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Kiddy Smile, French DJ and Music Producer, performs during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty Images)
A general view the Cauldron during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images for IPC)
Athletes of Team United States enjoy the show during the closing ceremony on day eleven of the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games at Stade de France on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Fireworks explode at Stade de France during the closing ceremony of Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games on September 08, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Antoine Flament/Getty Images for IPC)
French singer Santa performs during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympics Games at the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, France, 08 September 2024. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
Italian dancer Roberto Bolle (R), star of the Teatro alla Scala, and La Scala prima ballerina, Nicoletta Manni, dance during the OnDance dance festival (Ballo in Bianco) at Piazza Duomo in Milan, Italy, 08 September 2024. Over 2000 students of dance schools gathered at Piazza Duomo in Milan to attend the 7th edition of the OnDance dance festival, which is held from 04 to 08 September under the theme 'the journey through Dance'. EPA-EFE/Matteo Corner
The Abbots Bromley Horn Dancers perform at Blithfield Hall in Rugeley, Britain, 09 September 2024. The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is a tradition taking place every September in the Staffordshire village. It is performed by ten dancers, six of which carry reindeer horns while the remaining four take on the roles of a Fool, a hobby horse, Maid Marian and a bow and arrow-wielding youth respectively. The origins of the custom are unknown with explanations including pagan rituals, winter fertility rites, and celebrations of a successful hunt. Robert Plot’s 1686 ‘Natural History of Staffordshire’ records the dance as having been observed prior to the English Civil War of 1642. EPA-EFE/ADAM VAUGHAN
Indigenous people present gifts to Pope Francis (R) during his visit to the Holy Trinity Humanistic School where the pontiff met with a group of missionaries at the school in Baro, Papua New Guinea, 08 September 2024. Pope Francis travels from 02 to 13 September to conduct apostolic visits to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO
Worshippers wait for Pope Francis to lead a Sunday mass at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, 08 September 2024. Pope Francis is traveling from 02 to 13 September to conduct apostolic visits to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore. EPA-EFE/ALESSANDRO DI MEO
Pakistani religious students of the Jamia Binoria Aalamia Islamic take seminary mid-term exams, in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan, 09 September 2024. Students of the Jamia Binoria Aalamia seminary attended the Wafaq-ul Madaris ul Arabia Pakistan (Federal Arabic Islamic Schools Board) examinations. EPA-EFE/SHAHZAIB AKBER
Kashmiri Muslim women offer prayers outside the shrine of Sufi Saint Naqshband Sahib, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, 08 September 2024. The shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Naqshband Sahib in downtown Srinagar is a revered destination for Kashmiri Muslims who offer congregational prayers every year. Hundreds of people offered afternoon prayers and Khwaja Digar prayers, in a practice that dates back centuries. EPA-EFE/FAROOQ KHAN
Some of the 58 sub-Saharan people rescued by Salvamar Izar rescue ship from an inflatable boat from Morocco wait after their arrival at the Gran Tarajal dock, in Fuerteventura island, the Canaries, Spain, late on 07 September 2024 (issued 08 Sptember 2024). They were later transferred to a temporary immigration reception center. EPA-EFE/Carlos de Saa
Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro take part in a demonstration on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 07 September 2024. Supporters of Bolsonaro rallied in the heart of Sao Paulo to demand the dismissal of the Supreme Court judge who suspended the social network X, due to Elon Musk's continued contempt of court. EPA-EFE/Sebastiao Moreira
Residents march down Manenberg Avenue during the peaceful march against gangsterism and drugs in Manenberg on September 07, 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa. It is reported that the community are fed up with the rampant gang violence and senseless killings. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach). .
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 08 September 2024. More than 40,000 Palestinians and over 1,400 Israelis have been killed, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), since Hamas militants launched an attack against Israel from the Gaza Strip on 07 October 2023, and the Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank which followed it. EPA-EFE/HAITHAM IMAD
People ride on a motorbike next to a tree that was blown over by typhoon Yagi in Hanoi, Vietnam, 08 September 2024. Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm so far this year, made landfall in northern Vietnam on 07 September, killing four people and injuring 78 others, according to state media. EPA-EFE/LUONG THAI LINH
A truck burns after the Boyles Fire moved through the areaon September 08, 2024 in Clearlake, California. The fast moving Boyles Fire destroyed dozens of homes and has charred nearly 100 acres. The fire is 10 percent contained. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
An Iranian woman stands in front of a mural depicting Iranian revolutionary soldiers at Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, 09 September 2024. Tension remains high between Iran and Israel since late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran on 31 July 2024. Iranian leaders and officials said that there will be 'harsh punishment' against Israel in retaliation over the killing of Haniyeh. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Jaroslav Juran of the Czech Republic competes in the Obstacle Driving event of the FEI Driving World Championship for Four-in-hand in the Lipica Equestrian Centre in Szilvasvarad, northeastern Hungary, 08 September 2024. EPA-EFE/Tamas Kovacs
A Las Vegas Raiders fan watches the game from the stands during the second half of the NFL game between the Las Vegas Raiders and the Los Angeles Chargers in Inglewood, California, USA, 08 September 2024. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BREHMAN
A girl dances during a 'mini' folkloric parade, in La Paz, Bolivia, 08 September 2024. Dozens of children and adolescents up to 14 years old, participated in a 'mini' folkloric parade that included the morenada as its star, to vindicate that this dance originated in Bolivia in the face of what the Andean country considers an “appropriation” by some neighboring nations. EPA-EFE/ESTEBAN BIBA
A model presents a creation by Spanish brand Devota & Lomba during a fashion show within the Madrid es Moda Fashion Week, in Madrid, Spain, 09 September 2024. Madrid es Moda fashion week runs from 07 to 11 September. EPA-EFE/DANIEL GONZALEZ
People gather at Veddelev beach to observe the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence, in Roskilde Fjord, Denmark, 08 September 2024 (issued 09 September 2024). The warm weather has created ideal conditions for observing bioluminescent algae in the water. They emit a dazzling glow when disturbed, especially in the dark. EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN
People gather at Veddelev beach to observe the natural phenomenon of bioluminescence, in Roskilde Fjord, Denmark, 08 September 2024 (issued 09 September 2024). The warm weather has created ideal conditions for observing bioluminescent algae in the water. They emit a dazzling glow when disturbed, especially in the dark. EPA-EFE/MADS CLAUS RASMUSSEN. DM