The welcome screen for the OpenAI ChatGPT app is displayed on a laptop screen in February in London. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
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TV show news flash about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo Wednesday, May 31, 2023. South Korea's military says North Korea has launched a purported space-launch vehicle after announcing a plan to put its first military spy satellite into orbit. Kyodo News via AP hide caption
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (L) meets with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi in Tehran on March 4. The UN nuclear watchdog chief was in Iran for expected talks with the President and other officials after the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade level. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iran's Nuclear Program Marches Forward, 5 Years After The U.S. Abandoned The Deal
Smoke from the Tantallon wildfire rises over houses in nearby Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Sunday. Eric Martyn/Reuters hide caption
A passenger stands on scales at Auckland International Airport as part of a survey to generate average weights for people traveling on Air New Zealand flights. Courtesy Air New Zealand hide caption
KFOR soldiers, front, and Kosovo police officers guard a municipal building Tuesday after Monday's clashes between ethnic Serbs and troops from the NATO-led KFOR peacekeeping force in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo. Dejan Simicevic/AP hide caption
A man is assisted by Saudi commandos as he gets off a tugboat near Port Sudan and onto a Saudi warship that will travel across the Red Sea to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. May ‎2, ‎2023. Aya Batrawy/NPR hide caption
People fleeing Sudan face uncertain futures in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and beyond
This photo shows a part of an apartment building which was reportedly damaged by Ukrainian drone in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. In Moscow, residents reported hearing explosions and Mayor Sergei Sobyanin later confirmed there had been a drone attack that he said caused "insignificant" damage. AP hide caption
A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-16 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
A group of residents hold the first authorised protest and march in several years in Hong Kong against the proposal for reclamation in the district on Tseung Kwan O on March 26, 2023. PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema speaks during their picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill at the Ugandan High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa on April 4, 2023. Uganda's president Yoweri Museveni has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad. Themba Hadebe/AP hide caption
Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday after securing five more years in office. Ali Unal/AP hide caption
Bola Tinubu, center, of the All Progressives Congress, celebrates with supporters at the party's campaign headquarters after winning the presidential elections in Abuja, Nigeria, in March. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Police in Venice, Italy, are investigating the source of a bright green liquid patch that appeared on Sunday in the city's Grand Canal. Luigi Costantini/AP hide caption
A megaphone facing the Chinese mainland marks the tourist location of the Beishan Broadcasting Wall, which Taiwan used for broadcasting propaganda to mainland China, is seen on April 8, in Kinmen, Taiwan. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
How Taiwan used women's voices to send secret messages into China and woo defectors
This satellite image released by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology shows Typhoon Mawar approaching Philippine northern provinces on Monday. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology via AP hide caption
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's rocket launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Istanbul, on Sunday. Murad Sezer/AP hide caption
In this Feb. 11, 2016 file photo, Iranian drone Shahed-129 is displayed at a rally in Tehran, Iran. The White House on Monday, May 15, 2023, said that Russia is looking to buy additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in the Kremlin's war in Ukraine after using up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran. ncil spokesman John Kirby said. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
An official prepares a ballot with the names and images of the two presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at a polling station, in Ankara, Turkey, on Sunday. Burhan Ozbilici/AP hide caption
Justine Triet, winner of the Palme d'Or for Anatomy of a Fall, poses for photographers following the awards ceremony at the 76th international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday. Daniel Cole/AP hide caption
Left to right: Turkish presidential candidates President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Chris McGrath/Getty Images; Burak Kara/Getty Images hide caption
Vice President Harris delivers the keynote speech at Michie Stadium during West Point's graduation ceremony Saturday in West Point, N.Y. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption