A first-grader's drawing in the courtyard of Lyceum No 153 in Kyiv, Ukraine, a school damaged this summer after a Russian missile hit a children's hospital across the street. Joanna Kakissis/NPR hide caption
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Gisele Pelicot, left, arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Helena Soholm holds up the five directional flags of Korean shamanism in Dronningmølle, Denmark. Arin Yoon hide caption
The Bela River flows past a church during floods in Mikulovice, Czech Republic, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption
An employee at the testing lab of Planet A Foods tests and processes ChoViva. Sandra Singh for NPR hide caption
Members of the United States delegation parade Sunday during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paralympics in Paris Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
Ukrainians discuss the tactics of working in small groups at the military training called "Test Week" for civilians provided by one of the most successful units of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 7. Its aim is to give civilians a sense of what they will experience if they are conscripted or decide to enlist in military service. Oksana Parafeniuk for NPR hide caption
Competition and Markets Authority, a U.K. regulator, launched an investigation into how Ticketmaster priced its tickets for the Oasis reunion tour next summer and whether the company was transparent about it ahead of time. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption
Gisèle Pélicot (left) arrives in the Avignon court house, in Avignon, southern France, on Thursday. Lewis Joly/AP hide caption
Michel Barnier speaks during a campaign rally on Feb. 13, 2022, in Paris. President Emmanuel Macron named the former EU Brexit negotiator as France's new prime minister on Thursday after more than 50 days of caretaker government. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
People wait out an air raid alarm at the Teatralna metro station during the massive Russian drone and missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 26. Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
FILE - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks during joint press conference with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 21, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
An Israeli soldier walks on a tank near the border of the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Aug. 21. Amir Levy/Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint press conference with Netherlands' Prime Minister Dick Schoof in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Monday. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption
Bjoern Hoecke top candidate in Thuringia of the far-right Alternative for Germany, AfD, party waves to supporters during an election campaign rally in Suhl, Germany, Aug. 13. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
Far-right party makes large gains in elections in 2 states in eastern Germany
Firefighters extinguish a fire after a rocket hit a building of a higher education institution in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, on Monday. Vasilisa Stepanenko/AP hide caption
Bjorn Hecke (AfD) after the publication of the first forecasts for the state election in Saxony and Thuringia, in Erfurt, Germany, on Sunday. Michael Kappeler/DPA hide caption
In a scene from the German TV series Miss Merkel, actress Katharina Thalbach, playing the amateur detective based on the former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, takes a closer look at her pug Helmut. RTL/Maor Waisburd hide caption
'Miss Merkel,' Germany's former chancellor is a crime-solving amateur detective
In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
A person walks by the Sainsbury Wing of the National Gallery, London. In Pictures Ltd./Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
For a wealthy donor to the UK’s National Gallery, vindication came decades later
In this photo taken on Aug. 4, 2024, the Ukrainian Air Force's F-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Demonstrators with signs reading "Grandmas against the far-right" protest against right-wing extremism and racism at the Deutzer Werft shipyard in Cologne, Germany, June 1. Sascha Thelen/picture alliance/dpa/Getty Images hide caption
Viktoriia Verbeniuk, a Ukrainian American, poses for a portrait during an event celebrating Ukraine's Independence Day in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 24, 2024.
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