Georgia's ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in the defendant's box for one of his court hearings at the city court of Tbilisi on Nov. 29, 2021. Irakli Gedenidze/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual state of the nation address in Moscow on Thursday. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
New York state prosecutors are trying to stop JBS from making "fraudulent and illegal" marketing claims about its climate efforts. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images hide caption
Palestinians inspect the rubble of destroyed buildings after an Israeli airstrike at the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza on Thursday. Adel Hana/AP hide caption
Relatives of Amal Hassan al-Durr, a 5-year-old girl, lay her body to rest at the cemetery in Majdal Zoun, southern Lebanon, on Feb. 22. She lost her life during an Israeli attack. In recent weeks, Israel has intensified its airstrikes, penetrating deeper into Lebanon. Diego Ibarra Sánchez for NPR hide caption
A rehearsal of Émigré by the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center's David Geffen Hall on Wednesday. Adam Crane/Courtesy of the New York Philharmonic hide caption
The Oscar-nominated documentary Four Daughters blends truth and fiction with rare transparency — you won't see another film like it. Kino Lorber hide caption
Palestinians pray over bodies of people killed in an Israeli bombardment, brought from the Shifa hospital, before burying them in a mass grave in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Nov. 22. Mohammed Dahman/AP hide caption
Left: NPR producer Anas Baba reports in Rafah, southern Gaza, after an Israeli strike hit the area on Oct. 17, 2023. Right: NPR's Jerusalem correspondent Daniel Estrin reports in Sderot, Israel on Oct. 11, 2023. Anas Baba/NPR and Tanya Habjouqa for NPR hide caption
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Speaker of Ghana Parliament Alban Sumana Bagbin speaks at the Parliament House in Accra, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. Ghana's parliament passed a highly controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill on Wednesday that could send some people to prison for more than a decade. Misper Apawu/AP hide caption
Ibrahim Hassouna, known by his nickname Kazanova, stands in the graveyard in Rafah, Gaza, where he buried his parents, brother and other family members killed Feb. 12 by Israeli airstrikes. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un walks to a meeting with then-President Donald Trump in the Demilitarized Zone that straddles the Koreas on June 30, 2019. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Inside a cafe in the Al Ama'ari refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, men huddle around a wooden stove for warmth in front of a large mural of photographs from 1948, when many Palestinians were forcibly displaced from their homes. Ayman Oghanna for NPR hide caption
The Palestinian Authority is promising change. Many Palestinians say it's not enough
From left: Rosa Tsay Jacobs, Jocelyn Chung and Michelle Kuo in Taipei in January. All three moved to Taiwan after having lived and grown up in the United States. An Rong Xu for NPR hide caption