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People attend a vigil for youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, who was shot at a public event at Utah Valley University, in Orem City Center Park, Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead September 10 in a "political assassination" that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United States.
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Friday, September 12, 2025

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 03: Democratic mayoral nominee and state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani speaks to the media at a press event where he accused Mayor Eric Adams of working with the Trump administration against him on September 03, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani claims that President Donald Trump has discussed offering New York City Mayor Eric Adams a position in order to help former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, in the general election for mayor of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Monday, September 8, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 26: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House on August 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. This is the seventh cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Friday, September 5, 2025

Anti-vaccination protesters holding signs take part in a rally against Covid-19 vaccine mandates, in Santa Monica, California, on August 29, 2021. (Photo by RINGO CHIU / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thursday, September 4, 2025

TIANJIN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 01: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin(L) and Chinese President Xi jinping ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Centre on September 1, 2025 in Tianjin, China. (Photo by Suo Takekuma - Pool/Getty Images)
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: People visit a memorial to yesterday's shooting victims in front of Annunciation Catholic Church on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A gunman fired through the windows of the church while students were sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to police. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Lost child stands alone in a dark autumn empty forest
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Friday, August 29, 2025

US President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he signed that aims to end cashless bail, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on August 25, 2025. Also pictured, L/R, US Attorney General Pam Bondi, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Thursday, August 28, 2025

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

HOBOKEN, NJ - JULY 29: The sun rises behind the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building in New York City as people participate in a yoga class next to the Hudson River on July 29, 2025, in Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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