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A child looks on as people wait for Pope Francis to conduct the Holy Mass at the National Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Fiona Hill, former senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, returns after a recess break at a House Intelligence Committee hearing as part of the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in...more
WeWork employees embrace on the sidewalk outside the entrance to the WeWork corporate headquarters in Manhattan. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A small plane navigates past a rainbow and stormy skies near Encinitas, California. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Police detain demonstrators during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Fatima and Ibrahim rest on board of NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat in central Mediterranean Sea. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Lightning strikes near an Emirates A380 plane at Christchurch Airport, New Zealand. GCH Aviation/via REUTERS
A Palestinian man inspects a vehicle that was set on fire in the southern Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman
Bedouin young man sits in the Siq in the ancient city of Petra, south of Amman, Jordan. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
A murmuration of of Starlings fly at dusk over the Piermont Marsh along the Hudson River in Piermont, New York. REUTERS/Mike Segar
Migrants receive life vest during a search and rescue operation by the NGO Proactiva Open Arms rescue boat in the central Mediterranean Sea. REUTERS/Juan Medina
Actor Jon Voight dances to music before being awarded the the National Medal of Arts by U.S. President Donald Trump inside the East Room of the White House. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
President Trump holds what appears to be a prepared statement and handwritten notes after watching testimony by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, as he speaks to reporters prior to departing for travel to Austin, Texas from the...more
A demonstrator throws an object at police vehicle during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) stand in formation on the courtyard of the Gun Club Hill Barracks, next to the besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University in Hong Kong. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
NSW Fire and Rescue officer protect the Colo Heights Public School from being impacted by the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights, southwest of Sydney, Australia. AAP Image/Dean Lewins/via REUTERS
The Mercedes Simplex concept car, inspired on its original 1903 Mercedes-Simplex, is displayed at the LA Auto Show. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Boys look out the window of a building, damaged by an Israeli attack in Damascus, Syria. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Members of the Emergencies Ministry of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic demine the area at the militants' former positions following troop withdrawals near the settlement of Petrovskoye in Donetsk region, Ukraine. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
Visitors pose at a light installation as the illuminated trail opens at Kew Gardens in west London. REUTERS/Toby Melville
A man walks along the canal as golden, green and rusty leaves color the autumn in Thun-Leveque, France. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Protesters shout as they hit a pole during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon. REUTERS/Andres Martinez Casares
An Iraqi demonstrator wears a mask near burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Najaf, Iraq. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson attends the annual CBI Conference in London. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
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