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2024-09-06 14:16 Last Updated At:14:21

Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 2024

Cadets sing the national anthem, an woman dances, a health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child and boys row on the Sava river in Serbia.

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Nicaraguan citizens wave from a bus after being released from a Nicaraguan jail and landing at the airport in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Aug. 30 - Sept. 5, 2024

Denmark's Queen Mary at the parade during the flag day for Denmark's deployed at Christiansborg Palace Square in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

Denmark's Queen Mary at the parade during the flag day for Denmark's deployed at Christiansborg Palace Square in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

A supporter dances before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at 1st Summit Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial, in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

A supporter dances before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at 1st Summit Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial, in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

Children visit a Blow Up Experience installation, part of an exhibit of inflatable art and technology, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Children visit a Blow Up Experience installation, part of an exhibit of inflatable art and technology, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Boys row on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Boys row on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Naailah Reese, 4, left, Nayyara Reese, 8, center, and Kade Lewis, 8, right, all of Atlanta, watch the parade during Dragon Con on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Naailah Reese, 4, left, Nayyara Reese, 8, center, and Kade Lewis, 8, right, all of Atlanta, watch the parade during Dragon Con on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Schoolgirls sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Schoolgirls sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army performs at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army performs at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People stand on balconies of a high rise building as a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet conducts a flight in the lead-up to the Brisbane Festival's Riverfire in Brisbane, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

People stand on balconies of a high rise building as a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet conducts a flight in the lead-up to the Brisbane Festival's Riverfire in Brisbane, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Members of a military honor guard prepare before the arrival of Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of a military honor guard prepare before the arrival of Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Paramedics help an injured man to walk out of the rubble at a sports facility destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

Paramedics help an injured man to walk out of the rubble at a sports facility destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

A man falls down to death from a burning apartment window after Russia's guided air bomb strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A man falls down to death from a burning apartment window after Russia's guided air bomb strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A retiree protests the presidential veto of a bill passed by Congress to raise pensions, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A retiree protests the presidential veto of a bill passed by Congress to raise pensions, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A woman shouts slogans as she joins a rally to protest against the rape and murder of a resident doctor at a government hospital in August, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A woman shouts slogans as she joins a rally to protest against the rape and murder of a resident doctor at a government hospital in August, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

The Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, left, hugs Pope Francis during a family photo following an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)

The Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, left, hugs Pope Francis during a family photo following an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)

A Ukrainian war veteran wearing prosthetics takes to the runway to demonstrate outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A Ukrainian war veteran wearing prosthetics takes to the runway to demonstrate outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Palestinian activist Khairi Hanoon walks with the Palestinian flag on a damaged road following an Israeli army raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian activist Khairi Hanoon walks with the Palestinian flag on a damaged road following an Israeli army raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Mourners gather for the funeral of slain hostage Alexander Lobanov, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Mourners gather for the funeral of slain hostage Alexander Lobanov, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

People light candles during a vigil in memory of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

People light candles during a vigil in memory of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A model showcases a creation by Misuity during the China Fashion Week Opening Show in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A model showcases a creation by Misuity during the China Fashion Week Opening Show in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

People carry idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh from the workshop to pandal, a temporary shelter, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

People carry idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh from the workshop to pandal, a temporary shelter, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Residents protect their belongings as they negotiate a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Residents protect their belongings as they negotiate a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Medias film as South Korean Marines take positions after landing on the beach during the combined military amphibious landing exercise between South Korea and the U.S., called Ssangyong exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Medias film as South Korean Marines take positions after landing on the beach during the combined military amphibious landing exercise between South Korea and the U.S., called Ssangyong exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A woman wears a mask during a protest against a bill approved by Turkish legislators that aims to remove stray dogs off the country's streets, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A woman wears a mask during a protest against a bill approved by Turkish legislators that aims to remove stray dogs off the country's streets, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Firefighters extinguish the fire after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Firefighters extinguish the fire after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A woman with blue hair blows a kiss to the audience as she walks the runway at a fashion show of Afro hairstyles in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman with blue hair blows a kiss to the audience as she walks the runway at a fashion show of Afro hairstyles in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow at al-Alamein airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow at al-Alamein airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Mahlagha Jaberi poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Diva Futura' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Mahlagha Jaberi poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Diva Futura' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Cadets sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Cadets sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Children visit a Blow Up Experience installation, actress Mahlagha Jaberi poses for photographers and Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the Egypt International Airshow.

