The exposed shipwreck of the Aalschokker Conny eel-fishing boat sits in low water along the Rhine River near Neuss, Germany, on 30 September. Severe drought and high summer temperatures have pushed water discharge levels along the vital waterway to near-record lows. (Photo: Christopher Neundorf / EPA)
Hundreds of people carry the ‘Sudario della Memoria Viva’ (Shroud of Living Memory) during a demonstration in the historic centre of Catania, Sicily, on 25 September. The 70m-long cloth, created at the Giorgio La Pira Institute in Pozzallo, bears the handwritten names of 18,500 Palestinian children killed in Gaza. (Photo: Fabrizio Villa / Getty Images) Protesters in Paris on 29 September during a nationwide strike called by eight major trade unions. Healthcare workers, students, firefighters, and other public-sector employees joined the demonstration to demand higher pay and oppose a proposed public sector salary freeze ahead of France’s 2027 budget debates. (Photo: Mohammed Badra / EPA) Protesters set up an encampment at Madrid’s Puerta del Sol on 28 September to demand action against Spain’s housing and real estate speculation crisis. The demonstration follows the court-ordered eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old disabled woman facing removal from her home of 70 years after an investment fund increased her rent by more than 300%. (Photo: Aldara Zarraoa / Getty Images) Anti-AI protesters gather outside an OpenAI developer conference at Fort Mason in San Francisco on 29 September. The protest coincided with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman introducing ‘Dots’, new personal assistant AI agents designed to rival Meta’s Muse. (Photo: Heather Diehl / Getty Images) Members of the People’s Liberation Army band gather near the portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on 30 September. The event marks Martyrs’ Day, held annually on the eve of China’s National Day to honour fallen national heroes. (Photo: Andres Martinez Casares / EPA) British Prime Minister Andy Burnham walks off stage on the final day of the Labour Party Annual Conference in Liverpool, Britain, on 30 September. (Photo: Adam Vaughan / EPA) The flooded streets of San Carlos village in Comondu, Mexico, after the passage of Hurricane Polo on 29 September. Hurricane Polo hit the Baja California Sur coast in Comondu as a Category 2 hurricane, causing damage to the electrical infrastructure and streets and flooding in the affected areas. (Photo: Alfredo Martinez / Getty Images) A car is submerged on a flooded street in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, on 26 September, following voluntary evacuation orders during a powerful nor’easter. Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency for eight counties as the storm brought damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and severe coastal flooding across the region. (Photo: Ryan Murphy / Getty Images) A young migrant fixes a companion’s hair at a temporary camp on El Trampolín beach in Ceuta, Spain, on 24 September. An estimated 2,000 migrants, including many unaccompanied minors, remain at the coastal enclave following a major border breach from Morocco that has heightened political tensions across Europe. (Photo: Manu Brabo / Getty Images) Housing protesters demonstrate against Spain’s housing crisis at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on 30 September. (Photo: Rodrigo Jimenez / EPA) A patron walks through an artwork by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei at MCA Australia in Sydney on 25 September. (Photo: Don Arnold / WireImage) Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions in Massabielle on 26 September during his visit to Lourdes, France. The four-day papal tour – with stops in Paris, Lourdes, and Metz – marks the first papal visit to France since Benedict XVI visited in 2008. (Photo: Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool / Getty Images) SpaceX Starship Flight 14 launches from Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on 28 September. The flight marked an operational milestone, aimed at deploying a payload of Starlink internet satellites into orbit. (Photo: Brandon Bell / Getty Images) A Pacific Ocean wave crashes into a seawall protecting beachfront homes on 28 September in Long Beach, California. Heavy surf generated by Hurricane Polo offshore, amid a Pacific Ocean heatwave and an emerging El Niño, led to a coastal flood advisory from the National Weather Service for much of Southern California. (Photo: Mario Tama / Getty Images) US singer-songwriter Jill Scott performs at O2 Academy Brixton on 28 September in London, England. (Photo: James Klug / Getty Images) Designer Burc Akyol on the runway during the Burc Akyol Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on 29 September. (Photo: Francois Durand / Getty Images) Ginni van Katwijk of the Netherlands dives from the 22m platform during the second competition day of the fifth and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on 26 September at Polignano a Mare, Italy. (Photo: Romina Amato / Red Bull via Getty Images) Nanako Matsumoto of Japan, Mariya Shuvalova of Kazakhstan, Kiran of India, Seoyoon Kim of South Korea and Prachi of India compete during the Athletics Women’s 400m Final at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya on 26 September in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. (Photo: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images) The second wave of starters at the 2026 BMW Berlin-Marathon on 27 September in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: Maja Hitij / Getty Images) Hao Yang and Junjie Lian of China compete during the Diving Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya in Tokyo, Japan, on 27 September. (Photo: Atsushi Tomura / Getty Images)
