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A soldier in green camouflage uniform stands beside a large military tank, holding a rifle and examining its exterior in a dusty environment.
US-Israel-Iran War
Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon
Rescue workers in high-visibility vests stand near a large crater caused by a missile strike in front of a heavily damaged building, with construction equipment nearby.
US-Israel-Iran War
Trump says Iran war could last weeks, Iran strikes US bases across region
Large plumes of dark smoke rise above a cityscape, partially obscuring buildings against a gray sky, indicating a fire or explosion in an urban area.
US-Israel-Iran War
War widens as Israeli and US planes pound Iran, and Tehran and its proxies hit back
Environment
People use garden tools to protect millions of migrating red crabs on Christmas Island
Conflict & Justice
Israel strikes Iran’s nuclear sites and kills its top generals. Iran vows ‘severe’ retaliation
Religion
Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard, in the town of Hawara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, Feb. 27, 2023.
Conflict & Justice
Israel beefs up troops after unprecedented settler rampage
Zehra Kurukafa walks past a destroyed house in the village of Polat, Turkey, Feb. 12, 2023.
Natural disasters
Turkey earthquake survivors face despair, as rescues wane
People and rescue teams try to reach trapped residents inside collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023.
Natural disasters
Powerful quake rocks Turkey and Syria, kills more than 2,300
Security officials and rescue workers gather at the site of suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan
Violence
Suicide bomber kills 34, wounds 150 at mosque in NW Pakistan
Shopkeepers and workers wait for electric power at a market following a power breakdown across the country, in Lahore, Pakistan, Jan. 23, 2023.
Economics
Lights out in Pakistan as energy-saving move backfires
Rescuers scour the crash site in the wreckage of a passenger plane in Pokhara, Nepal, Jan.16, 2023.
Community
Flight data, voice recorders retrieved from Nepal crash site
Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with the police after they stormed the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023.
Protest
Brazil authorities seek to punish pro-Bolsonaro rioters
Smoke rises from a hotel building after an explosions and gunfire in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2022.
Afghanistan
Taliban: Assailants attack hotel in Afghan capital Kabul
Sudanese demonstrators attend a rally to demand the return to civilian rule a year after a military coup, Khartoum, Sudan
Conflict
Sudanese generals, pro-democracy group sign framework deal
A giant inflatable copy of the trophy is displayed prior to the start of the World Cup group A soccer match between Qatar and Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor, Qatar, Nov. 20, 2022.
Sports
Qatar opens World Cup with lavish half-hour ceremony
People put flowers over a memorial placed on the spot of Sunday's explosion on Istanbul's popular pedestrian Istiklal Avenue in Istanbul, Nov. 14, 2022.
Violence
Turkey detains Syrian suspect in deadly Istanbul bombing
Sameh Shoukry, president of the COP27 climate summit, left, speaks during an opening session at the COP27 UN Climate Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
Climate Change
COP27: UN chief tells climate summit, Cooperate or perish
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva celebrates with his wife Rosangela Silvaand running mate Geraldo Alckmin after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a presidential run-off to become the country's next president, in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Elections
Brazil’s Lula to reclaim presidency after beating Bolsonaro
Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak leaves his home in London
Leaders
Rishi Sunak to become Britain’s next prime minister
Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss addresses the media at 10 Downing Street in London
Leaders
UK’s Liz Truss quits after turmoil obliterated her authority
aerial image
Satellite photos show damage at Iran prison amid protests
Firefighters and police officers work on a site where an explosion created a crater on the street after a Russian attack in Dnipro, Ukraine
Ukraine
Russia blasts Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities in deadly strikes
A Venezuelan cargo truck adorned with Venezuelan flags and balloons crosses the Simon Bolivar International Bridge during a ceremony to mark the bridge's reopening to cargo trucks between Cucuta, Colombia, and San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela
Economics
Colombia and Venezuela reopen shared border after years of closure
Players and officials of the soccer club Arema FC pray outside the Kanjuruhan Stadium where many fans lost their lives in a stampede Saturday night in Malang, Indonesia
Police
Indonesian police probe tear gas firing at soccer match
Far-Right party Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni shows a placard reading in Italian "Thank you Italy" at her party's electoral headquarters in Rome
Elections
Italy shifts to the right as voters reward Meloni’s party
coffin at front of church with crowd in attendance
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice, Maidenhead, England July 15, 2022.
