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A poster shows Shiri Bibas, who was kidnapped to Gaza with her husband and two young sons on Oct. 7, 2023, in Jerusalem, Feb. 21, 2025. Palestinian militants and members of the Red Cross gather near vehicles on the day Hamas hands over deceased Israeli hostages to the Red Cross, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 20, 2025. People react at the so-called "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb. 20, 2025, as the bodies of four people, including two children, are handed over by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza.

In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force, the People's Liberation Army-Navy Jiangkai-class frigate Hengyang travels in the Torres Strait off Australia's coast, on Feb. 11, 2025.

FILE - People walk near the Mendenhall Glacier on Feb. 9, 2025, in Juneau, Alaska.

FILE - In this file photo dated May 1, 2019, a woman and child sit on a hill overlooking the Euphrates River as families picnic on May Day, in Derik, Syria.

FILE - U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrive for a news conference in the White House on Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington.

FILE - Somali National Army soldiers stand guard against al-Shabab militants in the Middle Shabelle region in Somalia, Dec. 10, 2012. Somali officials say more than 100 militants were killed Feb. 20, 2025, during al-Shabab attacks on military bases in the region.

FILE - Geir Pedersen, the United Nations' special envoy to Syria, speaks to journalists in Damascus, Syria, Dec. 18, 2024. FILE - Syria's de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa walks in the presidential palace in Damascus, Dec. 28, 2024.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing at his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, Feb. 20, 2025.

FILE - A poster of Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada is seen along a road in Kabul, Aug. 14, 2023. ICC chief prosecutor’s announced, Jan. 23, 2025, seeking arrest warrants for Akhundzada and a close associate accused of crimes against humanity.

Migrants deported from the United States wave to the press from inside a hotel in Panama City, Feb. 19, 2025.

Ivorian troops take part in a ceremony marking the handover to them of the French military base in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 20, 2025. The sign reads: "See you soon."

Cars for export are seen at a port in Yantai, China's eastern province of Shandong, on Feb. 20, 2025.

FILE - The National Endowment for Democracy's Democracy Service Medal is displayed at the Library of Congress in Washington.

FILE- The "Visit Rwanda" logo is seen on the sleeve of Arsenal's Norwegian midfielder Martin Odegaard during a club friendly football match between Arsenal and Sevilla at the Emirates Stadium in London. July 30, 2022.

FILE - German Economy Minister Robert Habeck and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock wear protective suits during their visit to the semiconductor manufacturer of Infineon Technologies AG in Dresden, Germany, July 13, 2023.

FILE - Workers inspect railway tracks, which serve as a part of the Belt and Road freight rail route in Sichuan province, China, March 14, 2019.

FILE - Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev delivers a speech during the Heads of State of Central Asia Summit session in Astana, Kazakhstan, Aug. 9, 2024. (Kazakhstan's Presidential Press Service/handout via AFP)

This photograph shows a damaged hospital following a Russian drone strike in Odesa on Feb. 19, 2025.

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak deliver remarks on the Australia - United Kingdom - U.S. (AUKUS) partnership,in San Diego, California March 13, 2023.

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Feb. 19, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after returning from Florida.

After Russia's drones attacked Odesa, Ukraine, this week, thousands in the city were left in the dark, Feb. 19, 2025.

A meeting at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Feb. 19, 2025. The WTO on Wednesday described its discussions on trade tensions as "constructive," after China accused the U.S. of imposing "tariff shocks" that could upend the global trading system.

These handout pictures released by the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities on Feb. 19, 2025, show the entrance to the tomb of King Thutmose II in Luxor in southern Egypt.

Governor Omid Khoshnaw told VOA that many Sunni Arab leaders live in Irbil, benefiting from the security and quality of life in the Kurdish capital.

The Koolboks website's home page on Feb. 19, 2025, offers the company's solar-powered freezer. Koolboks also produces refrigerators and other cooling devices.

