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Royal Mail vans and lorries arrive and leave at the Royal Mail Birmingham Mail Centre, in Birmingham, central England, on May 29, 2024. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). It comes after Kretinsky's conglomerate EP Group formalised an improved offer for International Distribution Services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Royal Mail vans and lorries arrive and leave at the Royal Mail Birmingham Mail Centre, in Birmingham, central England, on May 29, 2024. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). It comes after Kretinsky's conglomerate EP Group formalised an improved offer for International Distribution Services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Royal Mail vans and lorries arrive and leave at the Royal Mail Birmingham Mail Centre, in Birmingham, central England, on May 29, 2024. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). It comes after Kretinsky's conglomerate EP Group formalised an improved offer for International Distribution Services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Royal Mail vans and lorries arrive and leave at the Royal Mail Birmingham Mail Centre, in Birmingham, central England, on May 29, 2024. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). It comes after Kretinsky's conglomerate EP Group formalised an improved offer for International Distribution Services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
Royal Mail vans and lorries arrive and leave at the Royal Mail Birmingham Mail Centre, in Birmingham, central England, on May 29, 2024. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). It comes after Kretinsky's conglomerate EP Group formalised an improved offer for International Distribution Services. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)
(L to R) German Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock talk ahead a weekly meeting of the German cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin on May 29, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser talks to German Minister of Economics and Climate Protection Robert Habeck next to German Finance Minister Christian Lindner ahead a weekly meeting of the German cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin on May 29, 2024. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
A man checks his Tik Tok account on his phone after the restrictions on the social media have been lifted in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
The Swedish warship Vasa is pictured in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm on May 29, 2024. Between 2012 and 2020, data was collected in order to design a new support structure to maintain the ship’s shape and minimise the risk of crack formation. (Photo by Fredrik SANDBERG / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation as his lawyer Katerina Tertukhina stands in front of a screen, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd R) and First Lady of South Africa Tshepo Motsepe (C) react while casting their ballots at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
Jailed human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov appears in court via video link from his prison to contest his "foreign agent" designation, in Moscow on May 29, 2024. A Russian court in February sentenced veteran human rights advocate Orlov, 70, to two and a half years in prison for "discrediting" Russia's army after he spoke out against the military campaign and the Kremlin. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)
A voter cast her ballot at a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
An elderly man looks on at kids playing after casting his ballot at a polling station in Chatsworth township on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
A man emerges from a voring booth after marking his ballots at a polling station in Chatsworth township on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
An Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) official marks a voter with indelible ink at a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
An Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) official restarts an online system for voter attendants at a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
A voter wearing a shirt of former South African President and uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) leader Jacob Zuma on, marks her ballots in a voting booth at a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
An elderly woman calls for assistance in a voting both at a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
A man collecting scrap metal around the city carries a geyser along a downtown street on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
African National Congress (ANC) polling agents set up a tent decorated with party paraphernalia outside a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) officials put up a sign outside a polling station in Umlazi on May 29, 2024 during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by Zinyange Auntony / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi holding a wafer in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi holding a wafer in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (L) working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University professors looking at a semiconductor on computer screen at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (C) and professor Yoshio Mita (L) working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows a wafer reflecting Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (R) and professor Yoshio Mita (L), in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows PhD student of Tokyo university Kei Misumi posing for photographs in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi in a air shower room before entering a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (C) and professor Yoshio Mita (L) working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows a laser lithography system in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University professor Yoshio Mita showing wafers in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows professors and students looking at a Minimal Fab, a small-scale semiconductor factory that does not require a clean room, at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi in a air shower room before entering a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi putting on clean suits before entering a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi coming out of a air shower room before entering a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
TOPSHOT - This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (L) working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows a Minimal Fab, a small-scale semiconductor factory that does not require a clean room, at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi putting on clean suits before entering a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi (L) working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows a wafer in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi holding a wafer in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows Tokyo University PhD student Kei Misumi working in a clean room at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2024 shows a Minimal Fab, a small-scale semiconductor factory that does not require a clean room, at Tokyo University in Tokyo. Clean rooms, a vital part of semiconductor factories, are also where the next generation of tech innovators at schools like Japan's top-ranked University of Tokyo conduct research. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)
President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) addresses members of the media next to the First Lady of South Africa Tshepo Motsepe after casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
A kitemaker displays his kites decorated with pictures of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indian National Congress (INC) Party leader Rahul Gandhi (R), and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal (bottom) during a voting awareness campaign in Amritsar on May 29, 2024, during the ongoing country's general election. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (C) reacts while addresing members of the media next to the First Lady of South Africa Tshepo Motsepe after casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
A car drives past a placard reading "residents only" at a barricade set by residents to protect their district in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows a damaged commercial centre, in Ducos industrial zone in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
A pedestrian walks past the damaged offices of a rental car company in Ducos industrial zone in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) officials gather to collect voting materials at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd R) reacts while casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) / ALTERNATE CROP
Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak (C) is seen through a glass in the cab of a locomotive at a rail traction maintenance depot in the South West of England for a day of Conservative general election campaign events, on May 29, 2024. (Photo by Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows cars queuing in front of a petrol station, in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows a damaged kindergarten, in the "Portes de Fer" disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows a fallen tree in front of the damaged offices of a company, in the "Portes de Fer" disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows a damaged house of a company, in the "Portes de Fer" disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
This photograph taken on May 29, 2024 shows car driving after the roads were reopened, in the "Portes de Fer" disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
A resident walks back home after work past the remains of a makeshift roadblock, in Val de Magenta disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
TOPSHOT - President of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (2nd R) reacts while casting his ballot at Hitekani Primary School polling station in Soweto on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP)
Cut trees and roadblock remain on a road, in Val de Magenta disctrict in Noumea, France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia on May 29, 2024. Riots sparked by a constitutional reform project broke out on May 13. France has lifted a state of emergency across the territory after two weeks of unrest in which seven people died and hundreds were injured (Photo by Theo Rouby / AFP)
A voter gets ready to cast her ballot at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
Rachel Ngubane, 83, casts her ballot at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
President of the African Development Bank (AFDB) Akinwumi Adesina (R) talks to President of Congo Denis Sassou Nguesso (C), flanked by Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) at the opening of the African Development Bank (AFDB) annual meeting in Nairobi on May 29, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
A member of the South African Police Service (SAPS) collects three ballot papers to vote at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
Voters queue to cast their ballots at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
(FILES) A Royal Mail sign is pictured outside a delivery office in north London on September 8, 2022. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
(FILES) Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky poses during a photo session on January 22, 2020, in Paris. The owner of Britain's struggling Royal Mail said on May 29, 2024 it had accepted a takeover proposal from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky worth Ł3.6 billion ($4.6 billion). (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
An Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) official prepares ballot papers for voters at the Ntolwane Primary School polling station in Nkandla, on May 29, 2024, during South Africa’s general election. South Africans vote on May 29, 2024 in what may be the most consequential election in decades, as dissatisfaction with the ruling ANC threatens to end its 30-year political dominance. (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP)
