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A view of the images portraying victims of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship projected onto the La Moneda Presidential Palace to mark the commemoration of the International Day of the Disappeared in Santiago, Chile, on Wednesday. Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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In this photo illustration, the new logo for the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, now X, is seen displayed on a smartphone. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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Saudi man sentenced to death for tweets in harshest verdict yet for online critics

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People swim and sunbathe on a reopened beach at the Black Sea on Aug. 22 in Odesa. When missiles and drone attacks first hit the city — and Russian naval vessels started laying explosive sea mines around the port — the beaches were closed. Warning signs urged people to keep their distance. Pierre Crom/Getty Images hide caption

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Odesa beaches reopen, offering Ukrainians a respite from war

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Beekeeper Mike Osborne uses his hand to look for the queen bee as he removes bees from a car after a truck carrying bee hives swerved, causing the hives to fall and release bees in Burlington, Ontario, on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

In side-by-side photos: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Aug. 23, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in early 2023. Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption

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Sanjoy Sachdev founded the Dehli-based Love Commandos. Lauren Frayer hide caption

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He was hailed as a crusader for love. Now he's accused of being a villain

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Emine, her husband and child search through materials recovered from destroyed buildings in Adiyaman. Alice Martins for NPR hide caption

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More than 6 months after Turkey's quake, people who lost homes still await new ones

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This video grab shoes the spokesperson for the mutinous soldiers speaking on state television as they announce that they had seized power in Libreville on Wednesday. AP hide caption

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Military officers in Gabon say they have seized power

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Tuesday

Relatives and soldiers mourn the death of fighter pilot Andrii "Juice" Pilshchykov, 30, during his funeral on Tuesday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption

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