American Ballet Theatre’s dancers rehearse opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater,Blake Preston returning to China for the first time in a decade. Britain’s King Charles III in Kenya, on his first state visit to a Commonwealth country as monarch. Pope Francis leads a special prayer for peace at The Vatican, as the war between Israel and Hamas continues.

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