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Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium
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Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
Protesting farmers ride tractors and shout slogans as they march to the capital, breaking police barricades, during India's Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India
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India repeals controversial farm laws after a year of protests
President Joe Biden waves towards the White House balcony in Washington
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US, Canada and Mexico to hold talks at the White House
Commuters drive amidst morning haze and toxic smog as schools and some coal-based power plants close down in New Delhi, India
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Heavy smog shuts down schools in India’s capital
President Joe Biden meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington
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US and Chinese presidents strike conciliatory tone during hourslong meeting
Migrants make their way to the checkpoint "Kuznitsa" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
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EU places new sanctions on entities facilitating migration to Belarus
A Belavia plane lands at the International Airport outside Vilnius, Lithuania
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Turkey halts flights for some Arab citizens traveling to Belarus
Portraits of China's former top leaders from left Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and including the current President Xi Jinping are seen at a military camp in Beijing, China
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Chinese Communist Party cements Xi Jinping’s rule
A view of a tent camp set by migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere gathering at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
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EU officials accuse Belarus of creating a new migrant crisis
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
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Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border
Passengers wait to board a plane for New York at the Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris
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US opens borders to fully vaccinated travelers from a list of countries
The exterior of Pfizer in Groton, Conn. Pfizer Inc.
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Pfizer announces ‘highly effective’ pill to combat COVID
Andreina Baduel wears a T-shirt that reads in Spanish "Justice and freedom" and holds a sign with pictures of people during a protest against political prisoners outside the Bolivarian National Intelligence Service, known as the Helicoide, in Caracas
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ICC to open investigation over alleged crimes against humanity in Venezuela
UN Human Rights Officer Charles Kwemoi, OHCHR regional representative Marcel Akpovo, EHRC Chief Commissioner Daniel Bekele and Director at the EHRC Albab Tesfaye, give a joint press conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Investigation into Ethiopian conflict reports human rights violations by all sides
Colorful trees stand near a road through the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Oct. 2, 2021. More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation at COP26 in Glasgow.
More than 100 countries pledge to curb deforestation at COP26 conference
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres greet US President Joe Biden at the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland
COP26 climate conference kicks off in Glasgow
The logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
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Top US oil executives to testify before Congress
Palestinian laborers work building new houses in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Bruchin near the Palestinian town of Nablus
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Israel approves nearly 3,000 new Jewish settlement homes in the West Bank
A gas station is empty because the gas pumps are out of service in Tehran, Iran, after a widespread outage of a system that allows consumers to buy fuel with a government-issued card
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Iran faces widespread gas station outage, believed to be a cyberattack.
Thousands of pro-democracy protesters take to the streets to condemn a takeover by military officials in Khartoum, Sudan
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Sudan’s military seizes power, dissolves transitional government
People wade past a flooded area in Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal.
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Flooding and mudslides kill about 200 people in Nepal
A health worker inoculates a man next to a banner thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine at a government hospital in New Delhi, India
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A milestone for India: 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses administered.
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a deputy prime minister in the Taliban's interim government, left, speaks with acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Taliban official Amir Khan Muttaqi during talks involving Afghan representatives in Moscow, Russia
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Russia hosts multinational talks on Afghanistan
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage at a train station in Seoul, South Korea
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North Korea launches suspected ballistic missile
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell is seen at the State Department in Washington
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Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell dies at 84
Three men are show wearing white traditional clothing and standing amidst broken glass from a mosque in the background.
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Suicide bombings kill at least 37 at a mosque in Afghanistan
A police officer is shown bending down to walk under yellow caution tape outside of a set of glass doors.
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Bow-and-arrow suspect arrested in attack that killed 5 in Norway
A family visits across the U.S.-Canada border at the Peace Arch Historical State Park as a cyclist rides past on the Canadian side, in Blaine, Wash.
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US to reopen land borders next month to fully vaccinated people
Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr celebrate holding his posters, after the announcement of the results of the parliamentary elections in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq
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Moqtada al-Sadr wins Iraq election
An Indian army convoy moves on the Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangeer, northeast of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir
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Border talks between India and China fail
A combo of file images of Novaya Gazeta editor Dmitry Muratov, left, and of Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa, who were awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
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Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Vials of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines in Jackson, Miss.
