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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter in New York Monday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

A worker dumps empty cans of Miller High Life beer into a machine to be crushed at the Westlandia plant in Ypres, Belgium, on Monday. Comite Champagne via AP hide caption

Bicycles burn during a protest outside the Paris City Hall on Friday, the day France's Constitutional Council approved an unpopular plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

A Ukrainian MSLR BM-21 "Grad" fires toward Russian positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, April 8. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption

Protesters march with flares during a demonstration in Marseille, southern France, on Tuesday. France's government is unfurling massively ramped-up security measures for a fresh blast of marches and strikes against unpopular pension reforms. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption

A protester holds a placard that reads, "destitution of the cursed poet " during a rally in Paris on Thursday. French unions held their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption

Protesters run amid the tear gas during a demonstration in Lyon, central France, Thursday, March 23, 2023. French unions are holding their first mass demonstrations Thursday since President Emmanuel Macron enflamed public anger by forcing a higher retirement age through parliament without a vote. Laurent Cipriani/AP hide caption

A protester chants slogans during a protest in Paris, Monday, March 20, 2023. The French government has survived two no-confidence votes in the lower chamber of parliament, proposed by lawmakers who objected to its push to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption

Students shout slogans during a demonstration against the government's plan to raise the retirement age to 64 in Paris on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron has shunned parliament and opted to push through a highly unpopular bill that would raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 by triggering a special constitutional power. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Elysee Palace before a working diner with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023 in Paris. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption

Kurdish activist and anti-racism group stage a protest against the recent shooting at the Kurdish culture center, holding Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, flag in Paris, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Kurdish activists, left-wing politicians and anti-racism groups are holding a protest Saturday in Paris after three people were killed at a Kurdish cultural center in an attack aimed at foreigners. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption

Lionel Messi of Argentina lifts the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Winner's Trophy during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium on December 18, 2022 in Lusail City, Qatar. Julian Finney/Getty Images hide caption