Abortion rights activists clad in green and carrying green signs protest outside the Supreme Court on Saturday. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
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People shout slogans next to Turkish police officers during the LGBTQ Pride March in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, June 26, 2022. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the head of Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service, Yury Chikhanchin, at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Mikhail Metzel/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
Basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives Monday at a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and a WNBA champion, was detained in February on charges of carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil. Kirill Kudryavstev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden appears with other G7 leaders on Sunday, as a summit at Elmau Castle in the German Alps gets underway. Biden announced a $200 billion U.S. investment as part of a global infrastructure project by major democracies to counter China's investments in developing countries. JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Firefighters work to rescue residents and put out a fire after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Sunday morning. As President Biden and other leaders of the Group of 7 nations meet in Germany, Russia has unleashed a barrage of airstrikes across Ukraine over the weekend. Nariman El-Mofty/AP hide caption
President Biden waves as he walks past Bavarian mountain riflemen and traditional costumers after his arrival in Germany on Saturday ahead of the G-7 summit. Daniel Karmann/AP hide caption
Protesters rally to show their support for the recent protests and national strike against the government of President Guillermo Lasso in Quito, Ecuador, on June 25, 2022. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
Riot police officers cordon off the area after migrants arrive on Spanish soil and crossing the fences separating the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco in Melilla, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. Javier Bernardo/AP hide caption
Police stand guard outside a bar in central Oslo, early Saturday. Norwegian police say two people have been killed and several injured in a mass shooting. Javad Parsa/AP hide caption
Smoke rises during fighting in the Luhansk region, eastern Ukraine, on Friday. Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A patient talks with a nurse at a traveling contraception clinic in Madagascar run by MSI Reproductive Choices, an organization that provides contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries. The group condemned the overturn of Roe v. Wade and warned that the ruling could stymie abortion access overseas. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption
Iryna Andrusha (left) and Kateryna Andrusha, sister and mother, respectively, of Ukrainian school teacher Viktoria Andrusha, who was taken by Russian forces from the village of Novyi Bykiv in late March. Anya Kamenetz/NPR hide caption
Palestinian artists paint a mural in honor of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City, after she was killed on May 11. A new U.N. report says Israeli forces fired the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured a colleague. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Last year, President Biden announced "Build Back Better World," meant to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative. This year at the G-7, Biden will unveil the first projects. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Biden said the G-7 would counter Chinese influence. This year, he'll try again
Labour candidate Simon Lightwood speaks to media, after winning the Wakefield by-election, following the by-election count at Thornes Park Stadium in Wakefield, West Yorkshire Friday, June 24, 2022. Danny Lawson/AP hide caption
The Ukrainian (top) and European Union flags fly on poles in Kyiv on Thursday ahead of an EU summit in Brussels considering Ukraine's candidate status to join the 27-nation bloc. Nariman El-Mofty/AP hide caption
A bridge in Irpin, Ukraine, in April. Vladyslav Krasnoshchok hide caption
A man prays in front of a sanctuary for the late soccer star Diego Maradona at Argentinos Juniors stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last November. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
Women wait in line to buy kerosene in in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on June 11, 2022. Eranga Jayawardena/AP hide caption
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a welcome ceremony, in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday. Burhan Ozbilici/AP hide caption
President Biden discusses food security at the AFL-CIO Quadrennial Constitutional Convention on June 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hannah Beier/Getty Images hide caption
Ahead of the G-7, Biden confronts Putin's latest geopolitical weapon — food
In this photo released by Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority, a convoy of trucks carrying relief goods prepare to leave for Afghanistan at a warehouse in Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. AP hide caption