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(CNN) – Banksy (most likely) again.
In what appears to be the last shot of the anonymous British graffiti artist, at least seven new works have sprung up across Paris, all with one common theme: the migrant crisis in Europe.
And while no one can say for sure that the pictures are his, Banksy publishes pictures of the works of art on his verified Instagram account.
A fresco, which stands on a street adjacent to the Bataclan Concert Hall – the site of a November 2015 terrorist attack that left 90 dead – is engraved in black and white and shows a sad silhouette covered with a veil, looking down.
Another wall in the city, near a neighborhood populated by a large immigrant population, shows a modernized Napoleon who sits on his horse in a red cape that covers his face.
Banksy posted a photo of this image on Instagram with the caption "FREEDOM, EQUALITY, CABLE TV", or in English, "Liberty, Equality, Cable TV".
In Banksy's true style, rodents, which appeared in some of the artist's earlier works, are models of some of these recent images.
From one piece, a small creature resembling a mouse with big round ears Minnie Mouse and its iconic polka dot bow stands under a "May 1968" cleared – which marks the uprising of Paris that took place 50 years ago.
Events, which range from student protests to general strikes, have almost demolished the government in some of the most violent revolts in the history of Paris.
And in another, a couple of rats painted near the corner of a building stares at the Eiffel Tower.
One of Banksy's Instagram posts on Tuesday featured another rodent mural. In a not-so-literal self-portrait, the rodent weaves a cloth around his face – keeping his identity anonymous, just like his likely creator – and he squeezes a box similar to the one used by Banksy to make his stencils.
"Fifty years after the Paris uprising in 1968. The cradle of modern stencil art," reads the legend.
Some works have already won critics.
Another fresco shows a black girl standing next to a pile of blankets and teddy bears, looking fearfully over her shoulder while she sprays – painted a pink pattern on a swastika.
The image, painted near a closed immigration center, was discovered around World Refugee Day on June 20. She was vandalized with brilliant blue paint.
These recent pieces are not the first time that Banksy has used the art to make a statement about migration. He highlighted the Syrian refugee crisis in 2015 with a portrait of Steve Jobs in a migrant camp in Calais, France.
The artwork shows the co-founder of Apple – whose biological father is Syrian – in a black turtleneck and jeans, carrying an old Macintosh computer and a bag thrown over his shoulder.
The legend of the mural, written online: "The son of a migrant from Syria".
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