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This handout photo released by SUAQ Foundation on June 23, 2022, shows Rakus, a male orangutan with a facial wound, at Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Rakus, a male orangutan with a facial wound, at Gunung Leuser National Park in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: SUAQ Foundation/AFP via Getty Images

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