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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, September 9, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, September 9, 2024
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Monday, September 9, 2024

2024-09-10 04:53 Last Updated At:05:01

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Models showcase a creation by Hongdu on stage during the SS25 China Fashion Week in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Models showcase a creation by Hongdu on stage during the SS25 China Fashion Week in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, kicks the ball after double faulting against Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, kicks the ball after double faulting against Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A demonstrator waves the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A demonstrator waves the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Lebanese police officer blocks protesters from entering the court building, as they protest against Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Lebanese police officer blocks protesters from entering the court building, as they protest against Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A devotee takes an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to immerse in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A devotee takes an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to immerse in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Dancers of the Mexican singer Gerardo Ortiz performs during the Arre Music Festival in Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Dancers of the Mexican singer Gerardo Ortiz performs during the Arre Music Festival in Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A Syrian soldier smokes a cigaret, as he sits on the ground in the town of Masyaf, Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Syrian state news agency SANA says that Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria Sunday night, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian soldier smokes a cigaret, as he sits on the ground in the town of Masyaf, Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Syrian state news agency SANA says that Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria Sunday night, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Andre Rioux, of Nashua, N.H., dives for the ball in a football game at the Mud Bowl in North Conway, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Andre Rioux, of Nashua, N.H., dives for the ball in a football game at the Mud Bowl in North Conway, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Juan Minujín arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Without Blood' at TIFF Lightbox, during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Juan Minujín arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Without Blood' at TIFF Lightbox, during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pope Francis hughs a child in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, seated at right, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis hughs a child in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, seated at right, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III (9) is tackled by Denver Broncos players during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III (9) is tackled by Denver Broncos players during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A woman walks her daughter to school amid smoke from wildfires in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A woman walks her daughter to school amid smoke from wildfires in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with murder over the killing of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, outside Atlanta, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with murder over the killing of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, outside Atlanta, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Firefighter Nolan Graham sprays water around a scorched garage as the Boyles fire burns in Clearlake, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Nolan Graham sprays water around a scorched garage as the Boyles fire burns in Clearlake, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

North Koreans celebrate the country's 76th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

North Koreans celebrate the country's 76th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Models showcase a creation by Hongdu on stage during the SS25 China Fashion Week in Beijing, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, kicks the ball after double faulting against Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Aryna Sabalenka, of Belarus, kicks the ball after double faulting against Jessica Pegula, of the United States, during the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

A demonstrator waves the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A demonstrator waves the Israeli and U.S. flags during a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders takes his seat at the high security court at Schiphol, near Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024, to hear the verdict against two Pakistani men on charges of threatening Wilders. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

A Lebanese police officer blocks protesters from entering the court building, as they protest against Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Lebanese police officer blocks protesters from entering the court building, as they protest against Riad Salameh, the former governor of Lebanon's Central Bank, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A devotee takes an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to immerse in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

A devotee takes an idol of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha to immerse in the Arabian Sea, during the ten days long Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Dancers of the Mexican singer Gerardo Ortiz performs during the Arre Music Festival in Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

Dancers of the Mexican singer Gerardo Ortiz performs during the Arre Music Festival in Mexico City, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

A Syrian soldier smokes a cigaret, as he sits on the ground in the town of Masyaf, Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Syrian state news agency SANA says that Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria Sunday night, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

A Syrian soldier smokes a cigaret, as he sits on the ground in the town of Masyaf, Syria, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Syrian state news agency SANA says that Israeli strikes hit several areas in central Syria Sunday night, damaging a highway in Hama province and sparking fires. (AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Andre Rioux, of Nashua, N.H., dives for the ball in a football game at the Mud Bowl in North Conway, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Andre Rioux, of Nashua, N.H., dives for the ball in a football game at the Mud Bowl in North Conway, N.H., Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Juan Minujín arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Without Blood' at TIFF Lightbox, during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Juan Minujín arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of 'Without Blood' at TIFF Lightbox, during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)

