Ksenia Karelina, also known as Khavana sits in a glass cage in a court room in Yekaterinburg, Russia, Thursday, June 20, 2024. AP/AP hide caption
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C.C. Wei, the CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), is shown at left and accompanied by U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and David Sacks, U.S. President Trump's AI and crypto czar, at the White House on March 3. Trump announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, one of the largest manufacturers of semiconductor chips, plans to invest $100 billion in new manufacturing facilities in the United States. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addresses European Parliament members on new plans to ramp up defense spending agreed at last week's summit, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. Pascal Bastien/AP hide caption
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures during a press conference in Sydney, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Dean Lewins/AP hide caption
In this image released by the FBI shows the wanted posted for Rafael Caro Quintero. AP/FBI hide caption
Demonstrators protest against President Trump's anticipated plan to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Washington, DC, February 10, 2025. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum gives her daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Marco Ugarte/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets with President Nayib Bukele at his residence at Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
This aerial photo shows displaced Gazans walking toward Gaza City on Jan. 27, 2025, after crossing the Netzarim corridor from the southern Gaza Strip. Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. John Raoux/AP hide caption
Half of the world's population lives in countries where elections took place this year. But only around half of those elections were in countries where they could be viewed as free and fair. Boris Zhitkov/Getty Images hide caption
New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki, centre, is seen in the Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, on Aug. 17, 2020. Mark Baker/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 24th Mechanized Brigade press service, servicemen of the 24th Mechanized Brigade improve their tactical skills at the training field in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. Oleg Petrasiuk/AP/Ukrainian 24 Mechanized brigade hide caption
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during a farewell ceremony upon Putin's departure at the Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on June 19. Vladimir Smirnov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The treaty between Russia and North Korea signals a new era on 2 continents
In 2002, Ryan Wedding competed in the men's parallel giant slalom snowboarding event for Canada at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. He's now being pursued by federal agents under a U.S. operation dubbed Giant Slalom. Adam Pretty/AP hide caption
A worker climbs aboard a locomotive at a CPKC rail yard on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Vietnamese President To Lam is shown waiting for the arrival of Japanese former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on July 25. Luong Thai Linh/Pool EPA/AP hide caption
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González attends a meeting with women from different sectors of society, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption
The sign is seen above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow Monday, on Jan. 30, 2017. Pavel Golovkin/AP/AP hide caption
In this photo released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, Russian troops load an Iskander missile onto a mobile launcher during drills at an undisclosed location in Russia. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP hide caption
A couple walks past the boarded windows at the U.S. consulate as police investigate the vandalism in Sydney on Monday. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, center, walks out after a bilateral meeting with China's Defense Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the 21st Shangri-La Dialogue summit at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore on Friday. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption
Ukrainian soldiers from The 56th Separate Motorized Infantry Mariupol Brigade prepare to fire a multiple launch rocket system based on a pickup truck towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, March 5, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
The TikTok Inc. building is seen in Culver City, Calif., on March 17, 2023. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption