Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens to military commanders as he visits the eastern Donetsk region, an area of heavy fighting, on Tuesday. Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials say a major military offensive is likely to start soon. AP hide caption
A vendor in a market in Nigeria counts local bills. The country is one of dozens whose devalued currency is fueling a debt crisis. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a working session on Ukraine during the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Sunday. In a win for the Ukrainian leader, Biden supported training Ukraine's pilots to fly F-16s. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, following the conclusion of the G7 Summit Leaders' Meeting on May 21, 2023 in Hiroshima, Japan. The G7 summit will be held in Hiroshima from 19-22 May. Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images hide caption
Workers load grain at a port in Izmail, Ukraine, on April 26. A United Nations-backed deal has been extended allowing shipments of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger. Andrew Kravchenko/AP hide caption
Ukraine's Tvorchi performs "Heart of Steel" on stage during the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest grand final in Liverpool, England. They finished in sixth place, behind Sweden, Finland, Israel, Italy and Norway. Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images hide caption
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (right) walks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to a waiting Chinook helicopter after meetings at Chequers, the U.K. leader's country retreat, in Aylesbury, England, on Monday. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Residents stand next to a building that was damaged in the night, following Russian shelling in Komyshevakha, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Monday. Andriy Andriyenko/AP hide caption
Mourners place flowers on the coffins of Sofia Shulha, 11, and Pysarev Kiriusha, 17, during a funeral in Uman, central Ukraine, Sunday. They were among more than 20 people killed during a Russian attack on a residential building early Friday morning. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Following a Russian attack, first responders remove rubble at a residential building in Uman, central Ukraine on Friday. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
The destroyed section of the Antonivka bridge over the Dnipro river is seen on Nov 18, 2022, in Kherson, Ukraine. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting on defending the principles of the U.N. Charter in New York Monday. Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Russian Su-34 bomber takes off for a training mission in the Krasnodar region of Russia on Jan. 19, 2022. Vitaliy Timkiv/AP hide caption
A high-rise building in Kharkiv's Saltivka district, once home to at least 400,000 people, is damaged from shelling during Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
People save icons as they clear rubble after a Russian rocket ruined an Orthodox church in an Easter attack, in Komyshuvakha, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, early hours Sunday. Kateryna Klochko/AP hide caption
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza is escorted to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Feb. 8. He has been imprisoned in Moscow since April 2022 for speaking out against Russia's invasion of Ukraine. AP hide caption
More than 200,000 people had reported to service as of this photo in October 2022 under Russia's mobilization. The defense minister instructed the military chiefs to provide the conscripts with the necessary clothing, arms and other equipment. But the public complained about a lack of provisions and training for recruits. Sefa Karacan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Left: Daniel Bizyayev and his family now live in a suburban neighborhood about an hour north of New York City. Center: Bohdan Semenukha and his mom, Viktoria, look at photos from before the Russian invasion. Right: Sofiia Kuzmina and her family live on the 10th floor in Kharkiv. When the power is out, they have to climb the stairs. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The national flags of countries in NATO fly outside the organization headquarters in Brussels on Monday. Finland's flag will be added to the group. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is escorted by Russian officers from the Lefortovsky court to a bus, in Moscow, Thursday. Russia's Federal Security Service said its agents detained Gershkovich in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, accusing him of trying to obtain classified information. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Soldiers spend time swimming in the pool during the course. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Magnus Ek, 53, a retired Swedish lieutenant, is teaching a group of Ukrainian conscripts how to fire an AK-47 in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Ek, who spent a decade as an instructor in Sweden, is among a group of foreign military volunteers who have gone to train Ukrainians how to defend their country from Russia's invasion. Frank Langfitt/NPR hide caption
Ukrainian servicemen fire with a D-30 howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on Tuesday. Sergey Shestak/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
China's leader Xi Jinping claps as he listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link, from the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 2, 2019. Xi will meet Putin this week on a visit to Moscow. Noel Celis/Pool photo via AP hide caption