President Biden speaks at the Pentagon on Feb. 10. On Wednesday, he will announce the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan after nearly 20 years of war. Alex Brandon/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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Carabinieri (Italian paramilitary police) officers of the art squad's archaeological unit pose with a headless Roman statue wearing a draped toga in Brussels on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. Carabinieri/AP hide caption
People in Tokyo protest a decision to start releasing into the ocean massive amounts of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. The plant was damaged in a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Japan To Dump Wastewater From Wrecked Fukushima Nuclear Plant Into Pacific Ocean
A courier delivers goods at night on a street in Beijing in February. Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
He Tried To Organize Workers In China's Gig Economy. Now He Faces 5 Years In Jail
Men take a holy dip in the Ganges River on the occasion of first royal bath of Shivratri festival during Maha Kumbh Festival in Haridwar, India. Ritesh Shukla/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
A health worker vaccinates a Buddhist monk sitting in front of a portrait of Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck at a secondary school in Bhutan on March 27, the first day of the country's vaccination campaign. Less than two weeks later, health officials said 93% of eligible adults had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Upasana Dahal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lines form in front of a vaccination center Monday in Hamburg, Germany. Marcus Brandt/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Germany Is Expected To Centralize Its COVID-19 Response. Some Fear It May Be Too Late
Protesters march during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Heba Alrejleh and Radwan Jomaa with children Aya, 11, Lilian, 4, and Mohamed, 10. "The words 'to send us back to Syria' means to destroy our lives," says Jomaa. Sidsel Overgaard hide caption
In Denmark, Fears Grow Among Syrian Asylum-Seekers As Residence Permits Are Revoked
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (second right) listens to head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi while visiting an exhibition of Iran's new nuclear achievements in Tehran on Saturday. Iranian Presidency Office via AP hide caption
A photo of La Soufrière erupting Friday in St. Vincent. The blast could be sending ash as far as Jamaica and South America. Zen Punnett/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Honourable Artillery Company fire a gun salute at the Tower of London on Saturday to honor Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died on Friday at age 99. Chris Jackson/Getty Images hide caption
Chinese and U.S. table tennis players train together in April 1971 in Beijing. April 10 marks the 50th anniversary of what became known as pingpong diplomacy between the two nations. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
50 Years Later, The Legacy Of U.S.-China 'Pingpong Diplomacy' Faces Challenges
A scientist works on COVID-19 samples to find variations of the virus at the Croix-Rousse Hospital laboratory in Lyon, France, in January. Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A mass rally is held in Pyongyang in January to celebrate North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. Kim has been unusually frank in comments about the country's problems in recent months. Jon Chol Jin/AP hide caption
Workers at Amazon's facility in Bessemer, Ala., held a historic vote on whether to form the company's first warehouse union. Bill Barrow/AP hide caption
It's A No: Amazon Warehouse Workers Vote Against Unionizing In Historic Election
A public notice hangs outside a vaccination center notifying of vaccine shortages in Mahim, in Mumbai, India, on Thursday. Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
As Queen Elizabeth II's husband, Prince Philip was the longest-serving consort in British history. In 2015, he attended the Queen's Speech in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster. Alastair Grant/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Plumes of ash rise on Friday from the La Soufrière volcano as it erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, as seen from Chateaubelair. Orvil Samuel/AP hide caption
Cemetery workers wearing protective gear carry the coffin of a person who died from complications related to COVID-19 to a gravesite at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Andre Penner/AP hide caption