Some U.S. diplomats have taken to Twitter this week to distance themselves from President Trump's recent tweets about global affairs. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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Monday
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson waits for the start of a meeting last month at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Tillerson is scheduled to travel to Russia on Tuesday, in what promises to be a difficult round of talks after the U.S. missile strike in Syria last week. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
Thursday
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak arrives before President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sessions Revelations Put 'Quiet, Behind-The-Scenes' Russian Envoy In Spotlight
Friday
Longtime diplomat Daniel Fried, shown here at a meeting in Seoul in 2016, told colleagues at his retirement party on Friday he's "learned never to underestimate the possibility of change." Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Germany last week and heads to Mexico this week, amid growing questions about how much influence he has in the White House. Brendan Smialowski/AP hide caption
Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Keeps Low Profile Since Taking Office
Friday
Denmark's foreign minister announced last month that he plans to name a new digital ambassador to negotiate with global tech companies. Alex Berger/Flickr hide caption
Friday
President-elect Donald Trump waits to step out onto the portico at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol for his inauguration. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Sunday
Copies of local Chinese magazines at a news stand in Shanghai on Nov. 14, almost a week after Donald Trump was elected president. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Mount Paektu, which sits on the border with China, is known in North Korea as the "sacred mountain of revolution" and considered the legendary birthplace of Kim Jong Il and Korean culture. David Guttenfelder/AP hide caption
North Korean Volcano Provides Rare Chance For Scientific Collaboration
Tuesday
New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani (from left) gives a tour of the World Trade Center site to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and New York Gov. George Pataki a week after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Timothy Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
In Dealings With U.N. Diplomats, Mayor Giuliani Pulled No Punches
Thursday
U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, a former Montana senator, recently became the first American envoy to China to visit all of the country's provinces. "We Americans have an obligation to come to China, to learn more about China," he tells NPR. "Why? Because with each passing day, it's going to be more and more in our future." Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
U.S. Envoy: China Will Be 'More And More In Our Future'
Saturday
U.S. envoy Bernard Aronson speaks at the State Department in Washingon on Feb. 20, 2015. Secretary of State John Kerry said Aronson announced that Aronson would be the special envoy to Colombia, where he helped negotiate an end to that country's 52-year war. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The American Diplomat Who Helped Bring An End To Colombia's War
Thursday
Thursday
Randy Berry, the first U.S. special envoy for the rights of LGBTI persons, is shown at a gay pride rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last June. He says the U.S. is supporting activists worldwide but recognizes the risks they face in many countries. A gay activist who worked at the U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh was hacked to death this week. Courtesy U.S. State Department hide caption
For State Department's LGBTI Envoy, Every Country Is A Different Challenge
Tuesday
President Obama shakes hands with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud following a meeting in November at the G20 summit in Antalya, Turkey. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption