Sept. 17, 2026, Jiuquan, China: A Kuaizhou-11 Y3 carrier rocket carrying two satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The rocket lifted off at 10:40 a.m. (Beijing Time), successfully sending two satellites -- Tianyi-51 and Tianyi-52 -- into the planned orbits.

September 17, 2026, Tokyo, Japan: Japan's Prime Minister SANAE TAKAICHI, front center, and members of her reshuffled Cabinet pose for a photo at the prime minister's office in Tokyo.

September 17, 2026, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Children play in the Jari Mari slum as an airplane crosses low overhead before landing at Mumbai Airport. The slum is located beneath the flight path of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, India's financial capital and the world's third-largest city. The long-planned redevelopment of Jari Mari and the nearby Dharavi slum has been repeatedly postponed, partly due to the global economic crisis.

September 16, 2026, Santa Monica, California, USA: NATASHA HALEVI at the American Cinematheque Special Advance Screening of 'Appofeniacs', held at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.

September 17, 2026, London, UK: EMMA KINGSTON, who plays the character Elphaba in Wicked the Musical in London, with the Wicked commemorative coin launched by The Royal Mint to celebrate 20 years since the musical first opened at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre.

September 17, 2026, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom: CATHERINE, Princess of Wales, participates in the sport on the pitch while visiting Bute Shinty Club in Rothesay, during a royal visit to the Isle of Bute in Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Scotland. The Prince and Princess of Wales, who also hold the titles of The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, visited the island to celebrate community, connection and volunteering.

September 17, 2026, Brandenburg, Senftenberg, Germany: PAVLA PETROVA is setting out on her 5-Lake Swim. The long-distance and open-water swimmer plans to swim across the five lakes in the Lusatian Lake District today under the motto 'Five Lakes, One Way.'

September 17, 2026, San Benedetto Dei Marsi, Italy: Italy's FILIPPO D'AIUTO of General Store - Essegibi - F.lli Curia, is the winner of the Giro d'Abruzzo, stage 3 from Oricola - Piana del Cavaliere to San Benedetto dei Marsi (159 km) in San Benedetto dei Marsi, Italy.

September 17, 2026, Vienna, Austria: ZIZOU BERGS of Belgium in action during practice ahead of the ITF Davis Cup, qualification round 2, Austria vs Belgium.

July 5, 2026, Newark, New Jersey, USA: A demonstrator waves an upside down US lag as protests continue at ICE facility Delaney Hall where asylum seekers are held in detention in Newark NJ during America's July 4th weekend. The upside down flag symbolizes distress on this nation's Independence Day Bicentennial.

July 12, 2026, Newark, New Jersey, USA: ICE unleashed a large amount of bear mace and pepper balls on a small group of activists and press even though the agents were not escorting vehicles at this entrance as protests continue at Delaney Hall where asylum seekers are held in detention in Newark. Effects of the chemical irritants often last for days. ICE left the facility this night and has not returned as of this date. The next day ICE shot and killed Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero in Maine who was not the intended target of immigration enforcement which was the second fatal shooting at traffic stops in a week.

July 16, 2026, Biddeford, Maine, USA: My soul is broken. 'He was everything to me' wept MARTHA KAROLINA ROJAS Alvarez, the partner of Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero who was shot and killed by ICE agents as she spoke at a press conference in Biddeford Maine. Martha and their 3-year-old daughter witnessed his life drain away on the street where they lived. He was from Colombia, had a social security number and work authorization work in the US and was not their intended immigration enforcement target. It was the second fatal shooting by ICE in a week. The dream he held closest was becoming a dad,' she said. From the moment he held her in his arms and held her tiny hand, he never let go of her. That Monday afternoon was supposed to be her day with Papa But he never came home. And now my daughter asks for Papa, and I don't have the strength to tell her that Pap‚a isn't coming, that she can't hug him anymore or tell him, 'Papi, I love you' Every night she asks for him. She always slept next to him, and now she can't. All I have left are the photos, and a blanket with the three of us on it that he gave her a few weeks before. You will always be the love of my life, until my heart stops beating. Watch over me. Help me carry all of this. Help me care for and protect our daughter, she said.