Fireworks explode next to the Arc de Triomphe with "2023" projected on the building, at the Avenue des Champs-Elysees during New Year celebrations in Paris. Julien De Rosa/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Pope Benedict XVI greets the crowd gathered in St Mark's Square while crossing the square on an electric car in 2011 in Venice, Italy. Marco Secchi/Getty Images hide caption
Sebastian Fernandez rests as artist César "Yeyo" Molina tattoos his leg with an image of soccer player Lionel Messi kissing the World Cup trophy, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Dec. 29, 2022. Victor R. Caivano/AP hide caption
People gather at the bottom of a hotel, which has been partially destroyed by a Russian strike in the center of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Shoppers walk through a reopened shopping mall after authorities started easing some of the anti-virus controls in Beijing on Dec. 6, 2022. Chinese manufacturing weakened for a third consecutive month in December, in the biggest drop since early 2020, as the country battles a nationwide COVID-19 surge after suddenly easing its anti-epidemic measures. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Sgt. Mykhailo (Misha) Varvarych, 28, and his fiance, Iryna (Ira) Botvynska, 19, take part in a therapeutic swimming activity at Moldova pool in Truskavets, Ukraine. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
He lost his legs fighting for Ukraine. But this story is about love through adversity
An asylum-seeking migrant woman from Peru in a wheelchair is escorted through the border wall to be processed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States in El Paso, Texas, on Dec. 21. Jim Urquhart for NPR hide caption
A boy works in a coal mine north of Kabul. Afghanistan's state-run coal industry is going strong in an otherwise shattered economy. Many underage workers are the ones who are extracting the coal. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Police officers detain demonstrators in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sept. 21, following calls to protest against the partial mobilization announced by President Vladimir Putin. Putin called on Russian military reservists, saying his promise to use all military means in Ukraine was "no bluff," and hinting that Moscow was prepared to use nuclear weapons. Olga Maltseva/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Benedict XVI greets a crowd in Venice's St. Mark's Square in 2011. Marco Secchi/Getty Images hide caption
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's rocket with the test satellite during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
Friday
Antonio da Paz (left) and Renato Souza stand in front of the Albert Einstein Hospital holding memorabilia honoring Brazilian soccer star Pelé, in Sao Paulo on Friday. Marcelo Chello/AP hide caption
Cristiano Ronaldo smiles before the start of Manchester United's match against Sheriff at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, on Oct. 27. Jon Super/AP hide caption
From left, former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and former British Prime Minister Theresa May attend the Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, on Nov. 13. Chris Jackson/AP hide caption
Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate are escorted by police officers outside the headquarters of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism in Bucharest, Romania, on Thursday. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/Reuters hide caption