Deadly storm batters the Southeast

TOPSHOT - A local police car is seen half engulfed in mud, in a flooded area of Lake Lure, North Carolina, October 2, 2024, after the passage of Hurricane Helene. The death toll from powerful storm Helene, which battered the southeastern United States, has climbed to at least 155, authorities said on October 1, as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris prepared to survey the damage. (Photo by Allison Joyce / AFP) (Photo by ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)
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After 25 years, Zoo Atlanta bids farewell to pandas

A panda roams her habitat at Zoo Atlanta. Giant pandas are solitary mammals and spend most of their adult years alone.
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Global Conflict

TOPSHOT - Sergyi Badylevych (C), 41, hugs his wife Natalia Badylevych (R), 42, and baby in an underground metro station used as bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 2, 2022. - On the seventh day of fighting in Ukraine Russia claims control on March 2, 2022 of the southern port city of Kherson, street battles rage in Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv, and Kyiv braces for a feared Russian assault. (Photo by Aris Messinis / STF / AFP) (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/STF/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sustainable SolutionS

MIAMI, FLORIDA - JULY 11: In an aerial view, a boat arrives at the Haulover inlet from the Atlantic Ocean to on July 11, 2023 in Miami, Florida. The surface ocean temperatures in parts of Florida are 92 to 96 degrees Fahrenheit, the warmer coastal ocean water is threatening Florida's coral reefs, and could create stronger tropical storms and hurricanes. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Protecting sharks

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