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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

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

Singer Cissy Houston performs onstage during the 2012 BET Awards in Los Angeles, California. Michael Buckner/Getty Images For BET hide caption

A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. AFP/via Getty Images hide caption

Debris seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, in Asheville, N.C. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

The new Supreme Court term started Monday, but it also declined to intervene several controversial cases. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption

Joaquin Phoenix, left, returns as Arthur Fleck in a half-musical, half-courtroom drama sequel with co-star Lady Gaga. Alon Amir/Warner Bros. Pictures hide caption

A girl walks through the rubble of a collapsed building in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 2, amid the war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

An installation of 3,000 candle-lit pumpkin blankets on the canal side steps at Granary Square on Oct. 31, 2014, in London, England. Rob Stothard/Getty Images hide caption

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

A bust of Alfred Nobel on display following a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday. Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency via AP hide caption

Two people embrace as relatives and supporters of Israelis killed in the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack attend a ceremony at the Nova memorial near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2024. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Chelsea Andrews (white hat), president and executive director of Montgomery County's Housing Opportunities Commission, adjusts Maryland State Delegate Lorig Charkoudian's hardhat during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hillandale Gateway housing development in Silver Spring, Md. The HOC says it owns more than 9,400 apartment, townhome and single-family home rental properties and provides subsidized housing for more than 9,300 households. Alyssa Schukar/for NPR hide caption

Samantha and Ariane Buck have struggled with medical debt for years, making it difficult at times to provide for their children. A ballot measure in their state of Arizona to cap interest rates on medical debt passed overwhelmingly, fueled by support from Democrats and Republicans. Ash Ponders for KFF Health News hide caption

Corey Widmer says strangers jumped in to help when his car stalled. The experience has made him think more about how he can help others. Corey Widmer hide caption

People color in a U.S. electoral map during a 2020 presidential election watch party at the U.S. Embassy in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/AFP via Getty Images hide caption