Israelis shelter on the highway during a massive missile barrage from Iran on Tuesday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
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Fire erupts between Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv and the city of Modiin following an Iranian missile attack, on October 1, 2024. Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a missile attack under way against Israel on October 1 was in response to the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah last week as well as that of the Hamas leader. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man documents destroyed buildings at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
Israelis shelter on the highway during a massive missile barrage from Iran on Tuesday. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption
Rescuers work at the site of a bus that caught fire, carrying young students with their teachers, in suburban Bangkok on Tuesday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption
President Claudia Sheinbaum wears the presidential sash during her swearing-in ceremony as Mexico's new president in Mexico City, October 1 2024 Eduardo Verdugo/AP hide caption
Tanks and troops gather in northern Israel on Monday in preparation for a ground invasion. Maya Levin/NPR hide caption
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Shigeru Ishiba, top, ahead of the extraordinary session of parliament's lower house Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Ruling party presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum addresses supporters at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, after the National Electoral Institute announced she held an irreversible lead in the election, June 3, 2024. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption
People check a damaged building at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Choueifat, south east of Beirut, on September 28. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Israeli soldiers are deployed in the Upper Galilee region of northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on Sunday. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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At an LGBTQ+ shelter in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 7, 2022, a volunteer lights a candle during a vigil for Ahmad Abu Markhiya, a 24-year-old Palestinian man who was found decapitated in the West Bank city of Hebron. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
A worker packs a leather jacket in an Amazon India shipping bag at a workshop in the Dharavi area of Mumbai, India, on Jan. 5, 2022. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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A fire engine ladder extends up a building that was hit in an apparent Israeli airstrike, in central Beirut early Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
In this aerial image of the Kathmandu valley, Bagmati River is seen flooded due to heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Gopen Rai/AP hide caption
Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria, celebrates with supporters, in Vienna on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, after polls closed in the country's national election. Andreea Alexandru/AP hide caption
A portrait of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah sits amid destruction in an area targeted overnight by Israeli airstrikes in Saksakiyeh on Sept. 26. Mahmous Zayyat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is pictured at the U.S. Naval Academy on Aug. 6 in Annapolis, Md. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A woman reads the Quran at the site of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut's southern suburbs, Sunday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
People take part in a solidarity march and protest for Palestine and Lebanon outside the Israeli Consulate on on Saturday in Istanbul, Turkey. The protests come as the world reacts to the announcement by Israel that it had killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike. Chris McGrath/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Rescue personnel transport a victim who was trapped under a landslide caused by heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sunday. Sujan Gurung/AP hide caption