![(L-top) TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - MAY 01: U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at Tuscaloosa National Airport on May 01, 2025 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Trump will be addressing graduating students at the University of Alabama. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) / (R-Top) CORRECTION / Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky listens as unseen South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks at a joint press conference during an official visit by Zelensky to South Africa, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on April 24, 2025. (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP) / "The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by PHILL MAGAKOE has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [April 24, 2025] instead of [April 24, 2024]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require." (Photo by PHILL MAGAKOE/AFP via Getty Images) / (Background) VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - APRIL 26: (EDITOR’S NOTE: This handout image was provided by a third-party organization and may not adhere to Getty Images’ editorial policy.) In this handout photo released via the official social media channels of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump (L) during Pope Francis's funeral at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Pope Francis died on April 21st, aged 88. Anointed in 2013, Argentinian Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the first Latin American and Jesuit Pope. Taking the name Francis after St Francis of Assisi, he was a more humble Pope than many of his predecessors and will be buried outside of the Vatican in a simple wooden coffin at the Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. (Photo by Office of the President of Ukraine via Getty Images)](webp/for-website-articles-2025-05-02t152453.557-800x480.webp)
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