Day in Photos: US Coast Guard, Heat in India, and Harvesting Damask Roses
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard stand aboard USCG Cutter James ahead of a press conference on illicit narcotics with Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on April 9, 2025. The officials highlighted the offload of over 48,400 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $509 million seized during drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Marco Bello/AFP via Getty Images

Day in Photos: US Coast Guard, Heat in India, and Harvesting Damask Roses

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Specialist Anthony Matesic works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, on April 9, 2025. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
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Fighters wave flags and flash victory signs from a vehicle during a convoy procession in Aleppo, Syria, on April 9, 2025. The Syrian Democratic Forces withdrawal continues as part of an agreement with Syria's central government. Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
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A Finnish Air Force F/A-18 Hornet pilot and technicians make final inspections of their aircraft during a NATO air force exercise dubbed 'Ramstein Flag' at Leeuwarden Air Base, Netherlands, on April 9, 2025. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
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A goat wanders at the Hacomba informal settlement, one of the target areas in an operation to combat unsanitary housing, in the village of Dzoumogne, on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on April 9, 2025. France's Minister of the Overseas Manuel Valls is visiting Mayotte on April 8 and 9. The poverty-stricken area was hit by Cyclone Chido in December 2024. Marine Gachet/AFP via Getty Images
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Belgian EU Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis Management and Equality Hadja Lahbib is pictured during a visit to the border and the entry point for refugees in Adre, Chad on April 9, 2025. Adre is a town close to the eastern border with Sudan. Benoit Doppagne/Belga Mag/AFP via Getty Images
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A security attendant for a local supermarket looks from a window opposite a dilapidated building in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, on April 9, 2025, during a police operation aimed at disconnecting illegal electricity and water connections in illegally occupied buildings. The operation is part of Johannesburg Water's efforts to address challenges posed by unauthorized connections to the city's water network, a major contributor to water losses. Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images
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EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Iceland Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir shake hands prior to a meeting at EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, on April 9, 2025. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images
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A rocket carrying 27 Kuiper satellites is prepared for launch from Space Launch Complex 41 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 9, 2025. Amazon's Project Kuiper will bring high-speed, low-latency internet, with service expected later this year. The launch of its first satellites was scheduled for April 9 at 7:00 p.m. but was delayed due to bad weather. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images
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Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof emerges from a barrack during a visit to Camp Westerbork, 80 years after prisoners at the camp were liberated by the Allies during World War II, in Hooghalen, Netherlands, on April 9, 2025. The camp was a transit camp used by the Nazi to deport Jews and others to concentration camps in Eastern Europe during World War II. Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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A climate activist and member of the Ostatnie Pokolenie (Last Generation) group spills fake blood on the Monument to the Victims of the Smolensk Tragedy 2010 on Pilsudski square in Warsaw, Poland, to protest climate policies, on April 9, 2025. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
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A craftsman shows household products made from bamboo at a workshop in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on April 9, 2025.  Devi Rahman/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the American Bankers Association's Washington Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington on April 9, 2025. The Summit from April 7 to 9 gathered bank leaders from around the United States to hear about key policy issues from lawmakers. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images
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An elephant gets a bath to beat the heat at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India, on April 9, 2025. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images
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SkyDrive Inc.'s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is demonstrated during a media day held ahead of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, in Japan, on April 9, 2025. The expo in Osaka, Japan, is themed 'Designing Future Society for Our Lives,' and focuses on technological innovation and sustainable development. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
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An employee handles gold jewelry for customers at Hua Seng Heng gold traders in Chinatown in Bangkok, on April 9, 2025. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images
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Brazilian Maxakali indigenous women perform during the Free Land Camp (ATL-Acampamento Terra Livre) in Brasilia, on April 9, 2025. Some 8,000 Indigenous people from all over the country, South America, and Oceania are in Brasilia for a week of demonstrations to demand that their leaders have 'equal voice and power.' Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images
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Rescue teams work at the Jet Set nightclub a day after the collapse of its roof in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on April 9, 2025. Rescuers raced to find survivors among the rubble of the nightclub where nearly 200 people, including former Major League Baseball pitcher Octavio Dotel, were killed when the roof collapsed during a concert in the early morning hours of April 8. Francesco Spotorno/AFP via Getty Images
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A worker dressed in a fire retardant coat takes a sample of molten iron for analysis at the blast furnace at the Thyssenkrupp steel plant in Duisburg, Germany, on April 9, 2025. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
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An employee at Turnips Borough, a specialist greengrocer, prepares a mixture of mushrooms, in London on April 9, 2025. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
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A man displays freshly collected Damask roses, used to produce rose water and oil, at a farm in Saudi Arabia's western city of Taif, on April 9, 2025. Every spring, roses bloom in the city, transforming pockets of the kingdom's vast desert landscape into fragrant pink patches. Fayez Nureldine/AFP via Getty Images