positive U.S. stock futures. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 44.65 points, or 0.11 percent, from Monday at 38,855.37. The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 2.14 points, or 0.08 percent, higher at 2,768.50. Market watchers here noted the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose 0.015 percentage point from Monday's close to 1.035 percent, its highest level since April 2012, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan is shifting away from monetary easing measures. The Nikk

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People watch a performance at a shopping mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People shop for gold jewelry at a mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People shop for gold jewelry at a mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - Citizens walk on a street in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People watch a performance at a shopping mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People shop for gold jewelry at a mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - Citizens walk on a street in Fuyang, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Life Expectancy

FUYANG, CHINA - MAY 25, 2024 - People watch a performance at a shopping mall in Fuyang city, Anhui province, China, May 25, 2024. The World Health Organization (WHO) released its annual statistics on Tuesday showing that the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world between 2019 and 2021 has reduced the life expectancy of the global population by 1.8 years to 71.4 years, falling back to the level of 2012.