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  • Supporters of LGBT rights and equality conclude three weeks of solidarity-building events with a festive parade during the first annual Pride Arts Festival on July 28 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
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    British court to rule on Trinidad and Tobago’s colonial-era gay sex law. Here’s why other ex-colonies could be impacted
  • Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Argentina's President Javier Milei upon his arrival at Aeroparque Jorge Newbery International Airport in Buenos Aires on Sunday, November 8.
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    Pope Leo urges President Milei, a Trump ally, to ‘safeguard democracy’ on arrival in Argentina
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    Video Pope Leo presides at biggest Mass of his papacy in Buenos Aires, drawing 2.5 million crowd 1:21
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    CNN analysis uncovers construction flaws in public housing towers that collapsed during Venezuela quakes
  • People line up at a bus station in San Salvador, El Salvador on Friday. For many aboard, this is the first part of a long journey toward the United States.
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    Despite warnings from Trump admin, after the ‘Blue Wave’ many migrants bound for the US are hopeful
  • Mexican families visit graves at the cemetery and take part in the Day of the Dead celebration on November 2, 2025, in San Andrés Mixquic, Mexico.
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    On Day of the Dead, tourists bump shoulders with celebrating families in San Andrés Mixquic
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    Americans voting from Mexico share a concern ahead of the midterms: the future of democracy
  • Maya Gebala, pictured in this undated photo, was seriously wounded in the mass school shooting in Tumbler Ridge on Feb. 10.
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    ‘Bravest person I know’: Father’s pride as school shooting victim leaves hospital after 262 days
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  • A car drives down a street in Havana on August 4, 2026.
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    Hell will freeze over before Havana gives in to Trump. But regular Cubans don’t have that long
  • RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 25: Flávio Bolsonaro presidential candidate for the Partido Liberal leaves after casting his vote during general election day on October 25, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilians will vote for the president who will run the country for the next 4 years. Current president Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, face off in a tight presidential runoff. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)
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    Flávio Bolsonaro says he will lead Brazil’s opposition in exile, after landing in US following election defeat
  • Images by the Press Team of Maria Corina Machado team on Sunday shows the opposition leader arriving at Santa Rosa church in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. After more than 10 months in exile, Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel laureate returned home to a political landscape that has been reshaped by her ally the United States without her involvement.
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    Venezuela’s Machado returns from exile to crowds of cheering supporters
  • Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva launches his re-election campaign at Primeiro de Maio Stadium in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, August 16, 2026. The stadium, formerly known as Vila Euclides, was the site of the mass metalworkers' assemblies led by Lula during the landmark 1979 and 1980 strikes. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
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    Lula, Brazil’s great political survivor, wins again in a deeply divided nation
  • People hold candles during a vigil and prayer service called "Beam of Light," in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on October 2, marking 100 days since the twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela on June 24, killing and displacing thousands of people.
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    Months after Venezuela’s earthquakes, families cling to hope in search of loved ones
  • Armored police vehicles that are part of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrol near the airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)
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    El Salvador sends troops to Haiti to rescue four service members
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  • Supporters of the Forever Canadian group, who want Alberta to remain in Canada, react on the day of a non-binding referendum on Alberta sovereignty in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on October 19, 2026.
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    Alberta rejects secession referendum, chooses to remain part of Canada
  • Chadian soldiers of the international Gang Suppression Force (GSF) greet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Port-au-Prince on June 16, 2026.
    Amelie Bottollier-Depois/AFP/Getty Images
    Gangs in Haiti target foreign troops in the biggest attack since a new force began operations
  • Paramedics load an injured person into an ambulance at the Wainwright Health center after a fire at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, outside of Wainwright, Alberta Saturday, October 17, 2026.
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    4 dead and dozens injured after major fire breaks out at one of Canada’s largest military bases
  • Priest Patricio Sánchez died after being struck by a falling cross on Saturday.
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    Priest killed by falling crucifix during live streamed Mass
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    Hurricane Simon weakens to Category 2 as it continues to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast
  • This aerial view shows Panama Bay after a severe 7.6 magnitude earthquake hit the country, in Panama City on October 9, 2026. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Panama sparking panic in the capital, though no casualties or damage have been reported so far.
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    Powerful earthquake shakes Panama, followed by large aftershocks
  • The photos of foreign surfers who disappeared are displayed on a poster on the beach in Ensenada, Mexico, on May 5, 2024.
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    Three men found guilty in the 2024 killing of Australian and US surfers in Mexico
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