WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, holds a picture of her team as she stands inside a defendants' cage before a court hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Aug. 4. Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Top left: Luka Modrić of Croatia in action on Dec. 5 in Al Wakrah, Qatar. Bottom left: Lionel Messi of Argentina at Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Dec. 3 in Doha, Qatar. Top right: Kylian Mbappé of France celebrates after scoring a goal on Dec. 4 in Doha, Qatar. Bottom right: Neymar of Brazil on Dec. 5 in Doha, Qatar. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images; Tnani Badreddine/DeFodi Images via Getty Images; Francois Nel/Getty Images; Mohammad Karamali/DeFodi Images via Getty Images hide caption
In a large study, experimental drug lecanemab was able to slow down Alzheimer's, but not stop it. Some researchers think the drug will become the first to help many patients; others have questions. Cemile Bingol/Getty Images hide caption
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Sen. Kyrtsen Sinema speaks at the U.S. Capitol after the Senate passed the Respect for Marriage Act in November. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
American basketball star Brittney Griner gets out of a plane after landing in San Antonio on Friday. Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, center, stands on the steps of the Texas Capitol, Monday, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Player of Brazil Vinícius Júnior celebrates after scoring a disallowed goal during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 group G soccer match between Brazil and Switzerland at Stadium 974 on Nov. 28, in Doha. Florencia Tan Jun/PxImages/Icon Sportwire/Getty Images hide caption
A police officer observes participants in the demonstration of right-wing extremists and Reichsburger on March 20, 2021 in Berlin. German right-wing extremists and "Reich citizens" are growing in number and present a "high level of danger," according to German officials. Paul Zinken/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Rep.-Elect Maxwell Frost (D-FL) speaks at a Congressional Hispanic Caucus event on Nov. 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Anna Dobrova, 19, rehearses for a production of The Snow Queen by the Kyiv National Ballet at the National Opera in Kyiv on Sunday. The medley will be performed without music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Prokofiev this year. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption
In this image taken from El Paso County District Court video, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, center, sits during a court appearance in Colorado Springs, Colo., Tuesday, Dec. Nov. 6, 2022. AP hide caption
Rev. Rob Schenck speaks during press conference in front of the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2019. Schenck testified in front of the House Judiciary Committee Dec. 8, 2022 saying that he knew of a leak out of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A last Boeing 747, a cargo freighter destined for Atlas Air, is seen during an event at the company's facility in Everett, Wash., on Tuesday. David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
South Koreans are becoming a year younger following a set of bills passed by parliament to unify the country's age system. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Paul Whelan holds a sign in protest as he awaits his verdict in Moscow in June 2020. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison on charges of espionage. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Federal Trade Commission said it is suing to block Microsoft's planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft's Xbox game consoles and its growing games subscription business. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child on June 21. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
The Washington Commanders football team's name and logo is seen at the NFL football team's facility in Ashburn, Va., on Nov. 10. A report Thursday by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform said the team created a "toxic work culture" for more than two decades, "ignoring and downplaying sexual misconduct" by men at the top levels of the organization. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Donnae Barlow arrives at the federal courthouse in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Wednesday. Barlow and two other women from a polygamous sect near the Arizona-Utah border are charged with kidnapping and impeding a foreseeable prosecution. Jake Bacon/AP hide caption
More than 250 workers at HarperCollins, one of the biggest publishers in the country, have been on strike since November. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Argentina's Julián Álvarez celebrates while holding Lionel Messi after scoring the team's second goal during the 2022 World Cup's Round of 16 match with Australia at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Saturday, Dec. 3, in Doha, Qatar. Alex Grimm/Getty Images hide caption
Céline Dion performing in 2019, the year her world tour was original scheduled to begin. It has since been delayed repeatedly, first due to the pandemic and then because of muscle spasms that have now been diagnosed as stiff-person syndrome. Rich Fury/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Traffic passes through Tonopah, Nev. on Oct. 6, 2022. Bridget Bennett for NPR hide caption