A man walks next to a silhouetted Israeli soldier holding a rifle and posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, at Dizengoff Square, in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 5, 2024. A Palestinian child transporting pieces of wood walks past a building destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on May 3, 2024.
China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave upon their arrival for an official two-day state visit at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024. France's Prime Minister Gabriel Attal (L) greets China's President Xi Jinping upon his arrival for an official two-day state visit, at Orly airport, south of Paris on May 5, 2024.
FILE - Kyrgyzstan's President Sadyr Japarov, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a welcome ceremony prior to their talks in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Oct. 12, 2023. FILE - Kyrgyz male labor migrants wait to leave to work in Russia at the office of a company organizing passenger transportation to Russia in Bishkek, Oct. 17, 2023. A secondary school in Bishkek which is financed by Russian Gasprom, April 24, 2024. The school is one of the elitist educational institutions in Kyrgyzstan.
FILE - Chinese rapper Shixin Wenyue performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province, March 16, 2024. FILE - Chinese rapper Boss X performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province, March 16, 2024. FILE - Chinese rapper Boss X performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province, March 16, 2024.
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses members of the Defense Ministry, the National Guard, the Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service and the Federal Guard Service at the Kremlin, in Moscow on June 27, 2023. Graves of Russian servicemen killed in Ukraine in a cemetery in Russia’s Volgograd region on March 30, 2024.
A woman reacts as members of the Kenya Defense Forces search for the bodies of missing people after flash floods wiped out several homes following heavy rains in Kamuchiri village of Mai Mahiu, Kenya, on May 1, 2024. Schoolchildren are stranded on a damaged River Zingiziwa bridge in Dar Esalaam, Tanzania, on April 25, 2024. Flooding in Tanzania caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed at least 150 people as of May 4, 2024, and affected hundreds of thousands more.
An Iranian woman weaves a carpet at a workshop in the city of Kashan, Iran, about 245 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran, April 30, 2024. Iranian carpet shop owner Ali Faez works at his shop at the traditional bazaar of the city of Kashan, Iran, about 245 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran, April 30, 2024. Batches of freshly dyed thread for handwoven carpets dry in the sun at a workshop at the traditional bazaar of the city of Kashan, Iran, about 245 kilometers south of the capital, Tehran, April 30, 2024.
Holocaust survivor Herbert Rubinstein talks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 25, 2024. Holocaust survivor Herbert Rubinstein shows pictures of him with his parents during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 25, 2024.
Palestinian medics evacuate wounded children during an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip by ambulance to a hospital in Rafah early May 4, 2024. Grooms celebrate during a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The Olympic flag flies during the Olympic flame handover ceremony, April 26, 2024, in Athens, at Panathenaic stadium, where the first modern games were held in 1896. Greek Olympic medalist Ioannis Fountoulis lights the caldron with the Olympic Flame during the Olympic flame handover ceremony at Panathenaic stadium, where the first modern games were held in 1896, in Athens, April 26, 2024.
Serhii Gadarzhi, left, who lost his wife and son in a drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, center, and Pavlo Unguryan, a former Ukraine member of parliament. In order to help build support for U.S. aid to Ukraine, the advocacy group Razom for Ukraine placed six billboards in Louisiana, including one in front of the church that House Speaker Mike Johnson attends in Shreveport. U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after signing the foreign aid bill at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 2024.
FILE - In a sign of protest against the police using force against the media, press photographers wear protective gear during a police media conference in Hong Kong, Sept. 9, 2019. Once a model for press freedom in the Asia region, Hong Kong's ranking has plummeted. FILE - Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai pauses during an interview in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020.
Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox worshippers leave the chapel basement after attending a service at the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024. Christian Orthodox priest Hennadii Kharkivskyi leads a service at the chapel basement of the Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Lypivka near Lviv, Ukraine, April 28, 2024.
FILE - Success Masra, center, gestures as he arrives for a meeting of the Chadian political party Succes Masra (C) gestures as he arrives for a meeting of the Chadian political party The Transformers, in N'Djamena, March 10, 2024. FILE - Chadian interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby speaks during the launch of his presidential campaign ahead of the May elections in N'Djamena, Chad, April 14, 2024. FILE - Chadian opposition leader Succes Masra (C) waves while arriving to a polling station to cast his vote during the constitutional referendum in N'Djamena, on Dec. 17, 2023.