For four days, world leaders have been meeting at the United Nations General Assembly to grapple with some of the biggest challenges facing their nations and the planet.
This year's annual diplomatic gathering comes against a backdrop of war in the Middle East, Russia and Ukraine, increasing geopolitical tensions, intensifying climate change and the global threat posed by artificial intelligence.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese — who launched Australia's bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2029 and 2030 — pushed in his speech for global AI rules and stronger representation from the Pacific as Australia's regional partners face existential fears about climate change.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted dozens of delegations to walk out during his address, which focused on international criticism and ongoing conflicts in Iran and Gaza.
And United States President Donald Trump gave a performance in which he described concerns about AI and contemplated "annihilating" Iran.
While those moments dominated headlines, here are some of the ones you might have missed.
In Emmanuel Macron's final speech to the UN's signature gathering as France's president, he said that the world could see a "return to the law of the jungle" as he called on countries to recommit to international laws.
"My message is to stand firm. Do not yield to the situation which is developing," he said. "The rhetoric of defeat that is giving way to abuse of power by empires, threatening the sovereignty of some nations."
He also railed against the humanitarian situation in Gaza while calling for a moratorium on strikes against civilian and energy targets in the Ukraine-Russia war.
"What is our credibility worth if we remain inactive on Gaza? Some claim that peace has been achieved, but this has not opened up humanitarian deliveries. It is a spectacle that shames us all," he said.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took a stand as he spoke at the UN for the first time since the US and Israel launched war on his country.
He accused Washington of "terrorism" for assassinating former supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the start of the conflict.
"[Trump] must know that the resistance of the Iranian people will only increase in the face of sanctions, increased pressure, increased bullying. We will never bow our head or bend at the knee," he said.
His attendance at the event in New York had been in doubt as it was unclear if the US would issue a visa.
The US denied visas to several members of Pezeshkian's entourage.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a pre-recorded video address after the US denied his visa for a second year in a row.
He condemned US restrictions on the Palestinian delegation's access to UN headquarters, calling them a breach of Washington's obligations as host nation.
Abbas urged the United States to work with Palestinians and the international community toward implementing a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
He said that accelerating Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was fragmenting Palestinian territory and undermining prospects for a Palestinian state.
Abbas said that 160 countries had so far recognised the State of Palestine and urged other states to do the same.
"We will not leave our homeland. We will not accept displacement. We will not allow anyone to decide our future on our behalf," he said.
Nepali Prime Minister Balendra Shah said the flooding and mudslide disaster between Nepal and Tibet last month was a "warning to the world" about the rising dangers of climate change.
He said a warming climate was "destabilising the fragile Himalayan ecology", melting permafrost and glaciers and accelerating hazards.
More than 1,400 people died in the disaster, 6,000 are still missing — including 34 Australians — and the economic devastation is estimated to run in the billions of dollars.
"Nepal contributes less than 0.1 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. We did not create this crisis, yet we are paying for it," Shah said.
A 36-year-old ex-rapper, Shah swept to power six months ago on a wave of youth-led anti-corruption protests.
Pacific leaders, whose nations are in similar positions, similarly sounded the alarm about climate threats.
"Climate change is and remains the single greatest existential threat to Tuvalu's survival, security, and sustainable development," the island's prime minister Feleti Teo said.
United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres used his final address to the general assembly to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront global challenges.
The address capped a decade in which Guterres sought to position the UN as a mediator in conflicts and a forum for governing emerging technologies, even as powers bypassed the organisation and the US reduced its funding.
Guterres used the address to bid farewell to most of the global leaders he has worked with over the years.
"Wherever I will be, whatever I will be doing, I will keep championing the conviction that peace is possible," he said.
"I will continue to stand up for the values of the United Nations Charter and I will never, ever give up."
— With reporting by Agence France-Presse and Reuters news agency.