International Coffee Day: Politics and a Cup of Reviving Nectar
French President Emmanuel Macron drinks coffee as he sits after a speech at the European Parliament on 17 April 2018 in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.
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French President Emmanuel Macron drinks coffee as he sits after a speech at the European Parliament on 17 April 2018 in the eastern French city of Strasbourg.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) drinks Arabic coffee at the historic Umayyad mosque in Old Damascus on 16 May 2001. Castro, who toured the mosque, was on his firs visit to Syria as part of a tour of the Middle East and Asia.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro (R) drinks Arabic coffee at the historic Umayyad mosque in Old Damascus on 16 May 2001. Castro, who toured the mosque, was on his firs visit to Syria as part of a tour of the Middle East and Asia.
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European Commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker takes a drink as he attends a debate about the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris and subsequent police and military operations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 25 November 2015.
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European Commission's President Jean-Claude Juncker takes a drink as he attends a debate about the 13 November terrorist attacks in Paris and subsequent police and military operations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 25 November 2015.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel drinks coffee as she attends a "coffee table" event hosted by the German President to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Constitution (Grundgesetz) in the garden of the presidential residence Bellevue Palace in Berlin on 23 May 2019.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel drinks coffee as she attends a "coffee table" event hosted by the German President to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Constitution (Grundgesetz) in the garden of the presidential residence Bellevue Palace in Berlin on 23 May 2019.
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French right-wing FN party president Marine Le Pen (L) kisses her father Jean-Marie Le Pen in a cafe after registering her lists for the European elections at the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, on 25 April 2014.
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French right-wing FN party president Marine Le Pen (L) kisses her father Jean-Marie Le Pen in a cafe after registering her lists for the European elections at the Ministry of the Interior in Paris, on 25 April 2014.
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Pope John Paul II drinks coffee with Israeli President Ezer Weizman (R) on 23 March 2000 at the President's residence in Jerusalem after a visit to Israel's chief rabbis and ahead of a landmark visit to Yad Vashem, the holocaust memorial.
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Pope John Paul II drinks coffee with Israeli President Ezer Weizman (R) on 23 March 2000 at the President's residence in Jerusalem after a visit to Israel's chief rabbis and ahead of a landmark visit to Yad Vashem, the holocaust memorial.
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Britain's Prince Charles (R), Prince of Wales, smells an urn for grinding coffee with Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al-Saud (C) at the launch of the 'Painting and Patronage' exhibition in London, 15 June 2000. The exhibition, a cultural collaboration between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, features paintings by both Princes.
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Britain's Prince Charles (R), Prince of Wales, smells an urn for grinding coffee with Saudi Arabia's Prince Khalid bin Faisal Al-Saud (C) at the launch of the 'Painting and Patronage' exhibition in London, 15 June 2000. The exhibition, a cultural collaboration between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, features paintings by both Princes.
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Xi Jinping, while vice-president of China, tries one of farmer James Lynch's Irish Coffees during a visit to the Lynch Farm at Six Mile Bridge, on 19 February 2012 on the second day of a three-day visit to Ireland.
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Xi Jinping, while vice-president of China, tries one of farmer James Lynch's Irish Coffees during a visit to the Lynch Farm at Six Mile Bridge, on 19 February 2012 on the second day of a three-day visit to Ireland.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and US President Barack Obama sit and talk in the gardens between meetings at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on 25 January 2015.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and US President Barack Obama sit and talk in the gardens between meetings at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on 25 January 2015.
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, holds a cup of coffee as he speaks with pupils after taking part in a science lesson at King Solomon Academy in London, on 29 April 2021.
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, holds a cup of coffee as he speaks with pupils after taking part in a science lesson at King Solomon Academy in London, on 29 April 2021.
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Italian Premier Mario Draghi drinks a coffee after delivering a speech at the Senate in Rome on Wednesday 20 July 2022.
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Italian Premier Mario Draghi drinks a coffee after delivering a speech at the Senate in Rome on Wednesday 20 July 2022.
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President Donald Trump is served coffee during a ceremony when he was presented with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace on Saturday 20 May 2017, in Riyadh.
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President Donald Trump is served coffee during a ceremony when he was presented with the Collar of Abdulaziz Al Saud Medal at the Royal Court Palace on Saturday 20 May 2017, in Riyadh.
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Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives at Binnenhof for the weekly Council of Ministers, in The Hague, on 17 September 2021.
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Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte arrives at Binnenhof for the weekly Council of Ministers, in The Hague, on 17 September 2021.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he drinks coffee during a ceremony in which the director general of the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Anatalicio Risden (out of frame), took office, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on 22 February 2022.
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures as he drinks coffee during a ceremony in which the director general of the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Anatalicio Risden (out of frame), took office, at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, on 22 February 2022.
