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Haitians deported from the U.S. recover their belongings scattered on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport on Tuesday in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Joseph Odelyn/AP hide caption
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes a speech during the 76th session of United Nations General Assembly, in New York, United States on Tuesday. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley speaks during a briefing with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in September at the Pentagon in Washington. The top U.S. military officer met with his Russian counterpart Wednesday Sept. 22, 2021 in Helsinki, Finland. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro pulls off his protective face mask to address the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday. Eduardo Munoz/AP hide caption
Laura Sanchez got a COVID vaccine shot last month from nurse Noleen Nobleza in Orange, Calif. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
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Protesters march through Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday over recently announced COVID-19 vaccine requirements for construction workers. Construction sites have been shut down for two weeks due to protests and rising COVID-19 cases. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images hide caption
V (from left), Suga and Jin of BTS at the launch of the U.N. General Assembly's 76th session on Monday. The popular boy band from South Korea sang (in a video performance viewed online by more than 1 million) and spoke. John Angelillo/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met in Cornwall, Britain, ahead of the G-7 summit in June. Toby Melville/AP hide caption
Taliban fighters sit on the back of a pickup truck as they stop on a hillside in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 19. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption
President Biden delivers remarks to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
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On his deathbed, Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence agent who defected, accused Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination. Alistair Fuller/AP hide caption
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Johnson & Johnson shared data from the Phase 3 trial of its booster shot on Tuesday indicating a booster shot at six months provided a 12-fold increase in antibodies. Eva Marie Uzctegui/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Different types of potatoes seed are seen displayed in "Parque de la Papa" or Potato Park, in Pisac, Peru. One hundred and fifty type of tubers from the Sacred Valley highlands are native to Peru. Martin Mejia/AP hide caption
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau casts his ballot in the 44th general federal election. He's joined by his children, Xavier, Ella-Grace and Hadrien in Montreal on Monday. Sean Kilpatrick/AP hide caption
Destruction following regime air strikes on the town market in Zamalka, on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus. March 22, 2018 Amer Almohibany/AFP via Getty Images hide caption