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Tuesday

A TV screen shows a file image of Ri Il Kyu, a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba, during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday. South Korea's spy agency said Ri has fled to South Korea, the latest in a series of defections by members of the North's ruling elite in recent years. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption

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Wednesday

Police carry a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber Bill Stampfl on Huascaran mountain in Huaraz, Peru, on Friday. Peruvian authorities said they found the mummified body of Stampfl, who died 22 years ago along with two other American climbers after they were trapped in an avalanche while trying to climb Peru's highest peak. Peruvian National Police/AP hide caption

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Gabriel Medina, from Brazil, competes during the ISA World Surfing Games, qualifier for Paris 2024 Olympic Games at La Marginal beach in Arecibo, Puerto Rico on Feb. 24. Alejandro Granadillo/AP hide caption

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Brazil's Beloved Olympic Surfers

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Wednesday

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, during his interview with NPR in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Cheriss May for NPR hide caption

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Haiti's Interim Prime Minister Shares A Hopeful Vision

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Elections are happening all over the world. Aurelien Morissard/ Pool via AP; Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images; Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption

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It's the biggest election year in modern history. Will democracy prevail?

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Portrait of the new Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, during his interview with NPR at the Washington Hilton Hotel, in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Cheriss May for NPR hide caption

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The challenges ahead for interim Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille are enormous

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Tuesday

A server ladles soup into a container as children line up to receive food at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in March 2024. Gang violence in Haiti has displaced over 300,000 children since March, according to a new report from the U.N. children's agency released late Tuesday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption

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Monday

Hurricane Beryl loomed toward St. Vincent — and grew in power — as it brought threats of catastrophic winds and dangerous storm surges to the Windward Islands. The storm is seen here in a satellite image just after sunrise on Monday. NOAA/NESDIS/STAR GOES-East hide caption

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A soldier gestures for journalists to leave Plaza Murillo as soldiers gather outside the presidential palace in Plaza Murillo in La Paz, Bolivia, on Wednesday. Bolivian President Luis Arce warned that an “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital, raising concerns that a potential coup was underway. Juan Karita/AP hide caption

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Godfrey Otunge, commander of the Kenyan police in Haiti, attends a ceremony during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, to the base of the newly arrived Kenyan police force at their base in the Clercine neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on June 26. Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on June 25 on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs. Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Supporters of President Luis Arce chase soldiers as they flee from Plaza Murillo, after a failed coup attempt in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, June 26, 2024. Juan Karita/AP hide caption

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Sunday

At a one-day workshop run by the Care School for Men in Bogotá, Colombia, male medical students at Sanitas University learn how to cradle a baby. This class of participants consists of medical students, but the usual enrollees are dads of all types. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption

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