Afghan boys play soccer at the Nadir Khan hilltop in Kabul on September 27, 2026. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty hide caption
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Riot police use a water cannon as they face students during a protest against under-resourced schools, in Rennes, western France, Tuesday. Jeremias Gonzalez/AP hide caption
A protester wears a mask depicting Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar with the words "vote theft" during a protest organized by Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena , demanding his resignation and the suspension of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
A cat is being cared for at a rescue facility of an animal rights group after police raided an operation that steals and resells cats for meat in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, Sept.17, 2026. Humane World for Animals/AP hide caption
August Hanning, the former president of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND), appears as a witness before the NSA investigative committee at the German parliament Bundestag in Berlin on Oct. 1, 2015. Michael Kappeler/DPA via AP hide caption
A voter casts their ballot inside the Arlington County Courthouse on Sept. 18, 2026, in Arlington, Virginia. Tom Brenner/Getty Images hide caption
Democrats Lead In Midterm Polls, Yemen War Front, Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
Voters cast their ballots inside the Arlington County Courthouse in Arlington, Va., on Sept. 18, which was the first day of early voting in the state for the midterm elections. Tom Brenner/Getty Images hide caption
FILE - A Nobel diploma and medal are displayed, Dec. 8, 2020, during a ceremony in New York. Angela Weiss/Pool AFP via AP hide caption
Police officers look at the damage following a Russian drone strike on the Northern Bridge in Kyiv on October 4, 2026 Mykola Tymchenko/AFP via Getty hide caption
Ukrainian military medics treat a wounded Ukrainian soldier in the field hospital near the front line in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia on Sept. 12. The vast majority of casualties take place in the so-called kill zone, a band about 10 to 20 miles wide on both sides of the front line, which stretches more than 700 miles from north to south. Andriy Andriyenko/Ukrainian 65th Mechanized brigade/Ukrainian military via AP hide caption
Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine's hellish kill zone
Supporters of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party prepare to march demanding Khan's release, in Lakki Marwat, a remote town in northwestern Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026. Maaz Awan/AP hide caption
Flowers adorn a garden in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building on March 31, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images hide caption
FlyDubai Pilot Investigation, SCOTUS Climate Change Case, Brazil Runoff Election
An Israeli airline El Al aircraft is parked on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport near the city of Lod on Friday. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Motive behind midair attack aboard FlyDubai plane remains unclear
Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel are shown on the screen as they are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, as announced during a press conference at the Nobel Forum at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 5, 2026. Pontus Lundahl/TT News Agency via AP hide caption
FILE - Britain's Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, looks round as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, April 20, 2025. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
People seen through a window inside a bar in La Cabrera, on the outskirts of Madrid, Spain, watch a televised speech by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez from La Moncloa Palace announcing national elections, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. Bernat Armangue/AP hide caption
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left) and presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, right, face off in an Oct. 25 runoff after a tight first round. Mauro Pimentel, Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brazil’s presidential race heads to Lula–Bolsonaro run-off as right gains ground
U.S. MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft are parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, on the main island of the Okinawa archipelago, southern Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. Hiro Komae/AP hide caption
Fox News wanted war images in Ukraine - their journalists died
Towels and caps for sale depicting Brazilian presidential candidates Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro are seen in a residential area of Brasília on September 11, 2026. Brazil will hold a presidential elections on October 4, 2026.
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The leading candidates in Brazil's election are incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (left) and his closest challenger Flávio Bolsonaro. Mauro Pimentel and Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
German Chancellor and leader of Germany's center-right Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz leaves after a press conference one day after state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, at the CDU's headquarters in Berlin on Sept. 21. JENS SCHLUETER/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Following far-right and far-left gains, Germany's center struggles for relevance
In December, State Department senior official Jeremy Lewin welcomed Rwanda Foreign Minister Olivier J.P. Nduhungirehe for the signing of a multi-year Memorandum of Understanding on global health cooperation. U.S. Office of Foreign Assistance hide caption