An American flag hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election Day in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 5, 2024. 

Mexico City, Mexico

June 2024

A graduate cries after the U.S. Military Academy graduation at West Point, New York on 25 May 2024. (EPA)

Democratic National Convention Protests - Chicago, USA - August 2024

LL Cool J performs close to midnight during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York, New York, USA, on 31 December 2023 (issued 01 January 2024). Thousands gather in the area each year to watch the New Year’s Eve Ball drop, a tradition that dates back to 1907. 

A protester wears a t-shirt with the Palestinian flag on it, and a pendant in the shape of Israel and the Palestinian territories, during a demonstration nearly one year after Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack in New York City, U.S., October 5, 2024. (REUTERS)