FILE – Fisherman Sunil Kumar, bottom, spreads a fishing net to help remove the weeds floating on Doddajala Lake on the outskirts of Bengaluru, India, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)FILE – Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza Strip on top of a vehicle carrying their belongings along the coastal road near Wadi Gaza, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)FILE – Israeli soldiers carry the coffin of Lieutenant Colonel Yitzhak Harush, who was killed in a shooting attack yesterday at the Allenby Bridge Crossing between the West Bank and Jordan, during his funeral at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)President Donald Trump hugs Erika Kirk at the conclusion of a memorial for her husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)FILE – Elon Musk attends a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)FILE – Carolina Panthers tight end Ja’Tavion Sanders (0) leaps over Atlanta Falcons cornerback Mike Hughes (21) during an NFL football game, Sunday Sep. 21, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Brian Westerholt)FILE – A dog named Zoe, runs out from one of the rooms of the Dog Relais, a hotel for dogs at Rome’s Fiumicino International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)FILE – Miami Marlins’ Otto Lopez, not visible, throws sunflower seeds on teammate Connor Norby while being greeted in the dugout after hitting a solo home run off Texas Rangers pitcher Jack Leiter during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)FILE – A pedestrian poses for a photo on the edge of an installation, a canal filled with flowers, during the opening of the city’s first art biennial in downtown Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)FILE – Artists of the Bucharest Metropolitan Circus perform during an event marking the day when the Romanian capital was first mentioned in historical records, 566 years ago, in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
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