In side-by-side photos: Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Aug. 23, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party at its headquarters in Pyongyang, North Korea, in early 2023. Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool and Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP hide caption
Paul Whelan is seen in new video released by the Russian state-controlled outlet Russia Today. Russia Today/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Relatives and soldiers mourn the death of fighter pilot Andrii "Juice" Pilshchykov, 30, during his funeral on Tuesday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption
The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption
A portrait of the late owner of private military company Wagner Group Yevgeny Prigozhin sits at an informal memorial next to the former the group's headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, Aug. 24. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption
A view of the site after a jet crashed in Russia's northwestern Tver region on Aug. 23. Russian authorities say Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was among those on the flight manifest. Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed condolences to families of those killed in the crash. He noted Wagner members were reportedly on board and spoke warmly of his relationship with Prigozhin in the past tense. Wagner Telegram Account/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
An injured man walks in Krasna Square in front of the Taras Shevchenko Chernihiv Regional Academic Music and Drama Theatre, after a Russian attack on Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Saturday. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
A sheriff's deputy stands guard near the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta on Monday. Authorities in Georgia said Thursday they're investigating threats targeting members of the grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies. Alex Slitz/AP hide caption
Po Sheng Lai, the founder of Shern Yeong Precise Optical, a company in the northern Taiwanese city of Yilan that makes high-end glass is pivoting to making defense products. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko speaks in April during a hearing of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee concerning the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Sopko says the U.S. also needs to keep an eye on the billions of dollars provided to Ukraine. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Shafiullah Amani with one of his his two daughters in Alexandria, VA on August 3, 2023. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
A woman at the scene of a building damaged after Russian missile strikes in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Aug. 9. Libkos/AP hide caption
President Biden speaks at the Arcosa Wind Towers in Belen, N.M., on Wednesday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Shafi Amani and his daughter, Yousra, 3, in Alexandria, Va., on Aug. 3, 2023. Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
Cars line up outside the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. Joe Rondone/USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters hide caption