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    Cleveland Guardians' Steven Kwan (38) celebrates with teammate Will Brennan, right, at the end of Game 4 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in Detroit. The Guardians won 5-4. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
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    Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, arrives for a private audience with Pope Francis at The Vatican, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. (Vatican Media via AP)
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    Former President Barack Obama greets attendees after speaking at a campaign rally supporting Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at the University of Pittsburgh's Fitzgerald Field House in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)
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    A man who identified himself as Jesse walks out through floodwaters of the Anclote River after Hurricane Milton hit the region, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in New Port Richey, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
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    An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, glows in the night sky above a road in Lietzen, eastern Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)
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    Devotees wait with sacrificial chickens as they prepare to enter Balkumari Temple during Dashain festival in Thimi, Bhaktapur, Nepal, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. The festival commemorates the slaying of a demon king by Hindu goddess Durga, marking the victory of good over evil. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
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    A worker unloads goats from a boat to the shore in Saint-Marc, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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    Gallery employees display a painting by Laurence Stephen Lowry called Senhouse, Maryport at Christie's auction rooms in London, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, the painting estimated at 700,000-1,000,000 UK pounds will be auctioned in the Modern British and Irish Evening Sale on Oct.16.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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    Domino Square is officially open in Domino Park on Domino Square is officially open in Domino Park on the Williamsburg waterfront. The new civic space marks the completion of the popular six-acre esplanade. It will host large-scale community activities such as farmer’s markets, graduations for neighborhood schools and salsa nights. Williamsburg’s first waterfront ice skating rink is also slated to open in the space this November for the winter season. Read more at the link in bio. Photo courtesy of Radhika Photography
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