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33g_983328.jpg "Hundreds of people carry the “Sudario della Memoria Viva” (Shroud of Living Memory) through the streets of Catania, Sicily. The cloth bears the handwritten names of 18,500 Palestinian children killed in Gaza on September 25, 2026 in Catania, Italy. The “Sudario della Memoria Viva” (Shroud of Living Memory), an approximately 70-metre-long cloth bearing the names of 18,500 Palestinian children killed in Gaza, is carried through Catania during a demonstration in the historic city centre. The memorial was created at the Giorgio La Pira Institute in Pozzallo, Sicily. (Photo: Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33c_478449.jpg "Protesters participate in a nationwide strike in Paris, France, 29 September 2026. Healthcare workers, students, firefighters, and other public sector workers take part in a protest as eight major unions call for higher pay and oppose a proposed freeze in public sector salaries ahead of debates on France�s 2027 budget. (Photo: EPA/MOHAMMED BADRA)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33o_580908.jpg "View of the Puerta del Sol and a camp that was set up to demand measures and protest against the housing crisis at Puerta del Sol Square on September 28, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. The eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old disabled woman who has lived in her Madrid apartment for over 70 years, has become a prominent symbol of Spain's crisis over real estate speculation. After acquiring her building, an investment fund hiked her rent by over 300% which she cannot afford. Despite three previously blocked attempts and a formal intervention from the United Nations demanding a halt, local courts have cleared the path for a definitive eviction. (Photo: Aldara Zarraoa/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33q_103032.jpg "Anti-AI protesters gather outside an OpenAI developers conference at Fort Mason on September 29, 2026 in San Francisco, California. At the conference Open AI CEO Sam Altman announced new artificial intelligence personal assistant agents named \"dots\" to rival Meta's Muse. (Photo: Heather Diehl/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33f_926982.jpg "The portrait of former Chinese leader and founder of the People's Republic of China Mao Zedong is seen in Tiananmen Square, amid members of the music band of the People�s Liberation Army, ahead of a ceremony at the Monument to the People's Heroes on Martyrs' Day, a celebration honoring deceased national heroes, in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, 30 September 2026. Martyrs' Day is held on the eve of the National Day of the People's Republic of China, which marks its 77th Anniversary this year. (Photo: EPA/ANDRES MARTINEZ CASARES)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33s_200474.jpg "British Prime Minister Andy Burnham walks off stage on the final day of the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, Britain, 30 September 2026. The conference runs from 27 to 30 September at the Arena Convention Centre in Liverpool. (Photo: EPA/ADAM VAUGHAN)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33r_565794.jpg "An aerial view of the flooded streets of San Carlos village after the passage of Hurricane Polo on September 29, 2026 in Comondu, Mexico. Hurricane Polo hit the Baja California Sur coast in Comondu as a Category 2 hurricane, causing damage to the electrical infrastructure and streets and flooding in the affected areas. (Photo: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33b_292948.jpg "A car is seen submerged in water on a flooded road during a nor'easter storm where a voluntary evacuation has been issued in the community on September 26, 2026 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has declared a state of emergency for eight counties as a powerful nor'easter is expected to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall, coastal flooding and beach erosion beginning Friday night and lasting through the weekend. (Photo: Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33a_508997.jpg "A young migrant fixes a companion's curls after waking up at the temporary migrant camp at El Trampolín beach, where more than 2,000 migrants are estimated to be living, according to