Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to receive diplomatic credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia on Oct. 11, 2018. Sergei Karpukhin/AP hide caption
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The X-51A Waverider was a prototype hypersonic missile capable of flying at Mach 5.1 for hundreds of miles. The Air Force is stepping up its development of similar weapons. Mike Cassidy/U.S. Air Force photo hide caption
Amid Arms Race Fears, The U.S., Russia And China Are Racing Ahead With A New Missile
George Soros waits for the start of a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels in 2017. A mailed explosive device was discovered at his home on Monday afternoon. Olivier Hoslet/AP hide caption
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The Museum of the Bible. After independent analysis, the museum said on Monday that five of its Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were fake. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, left and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum, right, during a CNN debate Sunday Oct. 21. Chris O'Meara/AP hide caption
Organizers with Idahoans for Healthcare have been driving this green vehicle around the state to campaign for Medicaid expansion. Phil Galewitz/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Worcester City Hall's plaza was refurbished in 2010 as part of a city beautification program. Aaron Schachter/WGBH hide caption
A satellite image by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Willa in the eastern Pacific, on a path toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Monday. NOAA/AP hide caption
Pine Knoll Plantation farm manager Mitch Bulger near one of the thousands of pecan trees blown down by Hurricane Michael. Grant Blankenship/Georgia Public Broadcasting hide caption
Betsy Leyva is co-owner of a Brooklyn, N.Y., bakery that has an online-only restaurant, with deliveries by Uber Eats. Jasmine Garsd/NPR hide caption
Honduran migrants arrive in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico, in a makeshift raft after crossing the Suchiate river, the natural border between Guatemala and Mexico on Monday. Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump embraces Sen. Ted Cruz during a campaign rally at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, Monday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross attends a July speech by President Trump in Granite City, Ill. The Supreme Court has temporarily shielded Ross from having to sit for questioning under oath for the 2020 census citizenship question lawsuits. Whitney Curtis/Getty Images hide caption
Supreme Court Blocks Commerce Secretary Questioning In Census Lawsuits For Now
Barriers block the road leading to the Saudi Arabian Consulate in Istanbul on Monday, where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was last seen alive. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP hide caption
Microplastics are not just showing up on beaches like this one in the Canary Islands. They are showing up in human waste. Desiree Martin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Edmond de Belamy, created using artificial intelligence, will be auctioned at Christie's on Thursday. Christie's Images hide caption
A sea cucumber that looks like a headless chicken has been caught on video in the deep seas near East Antarctica, thousands of miles from where one of the species was last spotted. NOAA hide caption
World War II Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg, seen here in 2013, has died at age 99. He led a team that was credited with slowing Hitler's plan to build atomic weapons. Andrew Winning/Reuters hide caption
President Ronald Reagan (right) and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev exchange pens during the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signing ceremony in the White House on Dec. 8, 1987. Gorbachev's translator Pavel Palazhchenko stands in the middle. Bob Daugherty/AP hide caption
Mourners stand beside the grave of Gen. Abdul Raziq, the Kandahar police chief who was killed by a Taliban attack, during his burial ceremony Friday in Kandahar, Afghanistan. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Smiley was wounded in the attack. STR/AP hide caption
Demonstrators hold signs in support of trans equality outside the White House on Monday. The Trump administration is reportedly considering defining "sex" in a way that would restrict civil rights protections to transgender Americans. Tasos Katopodis/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
When you get hearing aids, it can help you stay more stimulated and socially engaged. Fancy/Veer/Corbis/Getty Images hide caption
After a debate, two political opponents in Vermont collaborated on a musical duet which elegantly highlighted a polarized political landscape. UpperCut Images/Getty Images/Uppercut hide caption
The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge was lit up in Hong Kong on Monday, days before opening for public use. Called the world's longest cross-sea project, the bridge and tunnel extends for 34 miles. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption