Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers of the art squad's archaeological unit pose with a headless Roman statue wearing a draped toga in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Carabinieri/AP hide caption
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Lines form in front of a vaccination center Monday in Hamburg, Germany. Marcus Brandt/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Germany Is Expected To Centralize Its COVID-19 Response. Some Fear It May Be Too Late
Heba Alrejleh and Radwan Jomaa with children Aya, 11, Lilian, 4, and Mohamed, 10. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says Jomaa. Sidsel Overgaard hide caption
In Denmark, Fears Grow Among Syrian Asylum-Seekers As Residence Permits Are Revoked
The Honourable Artillery Company fire a gun salute at the Tower of London on Saturday to honor Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday at age 99. Chris Jackson/Getty Images hide caption
As Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip was the longest-serving consort in British history. In 2015, he attended the Queen's Speech in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster. Alastair Grant/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Skirmishes erupt at the "peace wall" dividing Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday night. Charles McQuillan/Getty Images hide caption
People wait in front of the vaccination center in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, last week. Germany's health minister says the country is exploring purchasing the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
European Court of Human Rights President Robert Spano delivered the court's ruling on vaccine mandates, saying the benefits of such laws outweigh the intrusion into privacy. European Court of Human Rights/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Police officers Tuesday detain Alliance of Doctors union leader Dr. Anastasia Vasilyeva outside a prison colony in Pokrov, Russia, east of Moscow. A group of doctors gathered at the prison colony where opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being held. Pavel Golovkin/AP hide caption
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson following a media briefing on COVID-19 in Downing Street, Monday in London. Stefan Rousseau/Getty Images hide caption
A staff person removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with representatives of the United States, Iran, China, Russia, Britain, Germany, France and the European Union during the Iran nuclear talks in July 2015 in Vienna. Carlos Barria/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This clandestine recording of a private luxury pop-up restaurant flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Paris has caused widespread outrage. M6info/Sceenshot by NPR hide caption
Pope Francis speaks prior to delivering his Urbi et Orbi blessing after celebrating Easter Mass on Sunday at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Filippo Monteforte/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The U.K. government report on racism was commissioned as the country saw major Black Lives Matter demonstrations last summer. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
Young people gathered Wednesday by the Seine River in Paris, largely without masks and without social distancing. French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered the country into a third lockdown because of the continued spread of COVID-19. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
The Russian Embassy in Rome on Wednesda. Italy has ordered two Russian Embassy officials expelled and arrested an Italian Navy captain on spying charges after police caught the Italian allegedly giving classified documents to one of the Russians in exchange for money. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
U.K. Ambassador to the U.S. Karen Pierce, pictured in a previous role in 2018, talked with NPR about the country's outline of its future foreign policy. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
U.K., U.S. Working Closely On Countering 'Almost Gangsterish' Russia, U.K. Envoy Says
A special courtroom in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, is shown on Jan. 13 as more than 350 people believed to be members of Calabria's 'Ndrangheta organized crime group and their associates went on trial. Marc Feren Claude Biart, suspected of being a member, was arrested in the Dominican Republic in March. Gianluca Chininea/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A golden arch marks the entrance to Nu Boyana Film Studios, nestled into the side of Vitosha Mountain in Sofia. Meghan Collins Sullivan/NPR hide caption
As COVID-19 Mostly Halted Filming In The U.S., Movie Magic Forged Ahead In Bulgaria
Afghan Morteza Mohammadi (center-left) and his companions sit around a fire in the former Krajina Metal factory in Bihac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, near the Croatian border, discussing possible border crossing strategies related to the weather and time. Elisa Oddone hide caption
High-resolution satellite imagery shows the Suez Canal and the container ship Ever Given that was finally freed on Monday. ScapeWare3d/DigitalGlobe/Getty Images hide caption
General view of the Canarias 50 camp in La Isleta neighborhood, in the city of Las Palmas, in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Andrés Gutiérrez for NPR hide caption
The new polymer bank note, shown in an image provided by the Bank of England, was unveiled to the public nearly two years after officials first announced it would honor Turing. Bank of England hide caption
German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to announce a reversal of a planned hard lockdown for Easter on Wednesday. Henning Schacht/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the exiled leader of Belarus' pro-democracy movement seen photographed in September in Vilnius, Lithuania, is calling for a revival of mass protests in her country against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko. Ludovic Marin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption