Performers during the Patum festival, in Berga, north of Barcelona, in the Catalonia region of Spain, May 29, 2016. Patum, a festival that dates to medieval times and plays out the struggle between good and evil, also come to symbolize the far more modern political and social struggles of Spain – between right and left, church and state, the Spanish government in Madrid and Catalan secessionists. (Photo by Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)
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