FILE - Afghanistan's minister for refugees Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani, center, looks on as he arrives to inspect a refugee camp near the Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border in Nangarhar province on Nov. 2, 2023.

FILE - Members of the MS-13 cartel wait to board a bus to be transferred from the Chalatenango penitentiary, in Chalatenango, El Salvador, Dec. 27, 2019.

Candles with the pictures of Pope Francis are seen outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Feb. 19, 2025, where the pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14. FILE - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrives at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Feb. 17, 2025. A group of children from a primary school pray for Pope Francis in front of the statue Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Feb. 19, 2025. Faithful pray for Pope Francis' health during a Mass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Feb. 18, 2025.

A Chinese coast guard ship moves through seas within the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone on Jan. 13, 2025. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP) FILE - A Philippine navy helicopter takes off after a military exercise on Nov. 6, 2024, off Loaita island, locally called Kota island, in the disputed South China Sea, Philippines.

Head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Andriy Yermak meets with U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg, in Kyiv, Feb. 19, 2025. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gives a press conference in Kyiv on Feb. 19, 2025.

FILE - A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China, July 16, 2011.

A room is seen at Tavaksay colony, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Dec. 22, 2019. (Navbahor Imamova/VOA)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, White House National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, right and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff are seen after meeting with Russian officials, at Diriyah Palace, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 18, 2025.

North Korean defectors stage a rally denouncing the deportation of North Korean fishermen in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 12, 2019. The sign reads: "Apologize for the government of Moon Jae-in who deported the defectors."

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 17, 2025.

FILE - A nurse prepares the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York, April 5, 2019. A measles outbreak in west Texas has infected 48 people, according to official state data released on Feb. 14, 2025.

FILE - An interior view shows a pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium near the city of Atyrau, Kazakhstan, Oct. 12, 2017. A Ukrainian drone damaged a CPC pumping station in southern Russia, reducing oil flows by 30%-40%, Russian officials said.

Acting head of the Constitutional Court Moon Hyung-bae and other judges arrive for the impeachment trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Feb.18, 2025. Seok Dong-hyeon, a lawyer for South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for the impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Feb.18, 2025.

Map showing location of White Nile state, Sudan.

Health workers prepare to administer vaccines against the Sudan strain of Ebola, during a trial at Mulago Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, Feb. 3, 2025.

An undated photo released by the family of Craig and Lindsay Foreman through Britain's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London on Feb. 15, 2025, shows the couple at an unknown location. The UK government on Saturday named the two detained in Iran as the Foremans.

Bankole Adeoye, center, AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, explains the African Union's position on conflicts on the continent during a press conference at the 38th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Feb. 16, 2025.

Workers clean pavilion seats on the eve of the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and New Zealand at National Stadium in Karachi on Feb. 18, 2025. Pakistan's Babar Azam attends a practice session at National Stadium in Karachi on Feb. 16, 2025, ahead of his team's Champions Trophy cricket match against New Zealand. A Pakistani police commando stands guard outside the National Stadium in Karachi on Feb. 17, 2025. The International Cricket Council Champions Trophy begins on Feb. 19. Workers install a screen at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium ahead of the International Cricket Council Champions Trophy matches in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Feb. 17, 2025.

FILE - Pope Francis presides over a mass for the jubilee of the armed forces in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Feb. 9, 2025.

Vietnam's President Luong Cuong, Vietnam's communist party general secretary To Lam, Vietnam's PM Pham Minh Chinh and others attend the National Assembly's extraordinary session opening in Hanoi, Feb. 12, 2025.

Reporters stand in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Feb. 18, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

An Israeli army Merkava main battle tank is deployed by the concrete border wall at a position along Israel's northern border with Lebanon on Feb. 18, 2025.

FILE - A Philippines Navy ship is anchored before a multilateral naval exercise at Denpasar, in Indonesia's Bali island on Feb. 15, 2025. The Philippines has detected foreign attempts to access intelligence data.