Demonstrators hold banners in support of workers at the Jasic Technology factory in Shenzhen, in China's Guangdong province, on Aug. 6. Sue-Lin Wong/Reuters hide caption
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In this undated photo released by the Anthropological Survey of India, Sentinelese tribe men row their canoe near India's Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. Anthropological Survey of India/AP hide caption
An Indian farmer burns rice stalks after harvesting the crop in fields on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab. Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, center, reacts as he is released from Dhaka Central Jail, Keraniganj, near Dhaka on Tuesday. Suman Paul/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A photo provided Nov. 14 shows migrants on board the container ship Nivin, which rescued more than 90 migrants from a raft in the Mediterranean more than a week ago. Many of those migrants refused to disembark in Libya; they were forcibly removed from the ship on Tuesday. AP hide caption
President Trump speaks to reporters before leaving the White House on Tuesday. He said his administration would remain a "steadfast partner" of Saudi Arabia despite the recent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Larry, the 10 Downing Street cat, photographed last year, brought some levity to a Brexit media report on Tuesday. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
An injured man receives treatment at a hospital following a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Prince Charles speaks with a guest at an event in Lagos, Nigeria, where he delivered a speech using phrases in pidgin English. Sunday Alabama/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The rescue ship Aquarius, chartered by aid groups SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders, leaves the harbor of Marseille, France, on Aug. 1. The ship has been docked at Marseille since September, when it lost its registration, and Italian authorities are demanding its seizure. Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Che: A Revolutionary Life, by Jon Lee Anderson and José Hernández. NPR hide caption
German Chancellor Angela Merkel chats with CDU General Secretary Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer in Berlin last month. Kramp-Karrenbauer is among three leading candidates seeking to run the party next month. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
Some residents of the Israeli settlement Eli, shown here in 2016, have been renting out properties there using Airbnb. David Vaaknin for The Washington Post /Getty Images hide caption
William McRaven, then the head of U.S. Special Operations Command, spoke to Congress in 2013. McRaven is in a long-running feud with President Trump. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A few hundred people gathered in Tijuana's high-end Rio area on Sunday to protest against groups migrating from Central American countries. James Fredrick for NPR hide caption
The speed limit in Acquetico, a village in Northern Italy, is 50 kph, or 31 mph. Drivers have been clocked passing through the village at more than double that speed. Andreas Gebert/Getty Images hide caption
The Volcano of Fire spewed lava and ash on Monday, as seen from Escuintla, Guatemala. Guatemalan authorities on Monday declared a red alert after the volcano erupted again, forcing thousands of residents to flee. Carlos Alonzo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Carlos Ghosn, then Nissan's chairman and CEO, delivers a speech in Las Vegas in January 2017. Ghosn was widely celebrated for reviving Nissan after the company neared bankruptcy in 1999. Now he's been removed from leadership at the company after an internal investigation found financial misconduct. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a declaration in June, but the vague language may be hampering further negotiations. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
North Korea Denuclearization Plan Has Gone Nowhere Since Trump-Kim Summit
Experts agree that the image on the left urges toilet users to flush toilet paper in the bowl rather than toss it in a trash can. As for the image on the right, it appears to offer a double warning: Don't stand on the seat, don't relieve yourself in the upper tank. Jennifer Wood/Courtesy of Doug Lansky hide caption
An image shows the paintings stolen from the Netherlands' Kunsthal museum in 2012 — including Picasso's Tête d'Arlequin at bottom right. Two Dutch citizens claim to have found the missing Picasso work, Romanian prosecutors said on Sunday. Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump said Saturday that he is not considering extraditing a dissident whom Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accuses of involvement in a failed coup. Tatyana Zenkovich/AP hide caption