Worldwide Pulse

Russian-made howitzers and rocket launchers on parade in September during the celebration of Vietnam’s 80th National Day in Hanoi, the capital.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, left, and President Trump in Israel’s Parliament this month. A new phase in the countries’ relationship has been taking form.

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan will meet President Trump for the first time during a state visit that starts on Monday.

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The fight over fluoride in Calgary highlights the larger debate between public health protection and individual choice.

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Protesters in February against a proposal to move China’s embassy in London to the former site of the Royal Mint.

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A memorial at the site of Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing in Jenin, in the West Bank. Ms. Abu Akleh, a reporter for Al Jazeera, was fatally shot during a confrontation between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in 2022.

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President Paul Biya, 92, after voting in Yaoundé in October. Cameroon provides the starkest example in Africa of a country of young people being ruled by leaders from a bygone era.

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Taking cover near the scene of shelling as a drone flew overhead in Kherson, Ukraine, in 2023.

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The S-125-2TM anti-aircraft missile launcher and ammunition on display at an international defense expo in Hanoi, Vietnam, last year.

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The Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday. The arrests were a major breakthrough for French investigators.

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Sudanese residents gathered in August to receive food in El Fasher, a city in Darfur that has been under a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

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President Javier Milei of Argentina in the city of Rosario on Thursday.

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A pumpkin spice latte at a cafe in Antwerp, Belgium. The drink, a fall mainstay in the United States, has become more common in some European cities.

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Aid from the World Food Program being distributed at a school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2024.

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A crew member aboard the Viking Star cruise ship “was observed going overboard” in the Mediterranean Sea on Monday, Viking Cruises said in a statement.

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Sami Hamdi, a British commentator, at the Convention for Palestine in Illinois last November. The U.S. government has said he will be deported.

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A MH-60R Sea Hawk on the flight deck of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan in the South China Sea in 2020. The same model of helicopter went down in the sea on Sunday.

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Dr. Mohamud Omar, a pediatrician examining a child’s tonsils in the diphtheria ward of Demartino Public Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia, last month.

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In the Dnipro region of Ukraine this month.

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Fishermen in Port Royal, Jamaica, preparing for Hurricane Melissa, on Sunday.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Anchorage in August, when he met with President Trump.

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In his second term, the only thing predictable about President Trump’s handling of global affairs is that it will be an unpredictable mix of instinct, grievance and ego.

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Hussein al-Sheikh, seen here in Ramallah in the West Bank in April, serves as deputy to President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority. Mr. Abbas said Sunday that if he were to vacate his position, the reins would pass to Mr. al-Sheikh.

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Storm surge before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean Terrace area of Kingston, Jamaica, on Saturday. The storm is expected to intensify before hitting Jamaica as a major hurricane.

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Searching for the bodies of hostages in the rubble of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, earlier this month. An Egyptian team was sent to help on Saturday.

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President Trump, alongside the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, at a conference devoted to ending the war in Gaza, this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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A wholesale street market in Caracas this month. Renewed sanctions are helping push inflation into triple digits this year.

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A worker inspecting an FP-1 drone at a factory of the arms manufacturer Fire Point in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in August.

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Investigators near the truck-mounted ladder thieves used to break into the Louvre, on Sunday.

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President Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in South Korea, in 2019.

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President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in 2022 with other leaders at the ASEAN summit in Cambodia. The Asian grouping is important to the United States as a market and as a potential bulwark against China.

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President Trump with Prime Minister Hun Manet of Cambodia and Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of Thailand in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday.

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Men Kimly, a resident of Kouk Phnov Village in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, on Wednesday. Her third child, Sar Las, has been detained in Thailand since July.

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Applying lacquer to chairs at Natural Signature, one of many furniture makers in Muar, Malaysia.

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President Trump speaking on Air Force One before arriving in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Saturday.

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Francisco Pinto Balsemão in Lisbon on Jan. 15, 1981, the day he was sworn in as prime minister of Portugal.

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Tristan Tate, left, and his brother Andrew Tate in Bucharest, Romania, this year.

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The laws Exxon is challenging would affect several thousand large companies in the state. An Exxon station in Albany, Calif.

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A traditional Latin Mass at the Vatican on Saturday.

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The part of the Louvre where thieves broke in last weekend and stole more than $100 million worth of jewelry.

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Canada is in talks for a free-trade agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

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Ukrainians firing at Russian targets this month in the Zaporizhzhia region. With cold weather setting in, the emphasis is expected to shift away from the battlefield.

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President Javier Milei of Argentina at the closing of a campaign rally in Rosario City, Argentina, on Thursday.

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The Earthshot Prize, an environmental award founded by Prince William, required a plant-based menu for a dinner in Rio de Janeiro next month. The Brazilian chef initially selected for the event, Saulo Jennings, was surprised to learn he could not serve Amazonian fish.

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A Honda plant in Ohio. The Trump administration has said its plan will benefit the auto industry in particular.

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A five-day tour of Asia, starting this weekend, is President Trump’s first trip to the region during his second term.

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President Trump and China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, in 2019 at the Group of 20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.

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The president of Ivory Coast, Alassane Ouattara, 83, waving at supporters on Thursday during his final political rally in Abidjan before the country’s presidential election on Saturday.

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A study in Uganda found that treated baby wraps dramatically reduced malaria infections in the young children carried in them — 66 percent fewer cases among those children compared with babies in untreated wraps.

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President Trump is scheduled to travel through Malaysia, Japan and South Korea before holding a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s president.

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Queen Sirikit of Thailand with King Bhumibol Adulyadej. For decades their portraits appeared in houses and shops around the country.

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General Pavkovic in 2005 on the first day of his war-crimes trial in The Hague. Indicted for crimes against humanity and violating the laws of war, he was convicted in 2009.

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Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s president, at the White House in 2023 for a meeting with former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

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Patricia Gutiérrez, left, and her father José, sensed an opportunity to put their town, Deifontes, Spain, on the map following intrigue around the disappearance of a Picasso painting.

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