U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R) and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin (R) speak with the press alongside South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister Cho Tae-yul (2nd L) and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun (L) as they participate in the US-Republic of Korea Foreign and Defense Ministerial meeting at the State Department in Washington on Oct. 31, 2024. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Residents clean up a mud-and-debris-covered street after flooding hit large parts of the country in the Paiporta municipality of Valencia, Spain, on Oct. 31, 2024. By late Thursday, Spanish authorities confirmed that at least 140 people had died, mostly in the Valencia region, amid the flooding that swept eastern and southern parts of the country starting on Tuesday. David Ramos/Getty Images
