Workers place sheets of wood over windows and glass doors to protect them from the strong winds expected with the arrival of Hurricane Milton in the hotel zone of Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico, on Monday. Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, the second ferocious storm to hit the region in as many weeks. Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Palestinian protesters attend a rally to mark the first anniversary of Palestinian militant group Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Monday. Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris speaks to media members before departing for New York at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Monday. Harris appeared on the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes on Monday, where she answered questions about her economic plans, the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Mexico border, among other issues. Evelyn Hockstein/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Vice President Harris speaks at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory on Oct. 7, in Washington, D.C. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff marked the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by planting a memorial tree. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
A girl looks on while walking through the rubble of a collapsed building in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct, 2, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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