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An abandoned pithead building is pictured in Henin-Beaumont, northern France, Sunday, June 30, 2024. A depressed former mining town is at the heart of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's long-term political strategy. Her party's electoral success Sunday came as no surprise to the hundreds of fierce supporters who had gathered in the town of Henin-Beaumont to see her victory speech. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)