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People light candles at the Velvet Revolution memorial to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Prague, Czech Republic on November 17, 2024. The Czech Republic marked the 34th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution commemorating the events of 17 November 1989, when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Prague and other cities across what was then still communist Czechoslovakia to demand political reforms and greater freedoms. After the brutal suppression of a student demonstration, the communist leadership soon crumbled and the playwright and human rights activist Vaclav Havel became president shortly thereafter. (Photo by Lukas Kabon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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