A girl looks out a rain-splattered bus window as she is evacuated before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Canizo, a community in Santiago de Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)
An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A man carries a TV from his home flooded by Hurricane Melissa in Santiago de Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)A convoy carrying aid to Black River, which was hit by Hurricane Melissa, makes its way through Holland Bamboo, Jamaica, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025, where downed trees and debris partially block the road. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)A man killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang lies in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)Patricio Irarrazabal arrives to vote with his sons during legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)Fans wearing Mexican sombreros watch as Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar, of France, steers his car during a practice session ahead of the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix auto race at Hermanos Rodriguez race track in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Members of a global animal welfare organization treat a tiger at the former Lujan Zoo, which closed in 2020, in Lujan, Argentina, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Drag artist Angel Arumir, right, applies makeup ahead of the Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Relatives look at the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025..(AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)A man wears shirt with a image of U.S. President Donald Trump during a government-organized rally against foreign interference, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)Blanca Guerrero, 67, left, and Gloria Sanabria, 67, right, ride in a limousine to a quinceanera celebration for women who never had a traditional 15th birthday party, organized by the Suenos Hechos foundation in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
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