A street stall sells towels of presidential candidates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonaro on Sept. 25 in São Paulo, Brazil. Gustavo Minas/Getty Images hide caption
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Supporters of Capt. Ibrahim Traore cheer with Russian flags in the streets of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Sunday. Burkina Faso's new junta leadership is calling for calm after the French Embassy and other buildings were attacked. Kilayé Bationo/AP hide caption
A security guard and an unidentified man look at an area where several people were killed as they were caught in a surging crowd entering Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum for a concert by The Who on Dec. 3, 1979. Brian Horton/AP hide caption
Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican on Sunday. He has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin, imploring him to "stop this spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine. The pontiff also called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "be open" to serious peace proposals. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
A relative mourns near the body of one of victims of a road accident in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Oct.2, 2022. A farm tractor pulling a wagon loaded with people overturned and fell into a pond in Kanpur city's Ghatampur area Saturday night killing 26 people, most of them women and children. AP hide caption
Composers (clockwise from upper left): Antonio Sanchez, Germaine Franco, Camilo Lara, Lalo Schifrin, Maria Grever, Gustavo Santaolalla and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Mike Gallegos for NPR hide caption
An electoral worker installs an electronic voting machine during the assembly of a polling station at a school in preparation for the general election, in Brasilia, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Brazilians head to polls on Oct. 2 to elect a president, vice president, governors and senators. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption
People examine the damage following a soccer match stampede at the Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. Hendra Permana/AP hide caption
Asher and David Cherkaskyi, Ukrainian Orthodox Jews who are father and son and have both been on the front lines in Ukraine's fight against Russian occupation, in Dnipro in July. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
Jewish Ukrainian father and son soldiers mark holy days under cloud of Russia's war
Former professional wrestler Antonio Inoki shouts at a press conference in Tokyo on August 21, 2014. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This undated photo shows oil executives Jose Angel Pereira, from left to right, Gustavo Cardenas, Jorge Toledo, Jose Luis Zambrano, Tomeu Vadell and Alirio Jose Zambrano in Caracas, Venezuela. The five men were among the seven Americans released by Venezuela as part of a swap with the U.S. government. Posted on Twitter by Jorge Arreaza/Venezuela's Foreign Ministry via AP hide caption
Artillery craters are seen in the field from an aerial view in the recently liberated area of Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on Friday. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption
In this image from video broadcast by RTB state television, coup spokesman Capt. Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho reads a statement in a studio in Ougadougou, Burkina Faso, on Friday evening. RTB via AP hide caption
A large fire in a recently deforested area of the Amazon rainforest along Highway BR-319 in the state of Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 25. Bruno Kelly for NPR hide caption
Brazil's election could determine the fate of the Amazon after record deforestation
A view of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant and the Dnipro river on the other side of Nikopol, Ukraine, on Aug, 22, 2022. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption
Tourists by the boulevard at a Black Sea resort in Odesa, Ukraine, on Sept. 3. Tourists are not allowed to enter the public beach due to the presence of land mines and other explosives. Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
With Ukraine at war, officials hope to bring tourism back to areas away from fighting
A TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file imagery, is seen at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
In Moscow on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen on a screen set at Red Square as he addresses a rally and a concert marking the annexation of four regions of Ukraine. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russia's Illegal Annexation Ushers In A Dangerous New Phase Of The War
The United States' Brionna Jones (center) is fouled by Canada's Bridget Carleton, (right) during their semifinal game at the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney on Friday. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption
People in Bacuranao, Cuba, protest on Friday, asking for the restoration of the electrical service that collapsed due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
Wild boar Frieda eats next to a cow Thursday in a pasture in Holzminden, Germany. Julian Stratenschulte/AP hide caption
The two front-runners in Brazil's presidential elections in the final days of campaigning. Left: President Jair Bolsonaro in Santos on Wednesday. Right: Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in São Paulo on Monday. Left: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images; Right: Andre Penner/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during a ceremony formally annexing four regions of Ukraine Russian troops occupy, at the Kremlin in Moscow on Friday. Gavriil Grigorov/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monica Medina, assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs is pictured on Sept. 20 in New York City. She will take on additional responsibilities as an envoy on biodiversity and water resources. Monica Schipper/Getty Images for WWF Internation hide caption