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Monday

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks after winning the presidential runoff election in São Paulo on Sunday. Nelson Almeida/AFP / Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

The two candidates in Brazil's presidential elections campaign leading up to a runoff election. Left: President Jair Bolsonaro in Guarulhos on Saturday. Right: Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Rio de Janeiro State on Oct. 11. Left: Caio Guatelli / AFP / Getty Images, Right: Carl de Souza / AFP / Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Mourners attend the funeral of Palestinians killed in an overnight Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday. The Israeli army said it was targeting an emerging armed group called Lions' Den. Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A new group of TikTok-savvy Palestinian fighters tests Israeli forces in the West Bank

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Tuesday

The man in black from the 1987 film, The Princess Bride, captures the same kind of hopeless dilemma many governments are facing, choosing between addressing inflation and addressing a possible coming recession. 20th Century Fox hide caption

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Recession or Inflation? Governments around the world must pick their poison

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping leaves a press event with national and foreign journalists about the new Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Sunday. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption

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All the president's men: Why succession may pose a problem for Xi Jinping and China

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Tuesday

Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss attends a news conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London, Oct. 14. Truss has only been in office for six weeks but has already drawn calls for her removal. Daniel Leal/AP hide caption

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The U.K.'s Liz Truss hangs on by a thread as she loses another Cabinet minister

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) waves to senior members of the government as he leaves at the end of the opening ceremony of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China at The Great Hall of People in Beijing on Sunday. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption

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What Xi Jinping's decade in power means for people in China — in their own words

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Saturday

The Jan. 6 committee presented voted this week to subpoena former President Trump. The fate of the subpoena will likely be decided soon by the courts. The impact of the committee's work will likely take longer to gauge. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Attendants wait to guide visitors to the the exhibition entitled "Forging Ahead in the New Era," highlighting Chinese President Xi Jinping's years as leader, at the Beijing Exhibition Center in Beijing, ahead of the 20th Communist Party Congress meeting. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Sunday

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption

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When your seatmate on the plane talks about the Fed, you know things aren't right

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Friday

Billionaire Elon Musk's on-again, off-again bid to acquire Twitter advanced this week after he agreed to pay the $44 billion he had originally offered for the social media site. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images hide caption

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Here's what Elon Musk will likely do with Twitter if he buys it

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