Day in Photos: The Largest Beerfest, Overcrowded Prisons, and Unsuccessful Plans
People wearing traditional Bavarian clothes participate in a costume parade on the opening day of the Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany, on Sept. 21, 2024. Thousands of beer lovers join the world's largest beer festival. The 189th anniversary of the festival runs through Oct. 6 on the Theresienwiese fairground. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: The Largest Beerfest, Overcrowded Prisons, and Unsuccessful Plans

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First Lady Jill Biden speaks to guests during the opening ceremony for a new White House educational center, on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 21, 2024. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
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Supporters of Republican presidential candidate President Donald Trump cheer as Trump Force One arrives with the candidate for a campaign rally at the Aero Center in Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 21, 2024. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
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People wait in a queue to cast their ballots at a polling station during Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Sept. 21, 2024. Idrees Mohammed/AFP via Getty Images
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French police officers carry fuel containers confiscated from a boat as it burns on Le Portel beach after a failed illegal crossing attempt in Le Portel, France, on Sept. 21, 2024. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images
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Former Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma (C) waves as he takes part in the 'March to Save Bolivia' against his former ally, Luis Arce, in Ayo Ayo, Bolivia, on Sept. 21, 2024. Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images
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(L–R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida post for a group photo at the Archmere Academy in Wilmington, Del., on Sept. 21, 2024. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
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Participants perform during the Queanbeyan Medieval Fair in Queanbeyan, Australia, on Sept. 21, 2024. George Calvelo/Getty Images
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Residents look at a car trapped in a sunken road after heavy rains hit Suzu, Japan, on Sept. 21, 2024. STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images
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Some of the 600 prisoners are released from the Kinshasa's Makala Central Prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sept. 21, 2024. Samy Ntumba Shambuyi/AP Photo
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Children in a water balloon play on the river at sunset in Surabaya, Indonesia, on June 21, 2024. Juni Kriswanto/AFP via Getty Images
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Palestinians look at the damage in the aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City on Sept. 21, 2024. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images
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A mechanic repairs the shock absorber of a two-wheeler at his workshop in Amritsar, India, on Sept. 21, 2024. Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images
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Activists in kayaks from the NGO “Stop croisieres” and “Extinction Rebellion France” hold banners while they block the AIDAstella cruise ship over pollution, at the northern entrance of a harbor in Marseille, France, on Sept. 21, 2024. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images
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Police block protesters commemorating the 52nd anniversary of the imposition of Martial Law in Manila, Philippines, on Sept. 21, 2024. Jam Sta Rosa/AFP via Getty Images
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Reform UK members Khushwant Singh and Prabhdeep Sing attend day two of the Reform Party 2024 Conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, on Sept. 21, 2024. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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A general view shows snow covered farmlands near Warden, South Africa, on Sept. 21, 2024. Wikus De Wet/AFP via Getty Images
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Soldiers from a unit of the Iranian army march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary the 1980-1988 war with Saddam Hussein's Iraq, in Tehran, Iran, on Sept. 21, 2024. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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A firefighting aircraft releases flame retardant to extinguish fires caused by rockets launched from southern Lebanon that landed on the outskirts of Safed, Israel, on Sept. 21, 2024. Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images
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A parachutist jumps to mark the 80th anniversary of Operation Market Garden, an audacious World War II plan that aimed to seize back key bridges and roads from Nazi occupiers of the Netherlands, in Ginkel Heath, Netherlands, on Sept. 21, 2024. Phil Nijhuis/AP Photo
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Volunteers collect plastic waste from a bed of Beach Bean (Canavalia rosea) as they cleanup Edward Elliot's Beach to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day in Chennai, India, on Sept. 21, 2024. Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images