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Moderna to build manufacturing plant in Africa
Visitors look at the Chinese military's KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft during 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China 2021, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province
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Why China’s air force is provoking Taiwan
Two men are shown standing across from each other with one man handing a large stack of documents over to the other.
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Report reveals more than 200,000 children abused by clergy in France
Jordan's King Abdullah II is shown speaking behind a microphone and wearing a dark suit.
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‘Pandora Papers’ expose hidden wealth of global elite
A women is shown in the nearground carrying large sacks over her back and walking with a man in the distance carrying a large blue crate.
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Ethiopia expels UN officials, accusing them of ‘meddling’ in the country’s internal affairs
A white ambulance is shown from the front with several people wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons standing nearby.
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Gang riot in Ecuador prison leaves more than 100 dead, dozens injured
Fumio Kishida, right, is shown with his arms raised celebrating with Yoshihide Suga who is standing next to him.
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Fumio Kishida set to become Japan’s next prime minister
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley are shown sitting and facing each other.
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Top Pentagon leaders in the hot seat over Afghanistan withdrawal
Olaf Scholz is shown wearing a dark suit and standing inbetween two other top German politicians with all three waving their right hands.
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Germany’s Social Democrats claim narrow election victory
Students hold up a banners during a rally in front of the parliament in Athens, Greece
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A woman holds a malnourished boy at the Aslam Health Center, in Hajjah, Yemen
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World Food Program chief warns against famine in Yemen
Police officers collect evidence near the car of Serhiy Shefir, first assistant to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, that was shot at, near Kyiv, Ukraine
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Top aide to Ukraine’s president targeted in shooting
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, president of Sri Lanka, right, arrives at United Nations headquarters, during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York
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UNGA 76th session convenes in New York
A National Guardsman walks along a border fence near the International Bridge where thousand of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have formed a makeshift camp in Del Rio, Texas
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US begins mass deportations of Haitian migrants as Haiti calls for moratorium
A caravan of migrants head north towards the US-Mexico border, as they depart from Tapachula, Mexico
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Migrants set up camp under Del Rio bridge along US-Mexico border
In this photo provided by US Navy, the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Illinois (SSN 786) returns home to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam from a deployment in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility
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Aukus security pact sparks Chinese and French ire
A closeup photograph showing the inside of a computer with micro-chips and other wiring.
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Ex-US intelligence officers accused of hacking for UAE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown on a TV hanging on the wall in the distance with several people wearing face masks stand in the nearground.
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Blinken pushes back against lawmakers’ criticism of Afghanistan withdrawal.
A woman is shown holding back a curtain and entering a salon with painted over pictures of women on either side of the doorway.
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UN warning of Taliban actions and impending humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan
US President Joe Biden is shown wearing a dark suit and walking toward a podium with the President of the United States seal on it.
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Biden and Xi phone call amid US-China tensions
A man is shown wearing military fatigues and holding a gun with cement barriers nearby.
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First commercial flight leaves Kabul
Mullah Hasan Akhund is shown wearing a white head wrap and standing across from Nawaz Sharif who is wearing a gray vest and blue shirt.
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Taliban names all-male 33-member interim government in Afghanistan
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is shown looking to his right while walking and wearing a dark face mask with a solider stands in the distance.
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US top diplomats visit Persian Gulf to reassure allies
A police officer is show standing next to a police car with its lights on and a grocery store in the distance.
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Six people injured in New Zealand in ISIS-inspired attack
A large crowd of people are shown standing, packed in a line with a blue-sided building in the background.
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The Taliban are expected to announce a new government
US President Joe Biden is shown standing at a podium and speaking into a microphone with his hands raised slightly.
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Biden defends Afghanistan exit, praises Kabul airlift
A US military officer is shown wearing full combat gear under the green light of a night goggle lens.
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Taliban declare victory as last US troops leave Afghanistan
Several people are shown standing around a bombed out car, chared from the explosion.
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Rockets targeting Kabul airport intercepted
Hundreds of people, some holding documents, gather near an evacuation control checkpoint on the perimeter of the Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 27, 2021.
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Afghanistan airlift continues after deadly suicide attacks