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Older people left out as UN speeches repeatedly invoke young

FILE - An elderly woman sitting in a wheel chair waits in line to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II in London on Sept. 15, 2022. As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the 2022 U.N. General Assembly, leaders have largely left unsaid the historic growth of the planet’s aging population. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File) FILE - An elderly man looks at a book as he sits on a bench in the recaptured area of Izium, Ukraine, Sept. 14, 2022. As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the 2022 U.N. General Assembly, leaders have largely left unsaid the historic growth of the planet’s aging population. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File) FILE - An elderly shopper wears personal protective equipment as she browses the meat section of a grocery store on April 18, 2020, in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York. As war, climate change and inequality have consumed much of the 2022 U.N. General Assembly, leaders have largely left unsaid the historic growth of the planet’s aging population. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)