A convoy of U.S. military vehicles, arriving from northern Iraq, drives past an oil pump jack in the countryside of Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli on Oct. 26. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Human Rights Watch says one of the deadly raids happened in the Rodat district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province in late October 2018. Residents gathered there two days later. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
The late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in an undated picture released this week by the Pentagon. Defense.gov hide caption
A police officer stares down a man and child wearing masks in the Lan Kwai Fong area of central Hong Kong. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Accused of misappropriating billions of dollars, Jho Low has reached a settlement over U.S. claims related to more than $700 million in assets. But he also says he will continue to fight the charges. The Malaysian financier is seen here in 2014. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, seen earlier this year during a diplomatic visit to Berlin, has faced massive protests recently calling for his resignation. Michele Tantussi/Getty Images hide caption
Doctors in the 1600s wore birdlike masks like these, which were thought to protect against disease. Which disease? Take the quiz and find out! Manuel Velasco/Getty Images hide caption
An anti-government protester waves Chile's flag in Santiago, on Oct. 29, 2019. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
Pakistani officials examine a train damaged by a fire in Liaquatpur, Pakistan, on Thursday. A massive fire engulfed three carriages of the train traveling in the country's eastern Punjab province. Siddique Baluch/AP hide caption
Shuri Castle, listed as a World Heritage site, goes up in flames Thursday in Naha, on the southern island of Okinawa, Japan. Kyodo/Reuters hide caption
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Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to be the new U.S. ambassador to Russia. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Facebook has agreed to pay about $643,000 to a U.K. data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
Facebook said the influence campaigns targeting people in eight African countries were connected to a Russian businessman tied to meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has declined a major environmental prize, saying that the "climate movement does not need any more awards." Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP hide caption
A U.S. military vehicle drives past an oil pump jack in the countryside of Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli. President Trump is leaving some U.S. troops in Syria, with the goal of controlling Syria's oil fields. But legal experts say exploiting the oil could amount to pillaging — a war crime. Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption