Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono plans to ask overseas news outlets to write Japanese names with the family name first, as is the custom in Japan. Kono is seen here last month in Washington. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Protesters clash with Indonesian riot police after the official government election results were announced in Jakarta, Indonesia. Officials say six people have died and more than 200 were injured during mass rallies in central Jakarta. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images hide caption
Families outside of the Al Noor Mosque, one of two targeted in the March 15th shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. David Alexander/AP hide caption
A passenger vessel traveling down the Yangtze River stops at a dock in downtown Chongqing, China. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Nepali mountaineer Kami Rita Sherpa hopes to break his own record for climbing Everest, aiming for 25 summits. He's seen here in 2018, spinning prayer wheels in Kathmandu. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In this episode last September of News From Soldiers' Hometowns, an evening show on North Korea's Korean Central Television, the show's anchor is interrupted by a presenter who walks on with papers in hand to deliver an update. DPRK Today/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
With New Style And Graphics, North Korea Gives Propaganda A Makeover
A Chinese man is silhouetted near the Huawei logo in Beijing on Thursday. The Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning Huawei equipment from U.S. networks. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Chinese shipping containers are stored at the Port of Los Angeles in Long Beach, Calif. Americans, in bigger numbers than ever, like trade. But they also believe China doesn't play fair in trade. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In Trump's Trade War, Americans Will Be Asked To Show Economic Patriotism
Anukul Ghosh (left), 63, and Rabin Kumar Majhi, 51, pose as a newly married couple. Ghosh used to play female characters in the 1970s and 1980s. He has now retired from Jatra. Soumya Sankar Bose hide caption
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to party supporters flanked by his wife and daughters. Morrison's conservative coalition won a surprise victory in the country's general election. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption
Zakary Pashak started Detroit Bikes when he moved to Detroit in 2011, at a time when the city was reeling. Courtesy of Melany Hallgren hide caption
New cars sit in a lot at the Port of Richmond in California last year. The Trump administration on Friday announced a six-month delay in setting new tariffs on auto imports. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Luckin Coffee customers use an app and can pick up their coffee in three minutes or have it delivered. Above, a deliveryman in Beijing. Wang Zhao /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In a landmark first for Asia, Taiwan has legalized same-sex marriage. Supporters celebrate the bill's passage outside parliament in Taipei on Friday. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A member of Huawei's reception staff walks in the foyer of a building at the company's Bantian campus in April in Shenzhen, China. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption
Sam Nugraha, who himself was once addicted to heroin, now runs a rehab center in Indonesia with a different philosophy from those of abstinence-based programs. Julia Simon for NPR hide caption
The Huawei Technologies Ltd. business location in Plano, Texas. Trump's executive order does not name Huawei, but it appears to be directed at the Chinese telecom manufacturer. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
Villagers attend a campaign rally for India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Ghazipur, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption
India offers hundreds of symbols for political parties. The flashlight, "lady farmer" and lotus blossom (Prime Minister Modi's party symbol) appear on voting machine ballots for elections this spring. No party claimed the violin, the computer mouse and the nail clippers. Election Commission of India hide caption