the latest figures, on September 24, 2026 in Ceuta, Spain. More than 80,000 migrants were estimated to have entered the Spanish exclave of Ceuta after breaching the border with neighboring Morocco. Most of them were promptly returned by Spanish authorities, but several thousand remain, many of whom are unaccompanied minors. The initial border breach and the struggle to remove the remaining migrants have been a source of political tension both domestically and with Spain's European Union neighbors like Italy, which suspended border-free travel between the two countries. (Photo: Manu Brabo/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33u_901551.jpg "Housing protesters are silhouetted as they demonstrate at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain, 30 September 2026. The encampment began late 26 September following a demonstration over the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, who had lived in her rental home for more than 70 years, with protesters calling for measures to address Spain's housing crisis. (Photo: EPA/RODRIGO JIMENEZ)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33e_996197.jpg "A patron views the artwork whilst walking through it at MCA Australia on September 25, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. Ai Weiwei is the second artist commissioned for the annual Neil Balnaves Tallawoladah Lawn Commission, which presents major new contemporary sculpture on the harbourside lawn in front of MCA Australia. (Photo: Don Arnold/WireImage)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33i_275332.jpg "Pope Leo XIV prays at the Grotto of the Apparitions in Massabielle on the second day of his Apostolic Journey to France on September 26, 2026 in Lourdes – France. Pope Leo XIV is making his first official visit to France from September 25-28 with stops in Paris, Lourdes, and Metz. While in Paris, the pontiff's agenda includes a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, a prayer service at Notre-Dame Cathedral, and an open-air mass along the Champs-Élysées, among other engagements. The trip marks the first papal visit to the European country since Benedict XVI visited in 2008. (Photo: Simone Risoluti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33l_214259.jpg "SpaceX Starship Flight 14 launches from its launch pad at Boca Chica Beach on September 28, 2026 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The first-ever orbital launch attempt's objective for Flight 14 is to deliver Starlink internet satellites to space. (Photo: Brandon Bell/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33m_879647.jpg "A person watches as a Pacific Ocean wave crashes into a seawall protecting beachfront homes on September 28, 2026 in Long Beach, California. Heavy surf generated by Hurricane Polo offshore, amid a Pacific Ocean heatwave and an emerging El Niño, led to a coastal flood advisory from the National Weather Service for much of Southern California. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33n_383365.jpg "Jill Scott performs at O2 Academy Brixton on September 28, 2026 in London, England. (Photo: James Klug/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33p_404024.jpg "Designer Burc Akyol walks the runway during the Burc Akyol Womenswear Spring/Summer 2027 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on September 29, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo: Francois Durand/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33d_722114.jpg "In this handout image provided by Red Bull, Ginni van Katwijk of the Netherlands dives from the 22 metre platform during the second competition day of the fifth and final stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series on September 26, 2026 at Polignano a Mare, Italy. (Photo: Romina Amato/Red Bull via Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33h_668882.jpg "Nanako Matsumoto of Japan, Mariya Shuvalova of Kazakhstan, Kiran of India, Seoyoon Kim of South Korea and Prachi of India compete during the Athletics Women's 400m Final on day seven of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on September 26, 2026 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. (Photo: Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33k_952124.jpg "General view of the starting second wave during 2026 BMW Berlin-Marathon on September 27, 2026 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: Maja Hitij/Getty Images)")
/file/attachments/orphans/PhotoEssay-InPictures33j_776213.jpg "Hao Yang and Junjie Lian of China compete during the Diving Men’s Synchronised 10m Platform on day eight of the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo: Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)")
The exposed shipwreck of the Aalschokker Conny eel-fishing boat sits in low water along the Rhine River near Neuss, Germany, on 30 September. Severe drought and high summer temperatures have pushed water discharge levels along the vital waterway to near-record lows. (Photo: Christopher Neundorf / EPA)
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