Daniel Pollack, who was appointed by a U.S. judge to oversee Argentina's debt talks, announced the settlement with some of the country's largest debt holdouts. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
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A shopper's cart at WeFood. The supermarket sells items once destined for the trash bin at a discount. Mikkel Østergaard hide caption
A car drives through a devastated part of the old city of Homs, Syria, on Friday. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
A member of the main opposition party in South Korea speaks past midnight and into Tuesday morning, marking the seventh day of a filibuster against a new surveillance bill. Screengrab by NPR hide caption
Iranian women vote in the parliamentary and Experts Assembly elections at a polling station in Qom, 78 miles south of the capital, Tehran, on Friday. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Starbucks' licensee in Italy admits it will be "a unique challenge" to push into the country's coffee market. Its new store will open in Milan early in 2017. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Otto Frederick Warmbier, 21, arrives at the People's Cultural House in Pyongyang, North Korea, where he asked forgiveness in front of the media Monday. Kim Kwang Hyon/AP hide caption
Members of Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry attend a ceremony for miners killed at the Severnaya coal mine in a town north of the Arctic Circle. Alexei Shtokal/TASS via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
Two pictures show the minaret (top) of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on April 16, 2013, and the rubble (bottom) after it was blown up on April 24, 2013. Jalal al-Halabi,Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An Iranian man and woman check the names of candidates before voting at a polling station in the holy city of Qom, about 80 miles south of the capital Tehran, on Friday. Long lines formed and voting was extended as Iranians cast ballots in an election test for President Hassan Rouhani, who hopes to curb conservative dominance after a nuclear deal with world powers. Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in his office at the Pentagon. Ariel Zambelich/NPR hide caption
Researcher Beatriz Parra Patino (right) prepares to test the blood and urine of patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome to see if they had Zika virus as well. She's been working seven days a week, up to 14 hours a day, to test samples as quickly as possible. Becky Sullivan/NPR hide caption
Garmai Sumo is a nurse featured in the documentary, Body Team 12. In one scene, she shares her religious views: "When they die, the righteous will resurrect on the day of the trumpet. But everyone remain in their grave for now." Body Team 12 hide caption
Saturday
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe eats his cake during Saturday's celebrations to mark his 92nd birthday. Mugabe appears to have no plans to step down as feuding over his successors threatens to tear Zimbabwe's ruling party apart. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP hide caption