This photo taken on June 30, 2026 shows chemical analyst Kate Griffiths working behind telephones used for gold recovery at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales. At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of Britain's coins -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewelry. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Britain-gold-currency-environment,REPORTAGE by Lucie LEQUIER

This photo taken on June 30, 2026 shows a gold bullion coin in a striking tool at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales. At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of Britain's coins -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewelry. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Britain-gold-currency-environment,REPORTAGE by Lucie LEQUIER

This photo taken on June 30, 2026 shows chemical analyst Kate Griffiths adding chemicals to an electronic component to remove the gold at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales. At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of Britain's coins -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewelry. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Britain-gold-currency-environment,REPORTAGE by Lucie LEQUIER

This photo taken on June 30, 2026 shows a worker removeing silver bullion bars from a string tool at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales. At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of Britain's coins -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewelry. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Britain-gold-currency-environment,REPORTAGE by Lucie LEQUIER

This photo taken on June 30, 2026 shows a worker controlling a gold bullion striking tool at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant, south Wales. At the heart of Britain's coin factory, old Bank of England telephones are stripped down and dipped into giant vats to recover a hidden treasure: the gold in their circuits. Behind barbed wire and coded security gates at its site near Cardiff in Wales, the Royal Mint -- the state-owned maker of Britain's coins -- is turning electronic waste into luxury jewelry. (Photo by Darren Staples / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH Britain-gold-currency-environment,REPORTAGE by Lucie LEQUIER

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The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, gives a press conference at the Uruguayan Presidency building in Montevideo on August 3, 2026. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP via Getty Images)

The president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ilan Goldfajn, holds a meeting at the Uruguayan Presidency building in Montevideo on August 3, 2026. (Photo by Santiago Mazzarovich / AFP via Getty Images)