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A couple jokes around on the coast in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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Palestinians watch as Egyptian machinery and workers search for the bodies of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Palestinians watch as Egyptian machinery and workers search for the bodies of hostages in Hamad City, Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center right, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, left, and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, gestures as they listen to President Donald Trump speak to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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