TOPSHOT - Internally displaced persons from the flood queue at St. Luke school used as a shelter in Lokoja on October 22, 2024. Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
TOPSHOT - Internally displaced persons from the flood queue at St. Luke school used as a shelter in Lokoja on October 22, 2024. Human-caused climate change worsened floods that have killed hundreds of people and displaced millions in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, Nigeria and Sudan this year, according to a study published on October 23, 2024. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
A folk group from Monterrey, Mexico, perform on the day of Pope Francis's weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Reuters
A folk group from Monterrey, Mexico, perform on the day of Pope Francis's weekly general audience in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. Reuters
Rohingya refugees adrift in the Labuhan Haji area, South Aceh, Indonesia. Local authorities have not given the craft, filled with about 100 people, permission to land. EPA
Rohingya refugees adrift in the Labuhan Haji area, South Aceh, Indonesia. Local authorities have not given the craft, filled with about 100 people, permission to land. EPA
The Shenzhou-19 spaceship on a Long March-2F carrier rocket is transported to the launch area in Jiuquan, in Gansu province, north-western China. AP
The Shenzhou-19 spaceship on a Long March-2F carrier rocket is transported to the launch area in Jiuquan, in Gansu province, north-western China. AP
A car buried by volcanic ash sent cascading downhill by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Trami, at Guinobatan town, Albay province, south of Philippines capital Manila. AFP
A car buried by volcanic ash sent cascading downhill by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Trami, at Guinobatan town, Albay province, south of Philippines capital Manila. AFP
Britain's King Charles III arrives at Faleolo International Airport in Samoa to attend a Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Reuters
Britain's King Charles III arrives at Faleolo International Airport in Samoa to attend a Commonwealth heads of government meeting. Reuters
Shepherds move their flock along a damaged road in Odobere, in eastern Senegal. Floods along the Senegal River have affected more than 55,000 people, leaving villages underwater and 1,000 hectares of farmland submerged. AFP
Shepherds move their flock along a damaged road in Odobere, in eastern Senegal. Floods along the Senegal River have affected more than 55,000 people, leaving villages underwater and 1,000 hectares of farmland submerged. AFP
Visitors look out from the observation deck at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. AFP
Visitors look out from the observation deck at the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. AFP

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October 23, 2024

Updated: October 23, 2024, 9:52 AM
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