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Pro-democracy activist Lee Cheuk-yan, center, arrives at a court in Hong Kong Friday. Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including Lee, and pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai, were sentenced Friday for organizing a march during the 2019 anti-government protests. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
President Biden has sought to focus his administration's foreign policy on the challenges posed by China — a topic he is set to discuss with Japan's prime minister on Friday. Andrew Harnik/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, walks on the red carpet with Afghan officials as they review an honor guard at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 21. President Biden said the U.S. will withdraw all remaining troops from the country by Sept. 11, ending the U.S. involvement in the America's longest-ever war. AP hide caption
A car parked in a Fresno Gurdwara, or Sikh temple, parking lot with a bumper sticker showing support for Indian farmers protesting new agricultural laws. Jonaki Mehta/NPR hide caption
For Calif. Sikh Farmers, India Protests Cast 'Dark Cloud' Over Vaisakhi Festival
U.S. Marines conduct an operation to clear a village of Taliban fighters on July 5, 2009, in Mian Poshteh, Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO forces plan to withdraw their remaining troops from Afghanistan by September. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media in Tokyo this month. Suga will take part in a Friday summit meeting with President Biden, the first foreign leader to meet the president face to face. Eugene Hoshiko, Pool/AP hide caption
China To Loom Large At Biden's Summit With Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
A medical worker is seen at a quarantine center for Covid-19 coronavirus infected patients at a banquet hall, which was converted into an isolation center to handle the rising cases of infection in New Delhi, India. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images hide caption
Abdullah Abdullah (center), chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, accompanies U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Sapidar Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Sapidar Palace via AP hide caption
President Biden unveils a $2 trillion infrastructure plan in Pittsburgh on March 31. In his speech, Biden said the plan would help the U.S. compete with China. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ezhil Arasi (left) and Ranjith Kumar. The pandemic kept her from her pregnancy checkups. Their baby was born with an intestinal blockage that required surgery and died during the procedure. Doctors told Ranjith that if his wife had been examined regularly during her pregnancy, there could have been a different outcome. Ranjith Kumar hide caption
People in Tokyo protest a decision to start releasing into the ocean massive amounts of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The plant was damaged in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Japan To Dump Wastewater From Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean
A courier delivers goods at night on a street in Beijing in February. Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
He Tried To Organize Workers In China's Gig Economy. Now He Faces 5 Years In Jail
Men take a holy dip in the Ganges River on the occasion of first royal bath of Shivratri festival during Maha Kumbh Festival in Haridwar, India. Ritesh Shukla/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker vaccinates a Buddhist monk sitting in front of a portrait of Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at a secondary school in Bhutan on March 27, the first day of the country's vaccination campaign. Less than two weeks later, health officials said 93% of eligible adults had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Upasana Dahal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Mumbai's grand Keshavji Nayak fountain towers above the street and serves as a place of respite for thirsty passers-by. It's one of dozens of ornate fountains in the city, built during the British colonial era. Viraj Nayar for NPR hide caption
Chinese and U.S. table tennis players train together in April 1971 in Beijing. April 10 marks the 50th anniversary of what became known as pingpong diplomacy between the two nations. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
50 Years Later, The Legacy Of U.S.-China 'Pingpong Diplomacy' Faces Challenges
A mass rally is held in Pyongyang in January to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. Kim has been unusually frank in comments about the country's problems in recent months. Jon Chol Jin/AP hide caption
A public notice hangs outside a vaccination center notifying of vaccine shortages in Mahim, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday. Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
Oh Se-hoon (center), the mayoral candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, holds flowers as he celebrates with party members after exit polls showed he would win. Song Kyung-seok/Pool photo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police officers stand guard during a night curfew designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus in New Delhi. The national capital has imposed a 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. curfew until April 30. Mayank Makhija/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption