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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping as they gather for a G20 Summit world leaders' group photo, in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 19, 2024.

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov. 18, 2024.

Residents evacuate the Solino district in Port-au-Prince on Nov. 16, 2024, a day after gangs took over the area.

FILE - People protest outside the Justice Palace courts for the release of those detained during a government crackdown on antigovernment protests, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Nov. 7, 2024. The signs read in Spanish "Christmas without my detained brother."

A man walks on a wharf ahead of the arrival of Tropical Storm Sara in West Bay, Roatan, Honduras, on Nov. 14, 2024.

A cargo ship sits in a Chinese-funded port in Chancay, Peru, Nov. 12, 2024. Chinese President Xi Jinping will inaugurate the $3.5 billion Chancay port with his Peruvian counterpart Dina Boluarte on Nov. 14. FILE - Cranes work in the construction of the Chancay Multipurpose Port Terminal, built by a Chinese company in Chancay, Peru, Aug. 22, 2023. FILE - China's President Xi Jinping, right and Peru's President Dina Boluarte shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, June 28, 2024.

Police officers patrol an area during an exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 11, 2024. Journalists take cover from the exchange of gunfire between gangs and police in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 11, 2024.

FILE - A woman holds copies of "The Satanic Bible" by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey and "The Bible of the Adversary" by Michael Ford, before the start of a ceremony at the General Cemetery in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 14, 2024. FILE - The founder of the Church of Satan, Anton LaVey, is seen at home in San Francisco, 1983.

Bolivian former President Evo Morales chews coca in the Chapare region of Bolivia on Nov. 3, 2024, amid an ongoing political conflict with the government of President Luis Arce.

A picture of former One Direction singer Liam Payne adorns a memorial outside the hotel where he was found dead after falling from a balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 17, 2024.

People walk near a Playa Baracoa, Cuba, beach as Tropical Storm Rafael approaches, Nov. 4, 2024.

Delegates attend the last plenary session of the COP16 Summit in Cali, Colombia, on Nov. 1, 2024. Police stand guard in front of a hotel a day ahead of the COP16 United Nations biodiversity conference, in host city Cali, Colombia, Oct. 19, 2024.

Relative and friends of slain journalist Mauricio Solis carry his coffin during his wake in Uruapan, Mexico, Oct. 30, 2024.