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Water droplets cling to the wings of an adult periodical cicada at Lincoln Memorial Garden and Nature Center on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in Springfield, Ill. The most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound. The songs — only from males — are mating calls. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
How do cicadas make their signature sound, so eerie and amazingly loud?
What stands out during a cicada invasion is the sound. It's a constant, eerie, amazingly loud song that gets in a person's ears and won't let much else in. And it's coming from the tiniest bugs. The … more
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa raises his hand as he is sworn is as a member of Parliament ahead of an expected vote by lawmakers to decide if he is reelected as leader of the country in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
South African President Ramaphosa seems set for reelection after key party says it will back him
The leader of South Africa’s second biggest party says it will back Cyril Ramaphosa for president, almost guaranteeing he will be reelected for a second term in Parliament later Friday. Democratic … more
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An HSC-7 helicopter lands on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Laboon in the Red Sea, Wednesday on June 12, 2024. The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II. That's what its leaders and experts tell The Associated Press, whose journalists visited U.S. ships off Yemen in recent days. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels
The U.S.-led campaign against Iran-backed Houthi rebels has turned into the most intense running sea battle the Navy has faced since World War II. That's what its leaders and experts tell The … more
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A man, his face painted in the likeness of a spirit, participates in the He Neak Ta rituals in Phum Boeung village, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Cambodian villagers on Tuesday took part in a rare traditional guardian spirit ceremony praying for good fortune, rain and prosperity, as they aimed to preserve this ancient tradition. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
AP Week in Pictures: Global
June 7-13, 2024 Cambodians pray for rain and good fortune in the He Neak Ta ritual, people suffering respiratory ailments receive a secret herbal treatment with live fish in India, and soldiers … more
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FILE - Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)
Justice Clarence Thomas took more trips paid for by donor Harlan Crow, Senate panel reveals
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin says his committee has uncovered at least three additional luxury trips given to Justice Clarence Thomas by donors as part of the panel’s ethics … more
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday hailed a security agreement signed with the US. He spoke at a briefing alongside US President Joe Biden at the G7 summit in Italy. Biden and top global allies took action on dual fronts to reinforce their solidarity with Ukraine as it fights off Russia's invasion, with Group of Seven leaders clearing the way for a $50 billion loan package for Kyiv as he signed the security agreement with Zelenskyy.
Biden and Zelenskyy sign security deal as Ukraine's leader questions how long the unity will last
President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have signed a long-term security agreement designed to bolster Ukraine’s defenses against Russia’s invasion. Zelensky thanked Biden … more
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Weary after nine months of war, frustrated Palestinians displaced from their homes said they pray for a cease-fire. (AP video shot by Abd Al Kareem Hana/Production by Wafaa Shurafa)
Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over the latest cease-fire proposal
A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East and beyond that eight months of fighting could soon come to an end and that dozens of captives taken by the … more
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A fighter jet parks on the deck of the USS aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, also known as 'IKE', in the Red Sea, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Suspected attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels sees missile strike ship in Gulf of Aden, officials say
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has seen a missile strike a ship in the Gulf of Aden. The attack happened Thursday in the Gulf of Aden off Yemen. That's according to the British … more
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Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks on stage at the launch of The Labour party's 2024 general election manifesto in Manchester, England, Thursday, June 13, 2024. The election will take place on July 4. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he'll end the era of 'gestures and gimmicks' if he wins power
The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore … more
Green Party co-leaders Adrian Ramsay and Carla Denyer pose with supporters at their General Election Manifesto launch - Real Hope, Real Change, at Sussex County Cricket Ground in Hove, England, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. In the build-up to the UK general election on July 4. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
The UK Green Party struggles to be heard in an election where climate change is on the back burner
There’s lots of talk of change in Britain’s election campaign, but little talk about climate change. The U.K.’s July 4 vote to choose a new government is focused on the sluggish economy, high … more
