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Omar Ghabin, 14, looks at the camera as he carries a bag of items he collected from the landfill in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)


A truck carrying Nubian giraffes is parked as Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) rangers prepare for their translocation from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajai Wildlife Reserve northwestern Uganda, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)


People look at a residential building after it was destroyed by a Russian strike in the Lukianivka neighbourhood of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)


Maryam Aminu stands next to her daughter Farisa, who has relapsed into malnutrition, in front of their kitchen in Kware Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria, Wednesday, July 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)


Spain’s Ferran Torres (7) celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)


Spain’s Lamine Yamal (19) and Argentina’s Lionel Messi (10) embrace after during the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)


The final springboard chop event is underway during the Lumberjack World Championships, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Hayward, Wis. (AP Photo/Ellen Schmidt)


Artwork by Cuban Osmany Betancourt stands on exhibit in Havana Bay where the Astral ship from the Spanish humanitarian organization Open Arms arrives, in Cuba, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)


Staff clap as new Prime Minister Andy Burnham and wife Marie-France van Heel walk into 10 Downing Street in London, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, Pool)


Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party scuffle with police as they attempt to march toward India’s Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister, in New Delhi, Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Vipin)


From left to right, Christine Wonsley cries next to her Husband Elmore, and their sons Elmore Jr. and Ethan during a memorial service for her son Nolan Xavier Wells, an 18-year-old found dead after taking a July 4 boat trip with friends, Monday, July 20, 2026, in Ocean Springs, Miss. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)


People cross Alameda Bernardo O’Higgins Avenue during a rainstorm in Santiago, Chile, early Monday, July 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)


Players from Spain’s national soccer team celebrate at Cibeles Square in Madrid on Monday, July 20, 2026, after Spain defeated Argentina in the World Cup final in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)


A stranded Hindu devotee prostrates at the starting point of the pilgrimage to the holy Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra, India, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, as the Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra remains suspended for a third day amid persistent heavy rainfall and adverse weather conditions. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)


Residents clear rubble from their homes destroyed during the Israel-Hezbollah war in Ghandouriyeh village, southern Lebanon, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)


Photographer Enes Khazam works during a photo session on the bank of the Bosphorus Strait, with the Ortakoy mosque and 15th July Martyrs bridge in the background in Istanbul, Turkey, early Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)


A tourist uses a hand fan to cool off during a heat wave as people gather on Areopagus Hill, with the Acropolis in the background, in Athens, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)


People are reflected in the window of an icon shop on Red Square near the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God in Moscow on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the feast day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God. The Kremlin Wall and the Spasskaya Tower are in the background at left. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)


Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)


Sujata Chaudhary, who is transgender and a former aid worker who turned to sex work to survive after losing her job amid the U.S. foreign aid cuts, poses for a photo in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)


Spectators stand on bales of hay during the seventeenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, with start in Chambery and finish in Voiron France, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)


A U.S. Army carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)


A family member of slain police officer Ashiq Hussain wails inside his home in Lalpora, northwest of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, after he was killed in a suspected militant attack in south Kashmir, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)


President Donald Trump departs a dignified transfer while White House aide Natalie Harp stands outside the vehicle, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)


Health workers disinfects an ambulance at Ebola Treatment Center at Bunia General Hospital in Ituri, Congo, Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Dirole Lotsima Dieudonne)


Hamza Ali, 28, who lost both legs in a road accident, prays before leaving for work in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)


Supporters stand ready for President Donald Trump to arrive to speak at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Ga., Wednesday, July 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Erik S. Lesser)
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