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A woman mourns as she carries the shrouded body of a child killed following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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An Israeli army soldier walks past a main battle tank stationed at a position near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on April 30. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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How Israel's military investigates itself in cases of possible wrongdoing

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Thai activists hold a portrait of Netiporn Sanesangkhom, a member of the activist group Thaluwang outside of Criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption

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Fourteen-year-old Mohammed Abu Samur found what he thought was a bottle of perfume or deodorant. He lost his left hand below the elbow, and all the fingers on his right hand. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption

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Viewers in Tel Aviv gather to watch the joint Memorial Day ceremony honoring victims from all sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption

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Israelis and Palestinians held a joint memorial for all victims of the ongoing war

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A damaged United Nations vehicle is seen in front of a hospital in the Gaza Strip after a U.N. employee was killed in an attack on Monday. Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Flanked by union members, President Biden signs orders that increase tariffs on imports of electric vehicles and other strategic goods from China. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits the Independence Square during his visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Vladimir Shtanko/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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Blinken tells Ukraine U.S. aid will make a difference against Russia's offensive

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Protesters rally against the controversial "foreign influence" bill on Tuesday in Tbilisi, Georgia's capital. Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A local resident looks at a neighbour's house on fire after a Russian airstrike in Vovchansk, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP hide caption

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Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, speaks during an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11. Odelyn Joseph/NPR hide caption

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Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight

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Josephine Dusabimana says she rescued 12 people during the Rwandan genocide. Jacques Nkinzingabo for NPR hide caption

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As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

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A Palestinian boy sits near the rubble of a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Al-Zawayda in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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In Gaza, a hidden threat could kill Palestinians even after a cease-fire

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Socialist candidate Salvador Illa makes a toast with members of his team and party colleagues after the announcement of the results of elections to the Catalan parliament in Barcelona on Sunday. Emilio Morenatti/AP hide caption

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Graduate students and demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin protest the war in Gaza after walking out of commencement at the DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium on May 11, 2024 in Austin. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles. Stefan Kolumban hide caption

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