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Protesters Take to Apple Stores Worldwide on iPhone 16 Launch Day

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Customers in over a dozen cities were met by protests in cities around the world on iPhone 16 launch day .

Demonstrators demanded that Apple stop sourcing cobalt from the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Apple has said it does not source minerals from mines in which conditions are rife with human rights violations.

Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the protests.

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