Day in Photos: Keynote Speeches, Global Protests, and Commemorations
President Joe Biden speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 24, 2024. During his speech, Biden advocated for a stronger and more effective United Nations, as well as a reformed and expanded U.N. Security Council. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: Keynote Speeches, Global Protests, and Commemorations

A look into the world through the lens of photography.
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Family members of Johnny Cash, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) participate in an unveiling of a statue of American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images
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Plainclothes Kenyan police officers arrest an activist in front of the Office of the President as families, activists, and civil society representatives gather to present a list of people who disappeared during demonstrations against government proposed tax hikes in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sept. 24, 2024. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images
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The Supreme Court of Georgia hears oral arguments in Atlanta, Ga., on Sept. 24, 2024. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP
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Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 24, 2024. Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images
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A school bus moves at Apalachee High School after the school reopened almost three weeks after a deadly shooting on campus in Winder, Ga., on Sept. 24, 2024. Mike Stewart/AP Photo
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Kosovo Police officers take part in a ceremony in the village of Banjska on Sept. 24, 2024, to name a street after the late Kosovo Police officer Afrim Bunjaku who was killed during an ambush and an ensuing gunbattle at a monastery in the village of Banjska on Sept. 24, 2023, marking one of the gravest escalations in Kosovo for years. Armend Nimani/AFP via Getty Images
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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center in Savannah, Ga., on Sept. 24, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
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Farmers and their families gather to protest against what they described as the government's failure to implement agrarian reforms as they commemorate the Indonesian National Farmers' Day in front of the parliament building in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Sept. 24, 2024. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran's government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani gives a statement during a press conference in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 24, 2024. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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Pro-life protesters rally against buffer zone legislation outside the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 24, 2024. Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images
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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome air defense system, as seen from Haifa, Israel, on Sept. 24, 2024. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images
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People secure their boats ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in Cancun, Mexico, on Sept. 24, 2024. Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images
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A woman with a traditional dress holds a Kanak flag in the Dumbea district of Noumea, in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, on Sept. 24, 2024. Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images
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A worker unloads bananas from a truck at a market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Sept. 24, 2024. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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Mobile homes are flooded at Cogenhoe Mill Holiday Park after the River Nene burst its banks in Cogenhoe, England, on Sept. 24, 2024. Carl Court/Getty Images
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A farmer works in a paddy field in Kangan, in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India, on Sept. 24, 2024. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, speaks about social media's impact on children's mental health at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City on Sept. 24, 2024. Alex Kent/Getty Images
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Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Whitaker testifies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation on FAA oversight and the safety, at Boeing at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington on Sept. 24, 2024. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
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Coachmen use a Shire horse-drawn mower to carry out the traditional method of mowing down the meadow, at Kensington Palace in London on Sept. 24, 2024. Benjamin Cremel/AFP via Getty Images
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UN workers look up at a damaged residential building following an air strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 24, 2024. Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images