Students listen to a teacher during a lesson at Poland's Warsaw Ukrainian School, on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Adam Lach for NPR hide caption
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President Biden, Finland's President Sauli Niinisto and Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson deliver remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House on Thursday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Twitter is the latest social platform to grapple with the misinformation, propaganda and rumors that have proliferated since Russia invaded Ukraine Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
A woman walks through the Oleksiivska station in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Thousands of residents have been sheltering in the city's subway stations, but the mayor says it's safe to emerge now that Russian forces are retreating. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
A man wearing a face mask stands on a bridge over an expressway in Beijing, Thursday, May 19, 2022. Parts of Beijing on Thursday halted daily mass testing that had been conducted over the past several weeks, but many testing sites remained busy due to requirements for a negative COVID test in the last 48 hours to enter some buildings in China's capital. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Russian Army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian man during the first days of Russia's invasion in Ukraine. His case is the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly three months ago. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband
Boat captain Emosi Dawai looks at the super-yacht Amadea where it is docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka, Fiji, on April 13, 2022. The super-yacht that American authorities say is owned by a Russian oligarch previously sanctioned for alleged money laundering has been seized by law enforcement in Fiji, the U.S. Justice Department announced May 5. Leon Lord/AP hide caption
A drawing from the War Toys project and Brian McCarty's photo that interprets that image. War Toys and Brian McCarty hide caption
From left, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz speak as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, back, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listen during a NATO summit on Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Brussels on March 24, 2022. Henry Nicholls/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. President Joe Biden, second from right, meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, second from left, in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2021. Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. adviser tries to talk Mexican president out of skipping Summit of the Americas
A news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is broadcast at a train station in Seoul, South Korea this week. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
Ima hugs Shakira at a shelter provided by the Nigerians Diaspora Organization in Poland. Adam Lach for NPR hide caption
A Russian serviceman patrols the destroyed part of the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works in Ukraine's port city of Mariupol on Wednesday. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind glass during a court hearing in Kyiv on Wednesday. He went on trial in Ukraine for the killing of an unarmed civilian and pleaded guilty. It is the first time a member of the Russian military has been prosecuted for a war crime since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
A TV screen shows a news report on North Korea's missile launch with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul on May 4. North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days Kim vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal "at the fastest possible pace" and threatened to use them against rivals. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
North Korea may conduct a missile or nuclear test timed with Biden's visit to Asia
Russian army Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is seen behind glass during a court hearing in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Shishimarin pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
A mother helps her malnourished son stand after he collapsed near their hut in the village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on Thursday. A severe drought and spiking food prices are causing a humanitarian emergency in the Horn of Africa. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
Hundreds of people gather near a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane at the perimeter of the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 16, 2021. SIGAR, released its interim report Wednesday detailing why Afghanistan's government and military collapsed immediately after the U.S. withdrawal. Shekib Rahmani/AP hide caption
The U.S. deal with the Taliban destroyed Afghans' military morale, a new report says
Ukrainian Col. Roman Kostenko stands in a redbrick farmhouse with a gaping hole in one of the walls. This is where Kostenko taught soldiers how to set explosives. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption