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US singer Billie Eilish arrives for the 2023 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 1, 2023, in New York. - The Gala raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. The Gala's 2023 theme is "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty."
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Russia's war in Ukraine

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NATO's peacekeeping Kosovo Force (KFOR) clash with local protesters at the entrance of the municipality office, in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, on May 29.
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