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An HSC-7 helicopter lands on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Laboon in the Red Sea, Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Yemen's Houthi rebels launch boat-borne bomb attack against Greek-owned ship in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched a boat-borne bomb attack against a commercial ship in the Red Sea, further escalating their campaign despite a U.S.-led campaign trying to protect the vital … more
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Ali Elwan of Egypt, a survivor of the Pylos shipwreck, poses a photo following an interview with The Associated Press, in Athens, Saturday June 7, 2024. Ali is a poor swimmer, and as he struggled to keep afloat far from the Greek coast, desperate hands clutched at his arms, legs and neck. He lived to tell the story of one of the Mediterranean Sea's worst migrant shipwrecks. But nearly a year after, the whys and wherefores remain hazy, and passengers who survived the hellish journey say they've seen no justice. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
One year later, migrants who cheated death off Greece seek justice and struggle to cope with life
A year after one of the worst migrant boat tragedies in the Mediterranean Sea, there are only hazy answers as to why hundreds of lives were lost and who can be held answerable. Survivors say they are … more
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Kashmiri devotees belonging to nomadic Gujjar tribe pray at a forest shrine of Sufi saint Mian Nizamuddin Kiyanwi in Baba Nagri, northeast of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, June 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
AP PHOTOS: Nomadic Muslim devotees throng a forest shrine in disputed Kashmir
BABA NAGRI, India (AP) — The road to the Baba Nagri forest shrine in India-controlled Kashmir was a colorful spectacle. Tens of thousands of men in vibrant attires, henna-dyed beards and bright … more
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FILE - Sir Ernest Shackleton, a noted explorer and writer, is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania, on a hurried business trip to Canada, Jan. 30, 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. The Quest was found using sonar scans on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024, sitting on its keel under 390 meters of churning, frigid water. (AP Photo, File)
Wreck of the last ship of famed Anglo-Irish explorer Shackleton found off the coast of Canada
The wreck of the last ship belonging to a famous Irish-born British explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical … more
President Joe Biden is escorted by Air Force Col. Angela Ochoa, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Biden is headed to Italy for the G7 summit. Biden's granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, walks right. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Biden and Zelenskyy will sign security agreement between US and Ukraine when they meet at G7
President Joe Biden and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will sign a security agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine on Thursday when they meet on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Italy, … more
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FILE - Israeli soldiers operate inside the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Feb. 13, 2024. The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of the United States and most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel.(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
What are the main sticking points in the cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas?
The latest proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza has the support of the United States and most of the international community, but Hamas has not fully embraced it, and neither, it seems, has Israel. … more
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A unit of the Khartia brigade fires artillery at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region to quell Moscow's offensive into northeastern Ukraine. The brigade's commander says modern weapons and ammunition could help them to destroy more targets in a short time. (AP Video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko; Production by Volodymyr Yurchuk)
Russia fires more missiles and drones at Ukraine ahead of diplomatic efforts to stop the war
Russian forces have fired missiles and drones at the Kyiv region and five other areas of Ukraine in a nighttime attack. The barrage came ahead of several days of intense diplomatic activity around … more
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FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia on Sept. 13, 2023. North Korean leader Kim hailed the country's relationship with Russia on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as reports suggest that Russian President Putin will soon visit the isolated country for his third meeting with Kim.(Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
North Korea's Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit the country for his third meeting … more
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Walid Mohammed Abdel Bakki shows a picture of his dead son, Ali, on his mobile phone, in Idlib, Syria, Monday, May 27, 2024. After Ali's death in Lebanon, Bakki paid a smuggler $1,200 to take him and his 11-year-old son back to northwestern Syria, a journey that included an arduous trek through the mountains on foot. (AP Photo/Omar Albam)
Some Syrian refugees risk returning to opposition-held areas as hostility in host Lebanon grows
For more than a decade, a steady flow of Syrians have crossed the border from their war-torn country into Lebanon. But anti-refugee sentiment is rising there, and over the past two months, hundreds … more
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Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
More than 1.5 million foreign Muslims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage
Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca for the Hajj, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign … more
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