A photo provided by the FBI in October 2023 shows former CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond, who pleaded guilty that year to drugging, filming and sexually assaulting dozens of women across multiple countries over a 14-year period. AP/FBI hide caption
Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien speaks during a rally with workers and union members as part of an "Amazon Teamsters Day of Solidarity" on August 29, 2024 in Long Beach, California. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
TikToks by passengers on the Ultimate World Cruise — screenshot by NPR — capture the highs and lows of the nine-month journey, which ended last week. @drjennytravels/@anthonyantoine1021/@brooklyntravelstheworld hide caption
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez waves to supporters during a political event at a square in the Hatillo municipality of Caracas, Venezuela, June 19, 2024. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption
A fire burns on a hillside near Sever do Vouga, a town in northern Portugal that has been surrounded by forest fires, on Tuesday. Bruno Fonseca/AP hide caption
Smoke billows from a house in Baalbek in east Lebanon after a reported explosion of a radio device, on September 18. -/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Paramilitary soldiers stand guard as people queue up to vote during the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election, in Kishtwar, India, on Wednesday. Channi Anand/AP hide caption
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
An ambulance believed to be carrying wounded people — after multiple explosions were heard during the funeral of four Hezbollah fighters who were killed Tuesday after their pagers exploded — drives down a street in a southern suburb of Beirut on Wednesday. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
A customer browses titles at JF Books on September 17, 2024. Maansi Srivastava for NPR hide caption
Colorful Tupperware products are displayed at a selling party in California. Garrett Cheen/AP hide caption
Lael Wilcox arrived at the finish of her around-the-world bike ride in Chicago on Sept. 11. She rode more than 18,000 miles. Rugile Kaladyte hide caption
Moo Deng, a 2-month-old female pygmy hippo who has recently become a viral internet sensation, stands next to her mother Jona, 25, at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand, on Sunday. Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gold Apollo's offices in northern Taiwan. Emily Feng/NPR hide caption