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A Palestinian family mourns the death of their daughter, who was killed in an Israeli attack as she was heading to play while wearing her roller skates, in Gaza City, Gaza, on Sept. 4. Mahmoud ssa/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Father in Gaza mourns his daughter, who was killed while wearing pink roller skates

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Protesters demonstrate on July 29 in Caracas, Venezuela, against the official election results declaring President Nicolás Maduro won reelection. Cristian Hernandez/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Christmas is starting early in Venezuela

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Competition and Markets Authority, a U.K. regulator, launched an investigation into how Ticketmaster priced its tickets for the Oasis reunion tour next summer and whether the company was transparent about it ahead of time. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption

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Sérgio Mendes speaks at the event "Reel To Reel: Sérgio Mendes — In The Key Of Joy" at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on March 11, 2020. Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption

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Activists wearing eye masks hold posters reading "Repeated deepfake sex crimes, the state is an accomplice too," during a protest against sexually abusive deepfakes in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 30. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Husam Abukhedeir, a Palestinian neurosurgeon, left his native Gaza for the United Arab Emirates last November because he felt that conditions caused by the war had stripped him of his power as a physician — and endangered his family. Nearly 9 months have passed, and Abukhedeir does not see an end in sight to the suffering Christopher Pike for NPR/Christopher Pike for NPR hide caption

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Kenya Red Cross personnel and relatives try to comfort a woman reacting near a burned-out dormitory following a fire at the Hillside Endarasha Primary in Nyeri, Kenya, on Friday. ‎/AP hide caption

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Pavel Durov, CEO of Telegram, is pictured onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 on Sept. 21, 2015, in San Francisco. Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch hide caption

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Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. Francois Mori/AP hide caption

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Pope Francis (right) kisses the right hand of the Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar after an interreligious meeting with faith leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday. Aditya Aji/Pool Photo via AP hide caption

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Pope in Southeast Asia

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Law enforcement and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, after a shooting was reported. Christian Monterrosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tsung-Dao Lee and Chen Ning Yang, winners of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1957. Both were affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study at the time of the award. Alan Richards/Institute for Advanced Study hide caption

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A protester holds a photo of slain hostage Carmel Gat, killed in captivity in Gaza during a rally calling for an immediate hostage deal and release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip on September 2, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Amir Levy/Getty Images hide caption

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'Bring them home.' Hostages' families cry.

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People wait out an air raid alarm at the Teatralna metro station during the massive Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 26. Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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The sound of air raid sirens in Ukraine have been turned into music

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Marchers hold placards and flags during a demonstration in Mexico City to protest against proposed judicial reforms on Sept. 1, 2024. Lexie Harrison-Cripps/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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