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s monarch for 70 years, dies
Liz Truss arrives at Conservative Central Office in Westminster after winning the Conservative Party leadership contest in London
Leaders
Liz Truss becomes Britain’s new prime minister
A woman fans her child as displaced families take refuge at a relief camp in Dadu district of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan
Environment
International aid reaches flood-ravaged Pakistan
man at podium
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan
Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the US Embassy, Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount
Palestinians inspect their house which was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Aug. 8, 2022. 
As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts
The bulk carrier Razoni starts its way from the port in Odesa, Ukraine
Ukraine
1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
Pope Francis meets the Canadian Indigenous people as he arrives at Edmonton's International airport, Canada
Justice
Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada
fire consuming trees
Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain
This combo of images released by NASA shows a side-by-side comparison of observations of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light, at left, and mid-infrared light, at right, from the Webb Telescope
Science & Technology
New images from NASA telescope give a never-before-seen look into the cosmos
People stand holding a national flag at President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Protest
Sri Lanka in political vacuum as talks go on amid crisis
Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media as he arrives at the prime minister's office for a cabinet meeting in Tokyo, Japan
Obituary
Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech
A building is inundated with water on the far side of the Windsor Bridge at Windsor on the outskirts of Sydney, Australia
Natural disasters
Sydney floods burden 50,000 around Australia’s largest city
A general view of a G7 leaders meeting with outreach guests as part of the working session of the G7 leaders summit, Kruen, Germany
Global Politics
NATO to boost reaction force, Ukraine support
The Supreme Court in Washington
Abortion
Abortion ruling exposes deep chasm over the issue in the US
Former rebel Gustavo Petro, his wife Veronica Alcocer and his running mate Francia Marquez celebrate before supporters after winning a runoff presidential election in Bogota, Colombia
Elections
Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest
A motorcyclists watches as an employee of a fuel stationin fills petrol, in Mumbai, India
Energy
India, China growing markets for shunned Russian oil
A view of the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Nigeria, after gunmen opened fire and detonated explosives
Violence
Gunmen at Nigeria church shot from both inside and outside
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban arrives for the an extraordinary meeting of EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, energy and food security in Brussels
Energy
Hungary’s Orban wins exemption in EU Russian oil embargo
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, center, is escorted from his plane on his arrival in Honiara, Solomon Islands
Global Politics
China’s foreign minister starts Pacific tour in the Solomons
Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, center back, celebrates with his partner partner Jodie Haydon, right, and Labor senate leader partner Penny Wong at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia
Elections
Albanese sworn in as PM in Australia ahead of Tokyo summit
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson talks during the parliamentary debate on the Swedish application for NATO membership, in Stockholm, Monday, May 16, 2022. 
Global Politics
In historic shift, Sweden will join Finland in requesting NATO membership
Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network who was shot and killed in Jenin
Violence
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, center, poses for a family photo with her party's newly elected members of the legislative assembly outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Elections
UK official presses N Ireland leaders to form new government
A construction worker walks across a mirage created on a road due to very hot weather in New Delhi, India
Environment
Heat wave sparks blackouts, questions on India’s coal usage
A man feeds a child as they arrive by bus at a reception center for displaced people in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Ukraine
First civilians leave Mariupol steel plant; hundreds remain
French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates with supporters in front of the Eiffel Tower Paris, France
Elections
To Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins, but far-right gains
Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar arrives for a meeting of the North Atlantic Council with Georgia and Ukraine at NATO headquarters in Brussels
Conflict
Turkey launches new ground, air offensive in northern Iraq
A screen shows French President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen at her election day headquarters, in Paris
Elections
French duel: Macron vs Le Pen fight for presidency
People cook on an open fire outside an apartment building which had no electricity, water or gas since the beginning of the Russian invasion in Bucha, UkraineVadim Ghirda/AP
Ukraine
Russia faces growing outrage amid new evidence of atrocities
A young man is detained by the police, a suspect in a homicide near a market in San Salvador, El Salvador
Violence
El Salvador declares state of emergency amid killings
A photographer takes pictures of the Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Energy
Saudi Arabia says it’s not responsible for high oil prices
Children and their caregivers arrive for school in New York
COVID-19
Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year