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- A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea, leaving at least seven people dead.
- Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms, dies at the age of 96 and is succeeded by her son King Charles III (pictured).
- Liz Truss succeeds Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- A magnitude 6.6 earthquake strikes China's Sichuan province, leaving at least 93 people dead.
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