The former president of the Generalitat of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, is returning to Catalonia after seven years of exile and is making a speech near the Parliament of Catalonia, before the investiture of Salvador Illa as the new president of the Generalitat, in Barcelona, Spain, on August 8, 2024. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport /NurPhoto) (Photo by Urbanandsport / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)