Day in Photos: Congressional Session, Typhoon Toraji, and a Prime Minister’s ApologyDay in Photos: Congressional Session, Typhoon Toraji, and a Prime Minister’s Apology
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), joined by Chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.), House Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) and House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) speaks during a news conference on the results of the 2024 election outside of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Nov. 12, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Day in Photos: Congressional Session, Typhoon Toraji, and a Prime Minister’s Apology

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Israeli President Isaac Herzog (Left) presents President Joe Biden with the gift of an artifact from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 12, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) (3rd-L) poses with newly-elected Republican Senators (L-R) Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), John Curtis (R-Utah), Dave McCormick (R-Pa.), and Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) on Capitol Hill in Washington on Nov. 12, 2024. Andrew harnik/Getty Images
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French gendarmes stand guard at the entrance of a street, near the location where three children were found dead, in Taninges, eastern France, on Nov. 12, 2024. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte delivers his speech during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, on Nov. 12, 2024. Manon Cruz/ Pool Photo via AP
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Steve Bannon, former adviser to former President Donald Trump, leaves Manhattan Criminal Court after a court hearing in New York City on Nov. 12, 2024. Michael Santiago/Getty Images
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A street vendor selling corn walks past the White City Supermarket spaza shop in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 12, 2024. Emmanuel Croset/AFP via Getty Images
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The unveiling of the 2024 Christmas jumper design on the animatronic Tyrannosaurus Rex at the Natural History Museum in London, England, on Nov. 12, 2024. Alice Horsley/Getty Images
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Members of the Emergency Military Unit, UME, are pictured during a meeting to coordinate work following deadly flooding, at Jaime I Military base in Betera, in the region of Valencia, Spain, on Nov. 12, 2024. Jose Jordan/AFP via Getty Images
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An aerial view shows a ginkgo tree, estimated to be 800 to 1000 years old, in Bangye-ri, Wonju, South Korea, on Nov. 12, 2024. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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Palestinians displaced from shelters in Beit Hanoun cross the main Salaheddine road into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip following Israeli army evacuation orders on Nov. 12, 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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German Minister for Transport and Digital Affairs and of Justice Volker Wissing attends a panel discussion at an economic summit hosted by German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung in Berlin, Germany, on Nov. 12, 2024. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images
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Climate activists demonstrate against Rosebank and Jackdaw developments outside of the court of session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Nov. 12, 2024. Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images
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An aerial photo shows rescuers ferrying stranded residents from their flooded houses at a village in Ilagan town, Isabela province, Philippines, on Nov. 12, 2024, a day after Typhoon Toraji hit the province. Villamor Visaya/AFP via Getty Images
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Sean Higgins, the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, is flanked by his layers, Matthew Portella, left, and Richard Klineburger, right, at the Salem County, N.J., Courthouse, on Nov. 12, 2024. Matt Slocum/AP Photo
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A tourist struggles with an umbrella in strong wind and rain at Chiang Kai Shek memorial hall in Taipei, Taiwan, on Nov. 12, 2024. I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images
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People hold portraits of family members killed during the 1991 Santa Cruz Massacre at the 33rd-anniversary commemoration in Dili, East Timor, Indonesia on Nov. 12, 2024. Valentino Dariell De Sousa/AFP via Getty Images
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Paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova, who is charged with spreading fake information on the Russian army, attends her verdict announcement in Moscow on Nov. 12, 2024. Tatyana Makeyeva/AFP via Getty Images
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Peru's President Dina Boluarte (C-right) and Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (C-left) applaud during a bilateral meeting at the government palace in Lima, Peru, on Nov. 12, 2024. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images
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A man walks past oriental plane trees also known as chinar trees during autumn in Srinagar, Kashmir, on Nov. 12, 2024. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (center) talks with survivor Whiti Ronaki (left) and Laura Cherrington following his “formal and unreserved” apology in Parliament for the widespread abuse, torture and neglect of hundreds of thousands of children and vulnerable adults in care, in Wellington, New Zealand, on Nov. 12, 2024. Monique Ford/Stuff via AP
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A Special Operations Group (GOE) vehicle enters the Del Litoral prison facilities after clashes that left 15 inmates dead in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Nov. 12, 2024. Gerardo Menoscal/AFP via Getty Images
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Vietnam's Huynh Thi Thanh Thuy (C) is crowned the winner in the 62nd Miss International Pageant 2024 in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 12, 2024. Richard A. Brooks/AFP via Getty Images
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Tim Williams driving #1 Aardiebythehill prepares for race seven during New Zealand Cup Day in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Nov. 12, 2024. Joe Allison/Getty Images
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Ensemble Pour la Republique's MP David Amiel (Left) speaks during an explanation of the vote as part of the voting session of the first part of the draft finance bill for 2025 at the National Assembly, the French Parliament's lower house, in Paris, France, on Nov. 12, 2024. Ian Langsdon/AFP via Getty Images
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A customs K9 canine sniffs a robot dog during the 2024 World Customs Organization (WCO) Technology Conference at the Riocentro Convention Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Nov. 12, 2024. Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
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In this photo illustration, a Bitcoin chart is displayed on a laptop screen in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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This photo shows para athletes taking part in the men's wheelchair basketball competition during the Philippine National Para Games at Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines, on Nov. 12, 2024. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
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A green laser light lits the face of a journalist as Israeli soldiers secure the Deir Sharaf checkpoint, west of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, after a man was reportedly killed at the site, on Nov. 12, 2024. Zain Jaafar/AFP via Getty Images
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Women laborers sort potatoes at a wholesale vegetable market in Jalandhar, India, on Nov. 12, 2024. Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images
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Hospitallers medics take a break during a medical evacuation in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, on Nov. 12, 2024. Diego Fedele/Getty Images
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The mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema is debating with the city council in Amsterdam, Netherlands on Nov. 12, 2024. Pierre Crom/Getty Images
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Tajudeen Esan, mechanical engineer, poses for a photograph in a gas storage used to convert cars to gas combustion in City Mechanic, a Compressed Natural Gas center in Lagos, Nigera, on Nov. 12, 2024. Olympia De Maismont/AFP via Getty Images