Member of the Academie des sciences morales et politiques (France's ethics and political sciences academy) Xavier Darcos (C) looks on flanked by fellow members Louis Vogel (L), Francois D'orcival (2nd R) and Jean-David Levitte (R) during the official entry ceremony of Congolese Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, human rights activist and gynaecologist, Denis Mukwege, as member of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques (French Academy of ethics and political sciences), part of the Institut de France (France's prestigious Arts and Sciences Academy) at the Institut de France in Paris, on December 1, 2025. (Photo by Ian LANGSDON / AFP via Getty Images)