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The United Nations Assembly observed a minute of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. "The United Nations is mobilizing to support emergency response and so let's work together in solidarity to assist all those hit by this disaster," said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The combined death toll rose to more than 2,300 for Turkey and Syria on Monday from the region's strongest earthquake in nearly a century. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the first day of the General Assembly. IMAGES
MPs and members of the government observe a minute's silence at the National Assembly following a knife attack in Annecy, in south-east France, in which five people, including four children, were injured. IMAGES
French MPs and members of the government observe a minute's silence in the National Assembly in tribute to the three police officers killed in the North of France, as well as to the nurse who died after a knife attack at the University Hospital in Reims. IMAGES
British Prime minister Rishi Sunak leads a minute of silence outside 10 Downing Street on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES