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Tuesday

U. S. Marshals Service Director Ronald L. Davis speaks during a violent crime prevention summit in Jackson, Miss., on Jan. 5. The agency has revealed it was the victim of a cyberattack last week in which hackers stole sensitive data. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption

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Monday

Ukrainian journalist-turned-soldier Viktor Dudar's mother (center) grieves at his grave as he's laid to rest in Lviv, Ukraine, last March. Last week the world marked the first anniversary of Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Sunday

Cherelle Griner, on the left, and Brittney Griner, on the right, speak onstage during the 54th NAACP Image Awards in Pasadena, Calif., on Saturday. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Pedestrians walk past a large mural of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a residential building in Kashira, a town south of Moscow, on Thursday. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The key trends to watch in the Russia-Ukraine war

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Friday

Wang Yi, China's director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, Feb. 18, 2023. One year into Russia's war against Ukraine, China is offering a 12-point proposal to end the fighting. Peter Kneffel/AP hide caption

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Thursday

A U.S. Air Force pilot looked down at the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovered over the Central Continental United States on Feb. 3. The pair was flying over Bellflower, Mo. Department of Defense hide caption

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Smoke rises in Ukraine after a Russian attack on the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters hide caption

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Russia bombards Ukraine with cyberattacks, but the impact appears limited

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a patriotic concert at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on Wednesday. Mikhail Metzel/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Putinology: the art of analyzing the man in the Kremlin

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Wednesday

U.S. President Joe Biden walks next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on his surprise visit in Kyiv on Feb. 20. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A year in, the U.S. makes a pledge: 'Ukraine will decide what victory looks like'

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A woman in Simferopol, Crimea, watches a TV broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address on Tuesday. Putin announced Russia is suspending participation in the New START nuclear weapons treaty. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Mexico's Secretary of Public Safety Genaro García Luna attends a news conference on the sidelines of an American Police Community meeting in Mexico City, Oct. 8, 2010. The former Mexican presidential cabinet member was convicted in the U.S. on Tuesday of taking massive bribes to protect the violent drug cartels he was tasked with combating. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption

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A NASA balloon launched over Hawaii in 2014 to test components that might one day be used to land spacecraft on Mars. Balloons are regularly used to test new designs and conduct scientific experiments. Bill Rodman/NASA hide caption

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Researchers watch and worry as balloons are blasted from the sky

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Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a virtual address to Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 16, 2022, less than a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy went from comedian to icon of democracy. This is how he did it

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