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Rotterdam's Dutch Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (R) lays a wreath of flowers during the commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Caribbean Netherlands, in Rotterdam, on June 30, 2022. - The Rotterdam Municipal Executive previously apologized for the city's participation in the colonial and slavery past. - Netherlands OUT (Photo by Robin UTRECHT / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by ROBIN UTRECHT/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Rotterdam's Dutch Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb (R) lays a wreath of flowers during the commemoration of the abolition of slavery in Suriname and the Caribbean Netherlands, in Rotterdam, on June 30, 2022. - The Rotterdam Municipal Executive previously apologized for the city's participation in the colonial and slavery past. - Netherlands OUT (Photo by Robin UTRECHT / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by ROBIN UTRECHT/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)