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A participant walks past waterfall poster at the Palais des congres during the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) in Montreal, Quebec, on December 18, 2022. (Photo by Lars Hagberg / AFP) (Photo by LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images) LARS HAGBERG/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Are biodiversity efforts keeping up with the effects of climate change?

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's President Andrzej Duda (not seen in the photo) at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool photo/AP hide caption

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U.S. officials say North Korea has sent troops to Russia for training

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A TV screen shows an image of soldiers believed to be from North Korea stand in line to receive supplies from Russia during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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Smoke rises as emergency rescue teams and police officers attend to the scene of an attack outside Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. on the outskirts of Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday. IHA/AP hide caption

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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. Adrian Wyld/AP/The Canadian Press hide caption

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Even in death, Alexei Navalny hasn't given up the fight against corruption in Russia

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People watch a building collapse after being hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ghobeiri, Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption

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Beirut's Sky Bar, once a bustling nightclub, now serves as a refuge for the displaced. On October 15, 2024, it sheltered 400 people, mostly women and children, in Beirut, Lebanon. Fadel Itani/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An aerial photograph from 2023 of the Rusayo camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Goma in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Congolese have found refuge around Goma after fleeing fighting further north. Two new reports document a 'staggering' increase in rapes over the past year. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Sexual Assault in the DRC report 

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A general view to the Kremlin towers and Ivan the Great cathedral in May 2024. U.S. intelligence officials say Russia was behind an attempt to spread baseless claims about Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Lee Hsien Yang (right) receives friends and family members paying their respects to the late Lee Kuan Yew during a private family wake at the Istana or Presidential Palace in Singapore, March 24, 2015. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption

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Dr. Stefan Khmil performs artificial insemination on a patient in his Clinic of Prof. Stefan Khmil in Ternopil, Ukraine, on July 12. Yurko Dyachyshyn for NPR hide caption

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Ukrainians hold off on having babies during the war — some families buck the trend

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Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo attends a court session in Lima, Peru, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. Guadalupe Pardo/AP hide caption

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A Latvian choir, celebrating their victory in an international competition in Moldova, cheers in support of the European referendum near the Moldovan Parliament on Monday in Chișinău, Moldova. Pierre Crom/Getty Images hide caption

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Moldova election is over shadowed by accusations of interference by Russia

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An Air India airlines jet is pictured in September 2023 in Lido Beach, N.Y. The airline was one of many affected by hoax bomb threats over the past week. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images hide caption

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People inspect the damage at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted a branch of the Al-Qard Al-Hassan finance group in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Assessing the damage after Israel strikes Lebanese bank branches linked to Hezbollah

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Flames and smoke rise form an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption

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