• NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara makes a heart-shaped gesture in a bus while leaving for pre-flight preparation ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, September 15, 2023. REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
    NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara makes a heart-shaped gesture in a bus while leaving for pre-flight preparation ahead of the expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, September 15, 2023. REUTERS / Maxim Shemetov
  • Damaged vehicles lie in a pile-up on the streets of Derna, with the words 'a torrent came', written in Arabic, sprayed on the van. EPA
    Damaged vehicles lie in a pile-up on the streets of Derna, with the words 'a torrent came', written in Arabic, sprayed on the van. EPA
  • Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces during a demonstration marking Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. AP
    Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli security forces during a demonstration marking Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005. AP
  • Models display creations by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain. AP
    Models display creations by Spanish designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada during the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Madrid, Spain. AP
  • Ahmed Hafidi, 63, stands on the ruins of his guest house in Morocco's Atlas Mountains range after the property was destroyed by an earthquake last week. AFP
    Ahmed Hafidi, 63, stands on the ruins of his guest house in Morocco's Atlas Mountains range after the property was destroyed by an earthquake last week. AFP
  • Migrants gather outside an operational centre called 'Hotspot' on the Italian island of Lampedusa. AFP
    Migrants gather outside an operational centre called 'Hotspot' on the Italian island of Lampedusa. AFP
  • Children and their teachers wait in a kindergarten basement used as a bomb shelter during an air strike alarm in Kryvyi Rih, southern Ukraine. AFP
    Children and their teachers wait in a kindergarten basement used as a bomb shelter during an air strike alarm in Kryvyi Rih, southern Ukraine. AFP
  • Service men and women salute on the deck of the USS America during the 73rd Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony, off South Korea. Getty Images
    Service men and women salute on the deck of the USS America during the 73rd Incheon Landing Operations Commemoration ceremony, off South Korea. Getty Images
  • Hair spray is applied as models get ready backstage before Irish designer Paul Costelloe's catwalk presentation during London Fashion Week. AFP
    Hair spray is applied as models get ready backstage before Irish designer Paul Costelloe's catwalk presentation during London Fashion Week. AFP
  • A show at the Mont Saint-Michel abbey lights up the night sky during festivities to mark the millennium of the monument. AFP
    A show at the Mont Saint-Michel abbey lights up the night sky during festivities to mark the millennium of the monument. AFP

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September 15, 2023

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Updated: September 15, 2023, 12:10 PM