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Nicaraguan citizens wave from a bus after being released from a Nicaraguan jail and landing at the airport in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Nicaraguan citizens wave from a bus after being released from a Nicaraguan jail and landing at the airport in Guatemala City, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Denmark's Queen Mary at the parade during the flag day for Denmark's deployed at Christiansborg Palace Square in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

Denmark's Queen Mary at the parade during the flag day for Denmark's deployed at Christiansborg Palace Square in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix)

A supporter dances before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at 1st Summit Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial, in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

A supporter dances before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at 1st Summit Arena at the Cambria County War Memorial, in Johnstown, Pa., Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Rebecca Droke)

Children visit a Blow Up Experience installation, part of an exhibit of inflatable art and technology, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Children visit a Blow Up Experience installation, part of an exhibit of inflatable art and technology, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)

Boys row on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Boys row on the Sava river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Naailah Reese, 4, left, Nayyara Reese, 8, center, and Kade Lewis, 8, right, all of Atlanta, watch the parade during Dragon Con on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Naailah Reese, 4, left, Nayyara Reese, 8, center, and Kade Lewis, 8, right, all of Atlanta, watch the parade during Dragon Con on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Schoolgirls sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Schoolgirls sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army performs at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

An elderly woman dances while the Military Band of the Chinese People's Liberation Army performs at the Historical Museum prior to the closing of Spasskaya Tower International Military Music Festival in Red Square, with the statue of Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov in the background, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, with foreign participants include Belarus, Venezuela, Egypt, China, Thailand, Turkey, South Africa and Guinea. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

People stand on balconies of a high rise building as a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet conducts a flight in the lead-up to the Brisbane Festival's Riverfire in Brisbane, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

People stand on balconies of a high rise building as a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet conducts a flight in the lead-up to the Brisbane Festival's Riverfire in Brisbane, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Members of a military honor guard prepare before the arrival of Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Members of a military honor guard prepare before the arrival of Nigeria's President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024, ahead of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). (Greg Baker/Pool Photo via AP)

Paramedics help an injured man to walk out of the rubble at a sports facility destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

Paramedics help an injured man to walk out of the rubble at a sports facility destroyed after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1 2024. (AP Photo/Yevhen Titov)

A man falls down to death from a burning apartment window after Russia's guided air bomb strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A man falls down to death from a burning apartment window after Russia's guided air bomb strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Russian attack on the northeastern city of Kharkiv using powerful plane-launched glide bombs killed five people, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, and wounded 47 others, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A retiree protests the presidential veto of a bill passed by Congress to raise pensions, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A retiree protests the presidential veto of a bill passed by Congress to raise pensions, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)

A woman shouts slogans as she joins a rally to protest against the rape and murder of a resident doctor at a government hospital in August, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

A woman shouts slogans as she joins a rally to protest against the rape and murder of a resident doctor at a government hospital in August, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

The Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, left, hugs Pope Francis during a family photo following an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)

The Grand Imam of Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, left, hugs Pope Francis during a family photo following an interreligious meeting with religious leaders at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool Photo via AP)

A Ukrainian war veteran wearing prosthetics takes to the runway to demonstrate outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A Ukrainian war veteran wearing prosthetics takes to the runway to demonstrate outfit by designers Andreas Moskin and Andriy Bilous during Fashion Week show in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Palestinian activist Khairi Hanoon walks with the Palestinian flag on a damaged road following an Israeli army raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinian activist Khairi Hanoon walks with the Palestinian flag on a damaged road following an Israeli army raid in Tulkarem, West Bank, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Mourners gather for the funeral of slain hostage Alexander Lobanov, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Mourners gather for the funeral of slain hostage Alexander Lobanov, who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

People light candles during a vigil in memory of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

People light candles during a vigil in memory of slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A model showcases a creation by Misuity during the China Fashion Week Opening Show in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A model showcases a creation by Misuity during the China Fashion Week Opening Show in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

People carry idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh from the workshop to pandal, a temporary shelter, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

People carry idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesh from the workshop to pandal, a temporary shelter, ahead of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Residents protect their belongings as they negotiate a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Residents protect their belongings as they negotiate a flooded street caused by heavy rains from Tropical Storm Yagi, locally called Enteng, in Cainta, Rizal province, Philippines, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Medias film as South Korean Marines take positions after landing on the beach during the combined military amphibious landing exercise between South Korea and the U.S., called Ssangyong exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Medias film as South Korean Marines take positions after landing on the beach during the combined military amphibious landing exercise between South Korea and the U.S., called Ssangyong exercise, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

A woman wears a mask during a protest against a bill approved by Turkish legislators that aims to remove stray dogs off the country's streets, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A woman wears a mask during a protest against a bill approved by Turkish legislators that aims to remove stray dogs off the country's streets, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Firefighters extinguish the fire after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

Firefighters extinguish the fire after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

A woman with blue hair blows a kiss to the audience as she walks the runway at a fashion show of Afro hairstyles in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A woman with blue hair blows a kiss to the audience as she walks the runway at a fashion show of Afro hairstyles in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow at al-Alamein airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Chinese J-10 fighter jets perform during the first edition of the Egypt International Airshow at al-Alamein airport, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Mahlagha Jaberi poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Diva Futura' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Mahlagha Jaberi poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Diva Futura' during the 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Cadets sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Cadets sing the national anthem on the first day at school in a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. Children and students went to school despite the fact that Kyiv was hit by massive Russian missile barrage early in the morning, causing fires, damaged buildings and infrastructure objects. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on the agenda.

