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Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves as he arrives at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

At climate summit, Brazil’s Lula says deforestation to stop

By Peter Prengaman - Associated Press

People move through a market in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022. The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, Nov. 15, according to a United Nations projection. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

World population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

By Dan Ikpoyi and Chinedu Asadu - Associated Press

FILE - A demonstrator holds a sign reading &quot;climate justice&quot; at a Fridays for Future protest calling for money for climate action at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Nov. 11, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. As the U.N. climate talks in Egypt near the half-way point, negotiators are working hard to draft deals on a wide range of issues they’ll put to ministers next week in the hope of getting a substantial result by the end. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

UN climate talks reach halftime with key issues unresolved

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Sanaa Seif, center left, sister of Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who is on a hunger and water strike, walks past a demonstration in support of political prisoners as well as human rights defenders and environmental activists, at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Egypt puts activist on hunger strike on medical treatment

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People walk past image of wind turbines at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Climate talks host Egypt gets green energy, transport deals

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks during a session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Gore announces fossil fuel emissions inventory at UN summit

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Treaty against fossil fuels floated at U.N. climate summit

By Frank Jordans and Wajohi Kabukuru - Associated Press

The sun rises over the beach during the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Leaders push for climate action, fossil tax at U.N. talks

By Frank Jordans - Associated Press

A member of the Dutch delegation parks a bicycle after arriving at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Live updates | UN Climate Summit

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Sanaa Seif, sister of Egypt's jailed leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who is on a hunger and water strike, speaks to members of the media at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Clock ticking for jailed Egypt activist on hunger strike

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Chadians pose for a photograph at the entrance of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Nearly 50 heads of state or governments on Monday will take the stage on the first day of “high-level” international climate talks in Egypt with more to come in the following days. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Live updates | Climate Summit

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Delegates attend an opening session at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

World in crisis a grim backdrop for U.N. climate talks

By Frank Jordans and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Egypt's leading pro-democracy activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah speaks during a conference at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 22, 2014. The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days. Speaking in Cairo Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022 Amnesty's chief said the government had no more than 72 hours to save Alaa Abdel-Fattah's life. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life

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Steam rises from the coal-fired power plant with wind turbines nearby in Niederaussem, Germany, as the sun rises on Nov. 2, 2022. When world leaders, diplomats, campaigners and scientists descend on Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for talks on tackling climate change, don't expect them to part the Red Sea or perform other miracles that would make huge steps in curbing global warming. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

War fallout, aid demands overshadow climate talks in Egypt

By Frank Jordans and Seth Borenstein - Associated Press

Farmland inundated with saltwater, gradually eats away the soil in the Mediterranean town of Mutubes, in Kafr el-Sheikh province, Egypt, Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. The impact of climate change has long been obvious to farmers, in the creeping salt that eats away roots and cakes their fields, turning them barren. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Climate change and rising seas threaten Egypt’s breadbasket

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

FILE - Egyptian Central Bank Governor Tarek Amer speaks during a press conference at the Central Bank of Egypt in Cairo, Nov. 3, 2016. Amer resigned as the country has struggled to address its financial woes. According to a Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022 statement from President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi's office, el-Sissi accepted the resignation and named him a presidential adviser. The brief statement offered no reason for Amer’s resignation and no replacement was immediately named. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)

Egypt’s central bank governor resigns as economic woes mount

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Emergency personnel work at the site of a fire at the Abu Sefein church that has killed over 40 people and injured at least 14 others, in the densely populated neighborhood of Imbaba, Cairo Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022. The church said the fire broke out while a service was underway. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known but a Police said an initial investigation blamed an electrical short-circuit. (AP Photo/Mohamed Salah)

Officials: Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahri poses for a photograph in Khost, Afghanistan. Al-Zawahri, the top al-Qaida leader, was killed by the U.S. over the weekend in Afghanistan. President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak about the operation on Monday night, Aug. 1, 2022, from the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)

Al-Zawahri’s path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

By Lee Keath - Associated Press

Geese raised by Ikhlas Helmy stand next to her houseboat in Cairo, Egypt on June 27, 2022. A government push to remove the string of houseboats from Cairo’s Nile banks has dwindled their numbers from a several dozen to just a handful. Helmy stands to evicted, and the boat moved or demolished. The tradition of living on the Nile River dates back to the 1800s, and the removal of the boats has drawn criticism in Egypt. The government says it plans to develop the waterfront. (AP Photo/Tarek Wagih)

Cairo’s historic Nile River houseboats removed in govt push

By Ahmed Hatem and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Painted coffins with well-preserved mummies inside, dating back to the Late Period of ancient Egypt around 500 B.C, are displayed at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Cairo, Egypt, Monday, May 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Egypt displays trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts

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