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Wounded ethnic Armenian man named Sasha, 84 years-old, from Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh is helped by volunteers walk as he arrives in Armenia's Goris in Syunik region, Armenia, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. Some 42,500 people, or about 35% of Nagorno-Karabakh's ethnic Armenian population, has left for neighboring Armenia as of Wednesday morning, according to Armenian authorities. Hours-long traffic jams were reported on Tuesday on the road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia. (AP Photo/Vasily Krestyaninov)

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A TV screen shows an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Kim called for an exponential increase in production of nuclear weapons and for his country to play a larger role in a coalition of nations confronting the United States in a "new Cold War," state media said Thursday. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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A trader wraps merchandise to send her customer she's dealing with by live sale via streaming at a store in the Tanah Abang textile market in Indonesia Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023. Chinese-owned app TikTok on Thursday said it regretted the Indonesian government's decision to ban e-commerce transactions on social media platforms, particularly the impact it would have on the millions of sellers who use TikTok Shop. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

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Abdullah al-Shweiti, center, from Homs in Syria, poses for a photo prior to an interview with The Associated Press at the central registration for asylum seekers in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. The 29-year-old said he had run away from home because his family's house had been bombed in the war and he didn't want to fight in the army. He said he'd paid 3,000 euros, $3,180, to smugglers who helped him get from Lebanon to Europe. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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