Then the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club, and everything changed.

For the second time in just over two months, someone apparently tried to shoot Trump and came dangerously close to the former president in that effort — within 500 yards Sunday, law enforcement officials said. This time, the gunfire came from the Secret Service, before the suspect could get any shots off at his target.

The episode raised sharp questions about how to keep the former president safe -- not only while he is campaigning across the country, but while he spends time at his own clubs and properties.

Trump has had stepped-up security since the assassination attempt on him in July, when he was wounded in the ear during an attack that laid bare a series of Secret Service failures. When he has been at Trump Tower in New York, parked dump trucks have formed a wall outside the building. And at outdoor rallies, he now speaks from behind bulletproof glass.

But unlike typical VIPs, who live in private residences with tall fences, Trump, while in Florida, resides at a club open to dues-paying members, and often spends his down time at his golf courses. And this a toxic era in the nation's politics.

“The threat level is high," Rafael Barros, special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Miami field office, told reporters Sunday. “We live in danger times."

Sunday in the political world opened with Trump assailing a pop star on social media who had endorsed Kamala Harris — “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT” — complaining about the post office and hitting the links. Running mate JD Vance riffed on TV about that thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory concerning immigrants and pets, refusing to disown it. Democrats were apoplectic.

All that was standard fare for the most tumultuous presidential campaign in anyone’s memory. But shortly before 2 p.m., the subject abruptly changed and this election was thrust ever deeper into unprecedented territory.

Trump and golf partner Steve Witkoff were on the fifth hole of the course and about to putt when they heard the “pop, pop, pop, pop," said Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close friend of the former president who spoke with him several times afterward as well as with Witkoff.

Moments later, Hannity said, a "fast cart” with steel reinforcement and other protection whisked Trump away.

After the Secret Service noticed the rifle and then the suspect, an agent fired on him but apparently missed.

Secret Service agents immediately used their bodies to shield Trump and moved him to the golf course’s clubhouse, where he remained until he went back to Mar-a-Lago about 15 minutes away, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who was not authorized to discuss it publicly and described it on condition of anonymity.

About an hour later, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said the agency and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office were investigating an unspecified “protective incident involving former President Donald Trump," adding he was safe.

The meaning was highly unclear. It could have been an unrelated shooting or disturbance near Trump, for all the country knew at first. "There were about 20 or more cop cars flying from nearby streets,” said Max Egusquiza, of Palm Beach, describing the emergency response he witnessed.

The Trump campaign issued a statement saying “President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity." Again, no word whether he was the intended target.

But it soon became known that the Secret Service had fired shots. And about an hour after that happened, Donald J. Trump Jr. posted on X that an AK-style rifle was discovered in the bushes, “per local law enforcement."

All of that was finally followed by an FBI statement saying it is investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”

The suspect quickly vanished but law enforcement had managed to identify his vehicle.

Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder said his deputies “immediately flooded” northbound I-95, deploying to every exit between the Palm Beach County line to the south and St. Lucie County line to the north.

The suspect was apprehended within minutes of the FBI, Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office putting out a “very urgent BOLO” — or be-on-the-lookout alert — detailing the specific vehicle sought, license plate number and description of the driver.

“One of my road patrol units saw the vehicle, matched the tag and we set up on the vehicle,” Snyder said, “We pinched in on the car, got it safely stopped and got the driver in custody."

Snyder added: "He never asked, ‘What is this about?’ Obviously, law enforcement with long rifles, blue lights — a lot going on. He never questioned it.”

With that, police arrested Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Kaaawa, Hawaii, three law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. The officials identified the suspect to AP but spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.

The suspect had left behind an AK-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks hanging on a fence with ceramic tile inside and a GoPro camera, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.

The sheriff said the suspect was 400 to 500 yards away from Trump hidden in shrubbery, while the former president played golf on a nearby hole.

“It was certainly an interesting day! ” Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday night. He effusively thanked law enforcement for keeping him “SAFE.”

Associated Press writers Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer, Mike Balsamo and Michael R. Sisak contributed to this report.

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