A street sign reads "Donetsk People Republic's Square" in front of the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, after authorities renamed the address after a pro-Russian separatist region in Ukraine in June. Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A general view of the skyline of the Qatari capital, Doha. Qatar has long played a center role in diplomacy on Afghanistan. Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Blinken Will Visit Qatar, Where Diplomats Relocated To Keep Working On Afghanistan
Afghan security personnel guard Kabul's Green Zone, which houses embassies, in May. An additional 3,000 U.S. troops are heading to Afghanistan to assist with evacuation efforts, according to the Pentagon. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Protesters and militia members throw stones toward the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday. Wissm Al-Okili/Reuters hide caption
A U.S. flag flies outside the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela, in January. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that all remaining embassy personnel would be withdrawn this week. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
Chinese officials work near the site of a reported blast just south of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, on Thursday. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin unveil the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images hide caption
Religion A Large Presence As U.S. Embassy Opens In Jerusalem
Buses with U.S. diplomats and their families who have been expelled from Russia leave the U.S. Embassy compound in Moscow on April 5. They were the first of a group of 60 U.S. diplomats who have been expelled from Russia, after the United States kicked out the same number of Russian diplomats. Vasily Maximov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Diplomatic Corps In Moscow Shrinks Just When U.S.-Russia Tensions Are At A High
A picture taken from the Mount of Olives shows the Old City of Jerusalem with the Dome of the Rock. President Trump on Wednesday recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital, upending decades of U.S. policy and ignoring dire warnings from Arab and Western allies alike. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Successive American presidents have signed waivers deferring a congressional act calling for the U.S. Embassy to be moved to Jerusalem. President Trump signed such a waiver in June, saying he wanted to give U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts a chance to succeed. But in recent days, U.S. officials indicated the president was considering moving the embassy. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
The location of the U.S. Embassy in Israel, which will stay in Tel Aviv for now, is not a big concern to the average Israeli. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
Both Israel and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as capital. No country maintains an embassy in the city. yeowatzup/Flickr hide caption
Trump Favors Moving U.S. Embassy To Jerusalem, Despite Backlash Fears
Afghans stand near a crater from an attack reportedly targeting the U.S. Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday. Ahmad Nazar/AP hide caption
Popular satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, waves as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office on Sunday. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption