King Charles III reads the King's Speech in July 2024 as Queen Camilla sits beside him during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords in London. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
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A Russian flag flies over the Russian Central Bank headquarters in Moscow. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Four years in, war in Ukraine grinds on. Is that what Russians want?
A war propaganda poster says "For a world without Nazism" in the town of Yefremov, Russia Charles Maynes/NPR hide caption
Demonstrators in Barcelona, Spain, hold photographs of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the killed Iranian supreme leader during a protest on Wednesday against U.S. and Israeli military attacks in Iran. AP hide caption
Iranian nationals arrive in Turkey after passing through the Razi-Kapiköy border crossing in Van, northeastern Turkey, on Tuesday, a day after Turkey and Iran mutually suspended day-trip crossings at their border as Israeli-U.S. strikes continued to pound the Islamic Republic. Ali Ihsan Ozturk/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A view of the arena in Verona, Italy, where the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Paralympics takes place on March 6. The Paralympic Games are being overshadowed by military conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
Nelia Stepanivna Thomashevska, an 80-year-old resident of Kyiv, Ukraine, waves from her kitchen window. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
The Sunrise cheerleading team from Kharkiv, Ukraine, competes in the Ukraine Cheer Cup competition in the capital, Kyiv, on Dec. 13, 2025. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption
Amidst ongoing war, Ukrainian grandmothers are finding joy in cheerleading
In this photo provided by Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier smokes a cigarette at his position on the frontline in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine's 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP hide caption
Laurence des Cars, director of the Louvre Museum, is photographed before a hearing of the Senate culture committee, three days after jewels were stolen in a daring daylight heist, in Paris, Oct. 22, 2025. Emma Da Silva/AP hide caption
A woman with a bouquet of flowers walks past a high-rise residential building heavily damaged by a Russian drone strike in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 25, 2025. Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images hide caption
FILE - U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Kushner gives a news conference marking the 250th birthday of the U.S. in 2026, in Paris, Dec. 4, 2025. Christophe Ena/AP hide caption
Former U.K. Ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson drives away from his residence in central London on Feb. 14. Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Outreach team members of an International Rescue Committee (IRC), an international humanitarian group, stand outside Milano Centrale railway station at night. The station remains a critical hub for migrants and homeless individuals seeking temporary refuge from the winter cold. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption
Milan pushes back against the prime minister's immigration policies
Sgt. Mykhailo "Misha" Varvarych, commander of Ukraine's 80th Airborne Assault Brigade, delights in the ocean waters of Daytona Beach, Fla., on Jan. 28, 2023. For Varvarych, an amputee who received treatment and prosthetics in the United States, to live with joy and hope has become a weapon against war. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
Northern Lights over the Church of Our Saviour in Nuuk, Greenland, Saturday Feb. 21, 2026. Bo Amstrup/AP hide caption
A journalist looks at Friday's newspaper front pages in London after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Ali Akbar sells newspapers in the Latin Quarter in Paris in September 2025. The Pakistani-born 73-year-old is believed to be the last remaining newspaper vendor in the French capital, and was awarded a knighthood by France's President Emmanuel Macron last month. GUILLAUME BAPTISTE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The last newspaper hawker in Paris honored with knighthood
Protesters hold placards at a small demonstration held by Ukrainians, Russians and Kenyans against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in front of the Russian Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, on Feb. 26, 2022. AP hide caption
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
Former Prince Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office: reports
Investigators examine a rail line damaged in an explosion in Mika, Poland, on Nov. 17, 2025. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the explosion, which damaged a railway line to its close ally Ukraine, was an "act of sabotage." Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers a key note speech at the 62nd Munich Security Conference, on Feb. 14 in Munich, Germany. Johannes Simon/Getty Images hide caption
Munich conference ends with Europe looking for a future less dependent on the U.S.
Peter Mandelson was fired last year from his position as Britain's ambassador to the U.S. and resigned from the UK Labour Party earlier this month, over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
FILE - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption