Black smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel as cardinals cast an unsuccessful first vote

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Black smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, where 133 cardinals are gathering on the first day of the conclave, indicating that a successor of the late Pope Francis was not elected, Wednesday.

Black smoke streamed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that the more than 130 cardinal electors have not come to a two-thirds agreement about who the next pope should be.

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