The New Zealand flags on the roof of Parliament buildings sit at half mast after the death of the Queen in Wellington on September 9, 2022. – Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history and an icon instantly recognisable to billions of people around the world, died at her Scottish Highland retreat on September 8, 2022. She was …
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Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur celebrates after winning against France’s Caroline Garcia during their 2022 US Open Tennis tournament women’s singles semi-final match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 8, 2022. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)
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Ministers attending the Indo-Pacific Economic Ministerial pose for a family photo in Los Angeles, California, on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
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US President Joe Biden signs the condolence book at the British Embassy in Washington to pay his respects following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as First Lady Jill Biden (R) and British mbassador to the US Karen Pierce look on in Washington, DC on September 8, 2022. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)
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(220908) — FRANKFURT, Sept. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) — European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde speaks during a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 8, 2022. The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday raised key interest rates by 75 basis points (bp), the second such hike after a 50 bp increase in July. TO GO WITH “ECB raises interest rates …
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(220908) — VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) — Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee, attends the plenary session of the 7th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) and delivers a speech titled “Advance the Process of World Multipolarization and Open a New Chapter in Regional Cooperation” in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok, Sept. 7, 2022. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)
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(220908) — CHENGDU, Sept. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) — Rescuers send earthquake relief supplies to Moxi Town of Luding County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Sept. 8, 2022. (Photo by Duan Lixin/Xinhua)
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(220908) — LONDON, Sept. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) — File photo taken on June 10, 2016 shows Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in London, Britain. Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch in history, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace announced on Sept. 8, 2022. (Xinhua/Han Yan)
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This picture taken on August 17, 2022 shows an aerial photo of the Yeruham Pinto vineyard near the development town of Yeruham in Israel’s southern Negev desert. – In the Negev, winemakers are sharing their knowledge of growing vines in the blistering heat with European producers also facing fierce temperatures this summer. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
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WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 06: U.S. soccer president Cindy Parlow Cone speaks during a collective bargaining agreement signing signifying equal pay between the U.S. men’s and women’s national soccer teams at Audi Field on September 06, 2022 in Washington, DC. Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images/AFP
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