Internally displaced people arrive at a center in Zaporizhzhia, northwest of Mariupol, on Wednesday. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Activists hold Ukrainian flags as they protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine during a rally at Lafayette Square, across from the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25. New U.S. sanctions Sanctions are being enacted on top Russian officials and family members, including President Vladimir Putin's adult children. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People who fled the war in Ukraine and members of the Ukrainian diaspora pray in an Orthodox church in Krakow on Sunday. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Krakow, Poland's second-largest city, strains to accommodate Ukrainian refugees
A man walks his bike through a parking lot littered with broken glass in Bucha, Ukraine. Becky Sullivan/NPR hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany. Pool/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to members of the media, before departing for Brussels from Joint Base Andrews, in Maryland, on Tuesday. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
El Peso Hero saves civilians in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol in a special edition of Héctor Rodríguez's self-published comic book series. The 18-page issue is free, with text in English, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian. Héctor Rodríguez hide caption
Mexican American superhero saves Ukrainian civilians in comic book issue
Director Miwa Nishikawa poses for portraits for the film "Nagai Iiwake" (Long excuses) at the 11th edition of the Rome Film Festival in Rome on Oct. 18, 2016. Domenico Stinellis/AP hide caption
Sri Lankan nuns protest against the economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Eranga Jayawardena/AP hide caption
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, arrives for a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget on April 5, 2022, in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A resident looks for belongings on Tuesday in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine. Vadim Ghirda/AP hide caption
Update: When deciding to flee Ukraine means leaving a family member behind
South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, Young, Famous & African. Mosa Hlophe/Netflix hide caption
A person fills out an Irish census form on Sunday. A new time capsule feature allows people to add personal messages that stay under wraps for 100 years. PA Images/Reuters hide caption
A family enters a U.S. Air Force plane in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 24, 2021. The evacuation was part of a U.S. effort to relocate Afghans to safety in the wake of the Taliban siege. But many families were separated in the process — and reuniting them has proven to be a challenge. Master Sgt. Donald R. Allen/U.S. Air Forces Europe-Africa via Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the United Nations Security Council via video link on Tuesday in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Two iconic notebooks, which include Darwin's 1837 Tree of Life sketch, were returned to the Cambridge University Library last month. Str/AP hide caption
Residents wearing face masks walk by a masked security watch over a barricaded Galaxy Soho commercial office building locked down for health monitoring following a COVID-19 case detected in the area Tuesday in Beijing. China has sent more than 10,000 health workers from across the country to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical staff. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Soldiers walk amid destroyed Russian tanks in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
A Civil Guard stands by the yacht called Tango in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Monday. U.S. federal agents and Spain's Civil Guard are searching the yacht owned by a Russian oligarch. Francisco Ubilla/AP hide caption
A woman walks past a currency exchange office in central Moscow on Feb. 24. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dima, who fled the war in Ukraine with his mother, attends an online class, at the "Saint John the Baptist" Monastery in Ruscova, where 12 Ukrainians are currently being hosted, on March 30, 2022 in Ruscova, Romania. Andreea Campeanu/Getty Images hide caption
Millions of Ukrainian children are still in school despite the war
Ukainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, speaks to the press in the town of Bucha on the northwest edge of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday. RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption