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A Steag coal power plant in Herne, Germany, on Aug. 25. The Essen-based energy company Steag wanted to convert the old coal-fired power plant Herne 4 into a gas-fired power plant at the beginning of the year. In March, Steag decided to postpone the conversion and to continue firing the old power plant with coal. Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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In this 2020 file photo, an election worker sorts vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Board of Elections in Doral, Fla. Florida is one of about half of U.S. states that have ballot curing provisions. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are still working to pass legislation to fund federal agencies and avoid a potential government shutdown. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting of the White House Competition Council in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Social media company Meta's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The Facebook parent company says it has removed a Russian network pushing a pro-Kremlin view of the war in Ukraine and a Chinese network targeting the U.S. midterm elections. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on Sept. 21 shows Iranian demonstrators in Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A cemetery worker takes a rest from working on the graves of civilians killed in Bucha during the war with Russia, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, in April. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
Journalists are being trained to gather evidence of war crimes — starting in Ukraine
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters during a reelection campaign rally. Ahead of the first round of voting on Oct. 2, Bolsonaro has baselessly claimed that voting machines will be rigged against him, an echo of former U.S. President Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election. Fred Magno/Getty Images hide caption
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The White House is proposing pilot programs for Medicare to cover medically tailored meals — like the ones in this file photo — as well as nutrition and obesity counselling. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Biden's goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained
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Montana health officials are seeking to increase oversight of nonprofit hospitals amid debate about whether they pay their fair share. The proposal comes nine months after a KHN investigation found that some of Montana's wealthiest hospitals, such as the Billings Clinic, lag behind state and national averages in community giving. Lynn Donaldson/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is pictured in 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was "on board" with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to text messages. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
In this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow in 2013. AP hide caption
Passengers walk in the new hall of Istanbul Airport on the first day after moving from Ataturk International airport on April 6, 2019, in Istanbul. Many Russian men (not pictured) have been buying up tickets for Turkey since their government issued a draft to fight in Ukraine. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Akie Abe, wife of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carries a cinerary urn containing his ashes at his state funeral, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, in Tokyo. Franck Robichon/AP hide caption
From left, The League's Matteo Salvini, Forza Italia's Silvio Berlusconi, Brothers of Italy's Giorgia Meloni and Noi Con l'Italia's Maurizio Lupi attend the center-right coalition closing rally in Rome on Thursday. Italians have elected their country's most right-wing government since the end of World War II. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
Provisional results show Italy set for first far-right government since World War II
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A person wears a mask while walking past a flower display in front of a supermarket on Front Street East in Toronto on Sept. 16, 2022. Alex Lupul/AP hide caption
Families often get their kids involved in patrolling for pufflings. Kyana Sue Powers compared the atmosphere on the streets each night to Halloween. Kyana Sue Powers hide caption
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