How theft of France's dusty Crown Jewels could benefit the Louvre

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"The robbery at the Louvre has catapulted France's dusty Crown Jewels long admired at home, little known abroad to global fame. One week on, and the country is still wounded by the breach to its national heritage. Yet the crime is also a paradox. Some say the heist will make celebrities of the very jewels it sought to erase, much as the Mona Lisa's turn-of-the-20th-century theft transformed the then little-known Renaissance portrait into the world's most famous artwork."

Coverage spans reproductive rights, climate change and Big Tech with on-the-ground reporting and investigations into items like Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC and a documentary, 'The A Word', highlighting American women fighting for reproductive rights. Donations fund journalists and support free access by avoiding paywalls, relying on those who can afford to pay. The Louvre robbery has propelled France's Crown Jewels to global attention, leaving the nation wounded by the breach to its heritage. Historical parallels to the 1911 Mona Lisa theft raise whether the heist will further glorify the jewels.

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