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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo crowns the image of Our Lady, Queen of the Roma, Sinti, and Travellers during the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Jubilee of Romani People, Sinti And Travellers - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV attends the Jubilee of Romani people, Sinti and Travelling Peoples at the Vatican on October 18, 2025 and affirms the Church’s pastoral care for itinerant peoples, while inviting them to embrace the dignity of the family, work, and prayer. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Scientifics Of Vatican Observatory - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory’s Summer School program on June 16, 2025 at the Vatican, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Scientifics Of Vatican Observatory - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory’s Summer School program on June 16, 2025 at the Vatican, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Scientifics Of Vatican Observatory - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory’s Summer School program on June 16, 2025 at the Vatican, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Scientifics Of Vatican Observatory - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory’s Summer School program on June 16, 2025 at the Vatican, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets Scientifics Of Vatican Observatory - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives participants in the Vatican Observatory’s Summer School program on June 16, 2025 at the Vatican, inviting them to share the joy they experience in exploring the cosmos and to contribute to a more peaceful and just world through the pursuit of knowledge. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trump Meets Starmer of the UK in the Oval Office

United States President Donald J Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, discuss an invitation from King Charles inviting Trump to visit the United Kingdom, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

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Trump Meets Starmer of the UK in the Oval Office

United States President Donald J Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, discuss an invitation from King Charles inviting Trump to visit the United Kingdom, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

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Trump Meets Starmer of the UK in the Oval Office

United States President Donald J Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom, discuss an invitation from King Charles inviting Trump to visit the United Kingdom, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

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Pope Francis Opens the Holy Door At Rebibbia Prison - Rome

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at Rebibbia prison in Rome, Italy on December 26, 2024 for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. For the first time in this long-standing Jubilee tradition dating back to the 15th century, the Pope also opened a fifth sacred portal in a Roman prison, as a symbolic sign ‘inviting all prisoners to look to the future with hope and a renewed sense of confidence.’ The unprecedented rite took place on December 26, the feast of St. Stephen, in the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Opens the Holy Door At Rebibbia Prison - Rome

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at Rebibbia prison in Rome, Italy on December 26, 2024 for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. For the first time in this long-standing Jubilee tradition dating back to the 15th century, the Pope also opened a fifth sacred portal in a Roman prison, as a symbolic sign ‘inviting all prisoners to look to the future with hope and a renewed sense of confidence.’ The unprecedented rite took place on December 26, the feast of St. Stephen, in the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Opens the Holy Door At Rebibbia Prison - Rome

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at Rebibbia prison in Rome, Italy on December 26, 2024 for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. For the first time in this long-standing Jubilee tradition dating back to the 15th century, the Pope also opened a fifth sacred portal in a Roman prison, as a symbolic sign ‘inviting all prisoners to look to the future with hope and a renewed sense of confidence.’ The unprecedented rite took place on December 26, the feast of St. Stephen, in the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Opens the Holy Door At Rebibbia Prison - Rome

Pope Francis opens the Holy Door at Rebibbia prison in Rome, Italy on December 26, 2024 for the 2025 Jubilee of Hope. For the first time in this long-standing Jubilee tradition dating back to the 15th century, the Pope also opened a fifth sacred portal in a Roman prison, as a symbolic sign ‘inviting all prisoners to look to the future with hope and a renewed sense of confidence.’ The unprecedented rite took place on December 26, the feast of St. Stephen, in the Rebibbia New Complex Prison in Rome. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Beatrice Zavarro, lawyer of defendant Dominique Pelicot answers journalists' questions after a hearing at the trial of her client accused of drugging his wife for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot and one of her lawyers Stephane Babonneau leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot and one of her lawyers Stephane Babonneau leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot and one of her lawyers Stephane Babonneau leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Beatrice Zavarro, lawyer of defendant Dominique Pelicot answers journalists' questions after a hearing at the trial of her client accused of drugging his wife for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

An activist leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of Gisele Pelicot's former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot and one of her lawyers Stephane Babonneau leave the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot leaves the Avignon courthouse after hearing the defence's final plea at the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pelicot Mass Rape Trial - Avignon

Gisele Pelicot, flanked by her lawyer Stephane Babonneau, heads to the Avignon courthouse for the trial of her former partner Dominique Pelicot accused of drugging her for nearly ten years and inviting strangers to rape her at their home in Mazan, a small town in the south of France, in Avignon, on December 16, 2024. A court in the French southern town of Avignon is trying Dominique Pelicot, a 71-year-old retiree, for repeatedly raping and enlisting dozens of strangers to rape his heavily sedated wife in her own bed over a decade. Fifty other men, aged between 26 and 74, are also on trial for alleged involvement, in a case that has horrified France. The court proceedings, which runs until December, are open to the public at the request of Dominique Pelicot's ex-wife and victim. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM