Daily Scene in the Louvre, a 1911 cartoon by Samuel Ehrhart, shows patrons blatantly stealing works from the museum after an inventory at the time found that over 300 canvases were missing. Universal History Archive/Getty Images hide caption
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Smoke billows following an Israeli strike that targeted a building in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Oct. 19. Gaza's civil defence agency said a series of Israeli air strikes on October 19 killed at least 11 people across the territory, as Israel and Hamas traded blame for violating a ceasefire. Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Presidential candidate Rodrigo Paz waves to supporters after preliminary results showed him leading in the presidential runoff election in La Paz, Bolivia on Sunday. Natacha Pisarenko/AP hide caption
Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro display a Palestinian flag as he addresses a rally in Ibague, Colombia, Oct. 3, 2025. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption
Hamas members search underground for the bodies of Israeli hostages in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, on Sunday. Also on Sunday, Israel said it traded attacks with Hamas in the Rafah area, threatening the fragile ceasefire. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
A basket lift used by thieves is seen at the Louvre Museum on Sunday in Paris. Alexander Turnbull/AP hide caption
President Trump speaks to reporters after arriving on Air Force One, Friday, at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Wrexham co-owners Ryan Reynolds (from right), his wife Blake Lively and Rob McElhenney pose with fans before the English League One soccer match between Wrexham and Charlton Athletic at the Racecourse ground in Wrexham, Wales, on April 26, 2025. Jon Super/AP hide caption
Why are so many rich Americans investing in British soccer teams?
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, sits before a meeting with President Donald Trump, from right, Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Oscar Wilde's library card was reissued 130 years after his original was revoked for, 'gross indecency,' by the British Library. The date of Wilde's death, 30 November 1900, has been used as the new card's expiry date. The British Library Board hide caption
Prince Andrew, Windsor Castle on April 20, 2025 in Windsor, England. Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky take part in a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 18. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Bolton Indicted, Trump and Zelenskyy Meeting, Rebuilding Gaza
FILE - Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama stands before reporters prior to his statement of war remorse at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Aug. 15, 1995. Naokazu Oinuma/AP hide caption
President Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Aug. 18 for a bilateral meeting and later an expanded meeting with European leaders to discuss a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
In this undated photo provided by Saffrine Duggan her husband Daniel Duggan poses for a photo at an unknown location in Australia. Saffrine Duggan/Saffrine Duggan via AP hide caption
At a press conference in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Trump acknowledged that he had authorized the CIA to go into Venezuela. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Trump threatens a Venezuela escalation and Pentagon press walk out
More than 150 migrants sit on the pier after arriving aboard two boats at the port of Los Cristianos, in Tenerife, on October 23, 2023. DESIREE MARTIN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Hamas militants stand guard in Gaza on Wednesday. Hamas police and other armed Hamas members have returned to the streets of Gaza since a ceasefire was announced last week. The plan calls for Hamas to disarm and for newly trained police to take over in Gaza, but it's not clear when that might happen. Abood Abusalama/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Venezuela Escalation, Shutdown Layoffs Paused, Military Pay
President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Oval Office at the White House, on Wednesday in Washington. John McDonnell/AP hide caption
A vendor sells sugarcane next to the entrance of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, after the organization announced the facility's closure due to ongoing violence. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
Trucks carrying aid wait at the border crossing for entry into the Gaza Strip on October 12, 2025 in Rafah, Egypt. This week's ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has brought an end to the two years of war that followed the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, allowing aid groups to increase delivery of humanitarian relief. Ali Moustafa/Getty Images hide caption
The fighting in Gaza has stopped. But dire conditions persist.
Loved ones celebrate the life of August Balojin Banjoko in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ibadan. Banjoko is the grandfather of NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu. Emmanuel Akinwotu/NPR hide caption
An Adored Grandfather’s Funeral Exposes Painful Realities of a Beloved Country
