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, facing the '' Charging Bull'' statue. Beneath ''Charging Bull'' were 10,000 bananas (later donated to charity). On October 26, 2021, it was briefly placed in front of the

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headquarters in California.

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The bronze sculpture was apparently cast in five pieces by using a "

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", and soldered together by an unrevealed artist commissioned by Ankit Bhatia and Robert Giometti of ''Sapien.Network'' group.

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Multiple news agencies reported on the ''Harambe'' statue. News of the statue reached beyond North America and NBC New York's initial covering of the statue. The French newspaper ''

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'' covered the incident.

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