Pope Francis hughs a child in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, seated at right, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis hughs a child in traditional dress as he attends with East Timor's President José Manuel Ramos-Horta, seated at right, a welcome ceremony outside the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Pope Francis arrived in East Timor on Monday to encourage its recovery from a bloody and traumatic past and celebrate its development after two decades of independence from Indonesian rule. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III (9) is tackled by Denver Broncos players during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker III (9) is tackled by Denver Broncos players during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

A woman walks her daughter to school amid smoke from wildfires in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A woman walks her daughter to school amid smoke from wildfires in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with murder over the killing of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, outside Atlanta, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

A member prays during a Sunday service at Bethlehem Church, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, in Bethlehem, Ga. Colt Gray, 14, has been charged with murder over the killing of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, outside Atlanta, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Firefighter Nolan Graham sprays water around a scorched garage as the Boyles fire burns in Clearlake, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighter Nolan Graham sprays water around a scorched garage as the Boyles fire burns in Clearlake, Calif., on Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

North Koreans celebrate the country's 76th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

North Koreans celebrate the country's 76th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures during a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The last time Khadija Ahidid saw her son, he came to breakfast in 2021 looking “homeless” with big hair so she offered to give him $20 so he could go get a shave or a haircut that day. Hours later, he shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in the college town of Boulder.

She saw Ahmad Alissa for the first time since then during his murder trial on Monday, saying repeatedly that her son, who was diagnosed after the shooting with schizophrenia, was sick. When one of Alissa’s lawyers, Kathryn Herold, was introducing her to the jury, Herold asked how she knew Alissa. Ahidid responded “How can I know him? He is sick,” she said through an Arabic interpreter in her first public comments about her son and the shooting.

Alissa, who emigrated from Syria with his family as a child, began acting strangely in 2019, believing he was being followed by the FBI, talking to himself and isolating from the rest of the family, Ahidid said. His condition declined after he got Covid several months before the shooting, she said, adding he also became “fat” and stopped showering as much.

There was no record of Alissa being treated for mental illness before the shooting. After the shooting, his family later reported that he had been acting in strange ways, like breaking a car key fob and putting tape over a laptop camera because he thought the devices were being used to track him. Some relatives thought he could be possessed by an evil spirit, or djinn, according to the defense.

No one, including Alissa’s lawyers, disputes he was the shooter. Alissa has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting. The defense says he should be found not guilty because he was legally insane and not able to tell the difference between right and wrong at the time of the shooting.

Prosecutors and forensic psychologists who evaluated him for the court say that, while mentally ill, Alissa knew what he was doing when he launched the attack. They point to the planning and research he did to prepare for it and his fear that he could end up in jail afterward to show that Alissa knew what he was doing was wrong.

Alissa mostly looked down as his mother testified and photographs of him as a happy toddler and a teenager at the beach were shown on screen. There was no obvious exchange between mother and son in court but Alissa dabbed his eyes with a tissue after she left.

The psychiatrist in charge of Alissa's treatment at the state mental hospital testified earlier in the day that Alissa refused to accept visitors during his over two year stay there.

When questioned by District Attorney Michael Dougherty, Ahidid said her son did not tell her what he was planning to do the day of the shooting.

She said she thought a large package containing a rifle that Alissa came home with shortly before the shooting may have been a piano.

“I swear to God we didn’t know what was inside that package,” she said.

Dougherty pointed out that she had told investigators soon after the shooting that she thought it could be a violin.

After being reminded of a previous statement to police, Ahidid acknowledged that she had heard a banging sound in the house and one of her other sons said that Alissa had a gun that had jammed. Alissa said he would return it, she testified.

She indicated that no one in the extended family that lived together in the home followed up to make sure, saying “everyone has their own job.”

“No one is free for anyone,” she said.

FILE - Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March 2021, is led into a courtroom for a hearing, Sept. 7, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool, File)

FILE - Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in March 2021, is led into a courtroom for a hearing, Sept. 7, 2021, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, Pool, File)

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