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Picasso portrait of muse Dora Maar in vivid hat, …

Art expert Agnes Sevestre-Barbe points to a rediscovered Picasso painting "Bust of a Woman in a Flowery Hat", Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 in Paris. The portrait painted in 1943 will be sold at auction Friday in Paris, was bought in 1944 and shows his partner Dora Maar. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)

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This seat taken? Thieves busted for stealing over 1,000 …

FILE - Customers sit at a terrace bar in Girona, Spain, on May 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

An elephant family smashed pumpkins at the Oregon Zoo. …

This photo provided by the Oregon Zoo shows Asian elephant calf Tula-Tu plays with a pumpkin at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Kathy Street/Oregon Zoo via AP)

Giant, floating pumpkin races draw large crowds to annual …

From left, Brod Salo, Julia, Rae Nathanson and Ellis Lorant pose with a giant pumpkin during the West Coast Giant Pumpkin Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2025, in Tualatin, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

200-1 shot Powerful Glory becomes most unlikely winner …

Dozens of costumed canines get their chance to trick-or-treating …

Makenzie Smith-Emrich puts on a costume for her dog Sadie during an event for dog trick-or-treating, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

Ah, rats! Researchers say some other critter likely created …

FILE - Chicago's iconic Rat Hole along the 1900 block of West Roscoe Street in the Roscoe Village neighborhood is seen, Jan. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)

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Firefighters rescue stranded pup from rising floodwaters …

This photo provided by Ventura County Fire Department, VCFD and Oxnard Fire Department rescue a dog trapped in a flood channel in the Oxnard plains in Ventura County, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. (Ventura County Fire Department via AP)

California engineer wins pumpkin contest with 2,346-pound …

Brandon Dawson, center, celebrates after winning the Safeway 52nd annual World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay, Calif., Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a …

This photo provided by Erin Scott O'Brien shows her grandparents, Charles and Adele Paddock, who fell in love and married in Italy in 1946 and brought a 1,900-year-old Roman tablet to New Orleans. (Courtesy Erin Scott O'Brien via AP)

Scrapple sculpture contest winner prevailed in Eagles …

Shown is Patrick Moser's entry "Mush Push" during the Scrapple Sculpting Contest at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Critically endangered baby black rhino makes its …

A male Eastern Black Rhino calf born Sept. 13, 2025, explores his surroundings Friday, Oct. 10, 2025 as he makes his public debut at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Hair museum filled with century-old mementos closes …

In this photo provided by Lindsay Evans, Evans and her grandmother, Leila Cohoon, hold hair flowers made from Evans' son's hair at Leila’s Hair Museum in Independence, Miss. (Lindsay Evans via AP)

Eeyore the dog helps a Florida deputy find a missing …