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A resident sits beside belongings from their damaged home after a recent landslide triggered by Tropical Storm Trami struck Talisay, Batangas province, Philippines leaving thousands homeless and several villagers dead on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. Aaron Favila/AP/AP hide caption

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In this photo taken from video, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili, left, speaks to the media as speaks to the media as and Nana Malashkhia, who leads the Coalition for Change parliament list, right, stands near, after the parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday. Kostya Manenkov/AP hide caption

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Sikh activist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun stands for a photograph in New York City, U.S., October 25, 2024. Jeenah Moon for NPR hide caption

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American activist talks about how having a target on his back has changed his life

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Israeli police and rescue services inspect the site where a truck driver rammed into a bus stop near an army base, wounding dozens of people, according to Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service in Ramat Hasharon, Israel, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. Oded Balilty/AP/AP hide caption

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Sudanese Armed Forces soliders travel to Khartoum in the back of a Toyota pickup truck in Omdurman, Republic of the Sudan on September 7, 2024. Luke Dray hide caption

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People observe the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a compound housing journalists, killing three media staffers from two different news agencies according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency, in Hasbaya village, southeast Lebanon, on Oct. 25. Mohammad Zaatari/AP hide caption

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Jewish Israeli activists attend a Sukkot gathering near the Gaza Strip, where far-right activists and members of the Israeli Knesset hold an event billed as "Preparing to Resettle Gaza" on Monday. Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption

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Calls grow inside Israel's right wing government for permanent occupation of Gaza

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U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice on Sept. 27. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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DOJ lawyers call on attorney general to investigate potential Israeli killings of US citizens

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Britain's King Charles and Samoan Prime Minister Afioga Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, left, talk during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Apia, Samoa, Friday. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption

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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a press conference at BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 Maxim Shipenkov/Pool EPA hide caption

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Taiwanese soldiers stand guard during the 'Chen-Chiang" night time exercise, in Penghu, Taiwan, on Thursday. Daniel Ceng/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Taiwan Fears a Chinese Invasion, and This TV Show Tells Why

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A participant walks past waterfall poster at the Palais des congres during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images) LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Are biodiversity efforts keeping up with the effects of climate change?

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's President Andrzej Duda (not seen in the photo) at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool photo/AP hide caption

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U.S. officials say North Korea has sent troops to Russia for training

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A TV screen shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea stand in line to receive supplies from Russia during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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Smoke rises as emergency rescue teams and police officers attend to the scene of an attack outside Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday. IHA/AP hide caption

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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Adrian Wyld/AP/The Canadian Press hide caption

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