Israeli tourists deplane from a FlyDubai flight from Tel Aviv to Dubai, on Nov. 28. Malak Harb/AP hide caption
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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying refused Australia's request for an apology over a controversial tweet, saying on Monday, "Do they think that their merciless killing of Afghan civilians is justified but the condemnation of such ruthless brutality is not? Afghan lives matter!" Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Joe Biden meets with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Munich in 2015. Relations will no doubt be far more cordial under Biden, but Europe and the U.S. have differences that transcend the Trump administration. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption
Recovery workers are seen at New Zealand's White Island last December. A volcanic eruption on the island killed 22 people and has led to work safety charges against tour operators. New Zealand Defence Force/via Getty Images hide caption
Leopoldo Luque, the neurosurgeon of former soccer star Diego Maradona, is being investigated by Argentine prosecutors after questions over Maradona's death were raised. Javier Gonzalez Toledo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An error at the IRS caused thousands of non-Americans living overseas to mistakenly receive $1,200 stimulus checks last spring. Miami Herald/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
IRS Says Its Own Error Sent $1,200 Stimulus Checks To Non-Americans Overseas
Thousands of protesters across France hit the streets Saturday to condemn police brutality and a proposed law that would make it harder to publicize images of on-duty police officers. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
People attend a funeral for those killed by suspected Boko Haram militants in Zabarmari, Nigeria on Sunday. Officials say armed men on motorcycles reportedly killed at least 70 rice farmers and fishermen while they were harvesting crops in northern Borno state. Jossy Ola/AP hide caption
Canadian Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, pictured in 2016, announced a new rule in response to a U.S. plan to import drugs from Canada. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Philippine Survivor Recounts Her Struggle As A 'Comfort Woman' For Wartime Japan
Saturday
Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., becomes a cardinal during a ceremony Saturday known as a consistory in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Pope Francis cautioned new cardinals never to lose their connection to the people. Fabio Frustaci/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Iranian protesters burn images of President Trump and President-elect Joe Biden during a rally Saturday in Tehran. Iranian leaders have blamed Israel and its close ally, the U.S., for the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist. Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen here on Oct. 29, told Germans this week, "We're in for a tough winter." New cases of the coronavirus have been hovering at about 20,000 per day recently. Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Kaavan, pictured Friday in Islamabad, will be transported to a sanctuary in Cambodia on Sunday. Anjum Naveed/AP hide caption
This video grab taken on Thursday from an AFP video shows CCTV camera footage, widely distributed on social networks, shows producer Michel Zecler being beaten up by police officers at the entrance of a music studio in the 17th arrondissement of Paris on Nov. 21. AFP via Getty Images hide caption