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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs the golden book as he meets Norway’s king on October 20, 2026, at the Royal Palace in Oslo. (Getty Images)
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as Venezuelan opposition leader Dinorah Figuera talks to members of the press during a meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC on October 9, 2026. (Getty Images)
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A wind turbine at the Block Island Wind Farm off Block Island, Rhode Island, in the Atlantic Ocean on December 7, 2023. (Getty Images)
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Voters fill out their ballots at a polling station in the Hillsboro Old Stone School on November 4, 2025, in Hillsboro, Virginia. (Getty Images)
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Presidential candidate and incumbent president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil celebrates after the results of the general election day on October 25, 2026, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Getty Images)
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Shipping containers are seen in the Port of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec, on August 23, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Vice President JD Vance speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on October 20, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)
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Guided missiles are on display in a production hall at the US defense contractor Covenant in Leipzig on October 5, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Brazil’s Liberal Party presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro greets supporters during a rally at Largo Glenio Peres in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on October 14, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega L and then-Vice President Rosario Murillo attend the swearing-in ceremony for a new presidential term in Managua, Nicaragua on January 10, 2022. (Getty Images)
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