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Sitting alone in a sea of empty red velvet chairs, a 6-meter-tall giant 'Inflatable Refugee' is photographed at Barcelona's Gran Teatre de Liceu opera house, Spain, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Created by Belgian visual artists Schellekens & Peleman in 2015 following the refugee crisis in Europe by, they hope it to spark debate around the plight of refugees. The artistic intervention coincided with an alarming record: 120 million people around the world have been forcibly displaced from their homes due to conflict and other protracted crises, the U.N. Refugee announced on Thursday. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)