European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) welcomes European Parliament President Roberta Metsola for the Parliament's Conference of Presidents, as part of a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on September 17, 2024. (Photo by Frederick Florin/AFP Photo)




An aerial view of the Carola Bridge, which has partly collapsed over the Elbe River in Dresden, Germany on September 11, 2024. (Phoot by Robert Michael/dpa via AP Photo)




Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus celebrates after defeating Jessica Pegula of the United States to win the Women's Singles Final on Day Thirteen of the 2024 US Open at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 07, 2024 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Frey/USA Today Sports)




Waves crash against the lighthouse in Seaham Harbour, County Durham, UK on Thursday, September 26, 2024. Flooding and travel disruption is set to continue across large swathes of the UK with more rain predicted to hit. Nearly three inches of rain could fall over several hours in the worst-affected regions on Thursday. (Photo by Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images)




A man in military costume participates in the 18th edition of the historical event “Fields of Glory” in Niepolomice, Poland, 29 September 2024. The 'Fields of Glory' stands as one of the largest events in Poland, attracting a vast audience of history and military enthusiasts. The main theme for this year focuses on the late Middle Ages, characterized by grand castles, armored knights, and a vibrant cultural and commercial landscape. Additionally, this year's event will honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Monte Cassino, the landing at Arnhem, and the Warsaw Uprising. (Photo by Lukasz Gagulski/EPA/EFE)




Portrait of Marine Corporal Valeria Diego before her participation in the last Independence Day military parade under President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at Zocalo on September 16, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. As part of the parade, military forces pledged allegiance to newly elected President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum. (Photo by Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images)




A Ukrainian emergency serviceman waits for an air raid siren to subside before resuming work at the site of a Russian missile strike in Poltava, Ukraine, on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. The strike, which targeted a military educational facility in central Ukraine, killed 51 people and injured more than 200 others, according to Ukrainian offiicias, in one of the deadliest single attacks since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. (Photo by Patryk Jaracz/Anadolu via Getty Images)




Colombia's Cristina Poblador Granados competes in the Powerlifting Women's up to 41 kg final event during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at La Chapelle Arena in Paris, on September 4, 2024. (Photo by Franck Fife/AFP Photo)




Aerial view of farmers collecting the Water Lilies in Satla Union, Uzirpur upazila of Barisal city in Bangladesh on September 29, 2024. Water lilies is cultivated in about 10,000 acres of wetlands of this village called Uttar Satla. 80% of the villagers peoples are involved in Water lilies cultivation and marketing. From this village water lilies are supplied to different parts of the country. (Photo by Muhammad Amdad Hossain/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)




Firefighters clear rubble for hours in search of missing people following an air strike, on September 24, 2024 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Several projectiles struck multiple residential buildings in Kharkiv this afternoon. (Photo by Nikoletta Stoyanova/Getty Images)




The National Wallace Monument is illuminated on bright rainbow colours specially for Stirling Pride on September 21, 2024 in Stirling, Scotland. This is the first Pride Event to take place in Stirling and the Forth Valley. It comes after nearly 300 Forth Valley residents filled out a survey from Creative Stirling, LGBT Youth Scotland, and the University of Stirling which sought to gauge levels of support for a Pride event in the Forth Valley. (Photo by Ben Montgomery/Getty Images)




A model wears a creation as part of the Issey Miyake Spring/Summer 2025 collection presented Friday, September 27, 2024 in Paris. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP Photo(




China's independently developed Zhuque-3 reusable test rocket conducts a flight test at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on September 11, 2024 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China. China's private space company LandSpace successfully conducted a 10-kilometer vertical takeoff and vertical landing (VTVL) test on September 11. (Photo by Ni Yanqiang, Zeng Yangxi/Zhejiang Daily Press Group/VCG via Getty Images)




General view during the match between Beatrice Maria Vio Grandis of Italy in action and Yu Chui Yee of Hong Kong during the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Grand Palais in Paris on September 5, 2024. (Photo by Carlos García Rawlins/Reuters)




Models present creations during a catwalk presentation for the Buerlangma Spring/Summer 2024 collection, at London Fashion Week in London, on September 13, 2024. (Photo by Henry Nicholls/AFP Photo)




An archer, wearing traditional clothing, shoots an arrow during the traditional Turkish archery competitions, which are on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list, within the 5th World Nomad Games in Astana, Kazakhstan on September 11, 2024. (Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu via Getty Images)




Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Matthias Maurer of Germany demonstrate their training in lunar surface simulating conditions for future moon missions, like the Artemis lunar exploration program led by NASA, at the opening of the new LUNA facility at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, September 25, 2024. (Photo by Martin Meissner/AP Photo)




An explosion after a Russian missile strike is seen in the sky over the city during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 2, 2024. (Photo by Gleb Garanich/Reuters)




Climate activists of Extinction Rebellion, a global environmental movement, block an entrance to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam on September 7, 2024, to protest against the museum's main sponsor ING. (Photo by Dingena Mol/ANP via AFP Photo)