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Mexico's new President Claudia Sheinbaum raises the ceremonial staff in Mexico City on October 1, 2024. (Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images)
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US Steel Corporation workers rally outside the company's headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, supporting the takeover by Japan's Nippon Steel, on September 4, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
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