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The Reliance Industries oil refinery in Jamnagar, in India's Gujarat state. Researchers say that the refinery gets nearly half its crude oil from Russia and that most of the oil products that the U.S. imports from India are made in this refinery. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria following her sentencing in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. Joel Carrett/AAP Image/AP hide caption

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Unloading boats at the dock at Leticia, Colombia, where the Amazon river has slowly retreated. John Otis/NPR hide caption

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This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees waiting to have their legs shackled at the Hyundai Motor Group's electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement hide caption

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FILE - Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a press conference at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Tokyo Monday, July 21, 2025 after the prime minister's ruling coalition failed to secure a majority in the upper house in a parliamentary election. Philip Fong/Pool AFP/AP hide caption

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The remains of Carlo Acutis have rested since April 6, 2019, in the Sanctuary of the Spoliation in St. Mary Major Church in Assisi, inside a sepulchral monument in the right nave. The body, after being transferred from its previous burial in a cemetery, was prepared through preservation techniques to be displayed to the faithful, who come to venerate him in this important place of worship. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption

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They called him 'God's influencer,' the Catholic Church canonizes the first millenial saint

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The Hyundai Motor Group factory in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday. A day earlier, federal agents detained 475 people at the automaker's manufacturing complex. Parker Puls/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Traffic moves on the Elphinstone Bridge in the Prabhadevi area in Mumbai, India, on April 9, before the bridge's demolition as part of an elevated road construction project. Raju Shinde/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption

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India’s honk-happy drivers are switching to even louder horns

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks down his plane upon his arrival at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Mexico City on September 2, 2025. Jacquelyn Martin/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An agent said a monthslong investigation into the Hyundai plant resulted in "the largest single site enforcement operation in the history of Homeland Security Investigations." Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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Families leave northern neighborhoods of Gaza City with the few items they can carry on Aug. 26, after Israeli tanks and airstrikes force them out. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption

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Israel Begins its Invasion of Gaza City

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People use smartphones to film planes fly in formation during a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing on Wednesday. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption

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Workers use plastic buckets to collect coffee at Finca Santa Barbara in Algeciras, Huila, Colombia, on June 25, 2025. The farm is owned by Jhon Samboni and covers 32 hectares at 2,000 meters above sea level. Thomas O'Neill hide caption

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US coffee tariffs stir trouble for Brazil, but opportunity for Colombia

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Palestinians shove to receive a hot meal from a charity kitchen in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, from second left in front, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Wednesday, Sept. 3. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP/KCNA via KNS hide caption

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