A man cleans an area next to a pile of shoes and sandals of victims outside a wedding hall after a deadly bomb blast in Kabul. Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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An official of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources hugs Marium, a lost baby dugong. The 8-month-old mammal, who captured hearts online, died after biologists believe she ate plastic waste. Sirachai Arunrugstichai/AP hide caption
A tourist gives her luggage to security guards as she tries to enter the departures gate during another demonstration by pro-democracy protesters at Hong Kong International Airport on Tuesday. Philip Fong/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Greenland, a Danish territory, has strategic value in terms of military activity and natural resources, said a member of Denmark's parliament. AP hide caption
A Colombian worker checks the plastic protection cover over a banana bunch on a plantation in Aracataca, Colombia. A dreaded fungus that has destroyed banana plantations in Asia has now spread to Latin America. Jan Sochor/LatinContent via Getty Images hide caption
Devastating Banana Fungus Arrives In Colombia, Threatening The Fruit's Future
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Cathay Pacific Airways CEO Rupert Hogg's resignation comes after Beijing exerted pressure on the carrier. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., speaks to constituents in Wixom, Mich., on Thursday. Paul Sancya/AP hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in during the Inter-Korean Summit in April of last year in Panmunjom, South Korea. NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a temporary check point on the road leading toward an Independence Day parade venue during lockdown in Srinagar, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Thursday. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that stripping the disputed Kashmir region of its statehood and special constitutional provisions has helped unify the country. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. (left), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., have been barred from visiting Israel and Palestinian territories by government officials. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Pro-Beijing demonstrators gather at the Hong Kong Federation of Fujian Associations to show support for the Hong Kong police on Aug. 10. Billy H.C. Kwok/Getty Images hide caption
A Royal Marine patrol vessel is seen beside Iran's Grace 1 tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar on July 4. The tanker was impounded, and the U.S. Justice Department applied to seize it, according to the Gibraltar government. Marcos Moreno/AP hide caption
A man looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Thursday. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Pigs are seen in a hog pen in Linquan county in central China's Anhui province in July. The number of pigs in China is falling rapidly due to an epidemic of African Swine Fever. Barcroft Media/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
China's President Xi Jinping and President Trump chat as they pose for the group photo at the beginning of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, in June. Trump has offered to meet with Xi about resolving protests in Hong Kong. picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow during a memorial service marking the 74th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall on Thursday in Tokyo. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images hide caption
