South Korean Military take part in a drill near the Korean Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, June 18, 2020. Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Many Stories, One WorldPrince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, sat for a long talk with Oprah Winfrey. Joe Pugliese/CBS hide caption
A poster in Lausanne, Switzerland, reads "Stop extremism!" The Swiss passed a new ban on facial coverings in public in a narrow 51.2% majority vote Sunday. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters in Yangon run from police Sunday after they fire tear gas during a demonstration against the military coup. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The archbishop of Mosul, Najib Mikhael Moussa (left) waves as he stands next to Pope Francis at the start of a gathering to pray for the victims of war at the Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de facto capital of ISIS on Sunday. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
The Dalai Lama leaves the Zonal Hospital in Dharmsala, India, on Saturday after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Ashwini Bhatia/AP hide caption
Pope Francis meets with Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the city of Najaf, Iraq, on March 6, 2021. Vatican Media/AP hide caption
Bystanders flash a three-fingered sign of resistance as the body of Kyal Sin leaves the Yunnan Chinese temple in Mandalay, Myanmar earlier this week. STR/AP hide caption
A woman walks past a closed flower shop in Berlin on Thursday. A research group noted more than 1,200 new words in German inspired by the pandemic. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dilicia Mejia and her 16-year-old, Jorlene, from Honduras, showed up at a migrant shelter in Reynosa three weeks ago. They are part of the new surge of Central Americans hoping somehow they will be allowed into the U.S. under Biden's new immigration rules. John Burnett/NPR hide caption
Asylum-Seekers Are Entering The U.S. Again — But Many More Migrants Are Left Behind
Colombian President Iván Duque unveiled a program last month that will allow undocumented Venezuelan migrants to legally live and work in Colombia for up to 10 years. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Colombia Welcomes Venezuelan Refugees With Open Arms: Will The U.S. Do The Same?
Four-year-old Lois Copley-Jones, the photographer's daughter, takes part in a livestreamed broadcast of "PE With Joe" on March 23, 2020, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. The popular fitness series ended Friday. Gareth Copley/Getty Images hide caption
Women mourn the victims of a massacre allegedly perpetrated by Eritrean soldiers in the village of Dengelat, north of Mekele, the capital of Tigray. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wisdom, a mōlī or Laysan albatross, and the world's oldest known banded wild bird, hatched a new chick at Midway Atoll on Feb. 1. Jon Brack/Friends of Midway Atoll hide caption
Coca plants in the Guaviare department, Colombia. The leaves are the raw ingredient used to make cocaine. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad International Airport on Friday for the first-ever papal visit to Iraq. Vincenzo Pinto/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pro-democracy demonstrators gesture with three-fingered salutes outside West Kowloon Magistrates Courts during a hearing for opposition activists charged with violating the city's national security law in Hong Kong Thursday, March 4, 2021. All 47 of the pro-democracy activists in a Hong Kong subversion case returned to custody Thursday after a marathon hearing ended with them being denied bail. Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Beijing Prepares Hong Kong Election Laws, Further Erasing Freedoms
A health care worker in Sydney, Australia receives their COVID-19 vaccination this month. Italian authorities got the European Commission to block a shipment of 250,700 doses of vaccine destined for Australia from Europe this week. Dean Lewins/Getty Images hide caption
Kelly Clements, United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees, says that the Biden administration's promise to welcome more refugees into the U.S. sets an important tone on the international stage. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
U.N. Official: Biden Plan To Boost Refugee Resettlement 'Sends Important Signal'
Canada Post is providing prepaid postcards to 13.5 million households in the country. This is one of six designs that will arrive in mailboxes this week and next. Canada Post hide caption
How Canada Post Is Encouraging Folks To Reach Out And Write With Free Postcards
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely accused of mishandling the coronavirus in his country. Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ghana is the first country to receive a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from the global COVAX program. Above: The vaccines are unloaded at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on February 24. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption