The Philippines' Ambassador to the U.S. Jose Manuel Gallego Romualdez poses at his country's embassy in Washington, D.C. on May 12, 2025. Elizabeth Gillis/NPR hide caption toggle caption Elizabeth Gillis/NPR The waters around the Philippines are abuzz with ships from two of the world's greatest super powers vying for global dominance. The Southeast Asian archipelago
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, left, and Keir Starmer, prime minister of the U.K., greet each other, ahead of their bilateral meeting at the 6th European Political Community summit on May 16 in Albania. Leon Neal/Pool via AP hide caption toggle caption Leon Neal/Pool via AP LONDON — When Britain and
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fire following Russia's drone attack in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, Sunday, May 18, 2025. AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service hide caption toggle caption AP/Ukrainian Emergency Service KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with top U.S. officials and European leaders in Rome on
Novelist Salman Rushdie promotes the German-language edition of his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder in Berlin on May 16, 2024. In the book, Rushdie confronts the 2022 attack that left him blind in one eye. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Gallup/Getty Images Hadi Matar, the man who severely injured novelist
Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives Tuesday to testify regarding a robbery of millions of dollars in jewels from her Paris hotel room in 2016. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption toggle caption Aurelien Morissard/AP Defiant in diamonds, Kim Kardashian appeared in a Paris courtroom Tuesday to testify in the trial over the 2016 armed robbery that
Children selling a drink made from hibiscus flowers in Jebel Aulia, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Khartoum where the last battles over control of the capital city took place. The Sudanese government took the city back from rebel forces in March. Faiz Abubakr for NPR hide caption toggle caption Faiz Abubakr for NPR KHARTOUM
Jackie Lay Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots capturing moments from their lives and work around the world. I was resting near a playground, between interviews for a story on the shrinking number of Tibetan kids in a boarding school built for them in the northern Indian city
Enlarge this image Hungry Palestinians rush to a food distribution kitchen in Gaza last week. Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Hungry Palestinians rush to a food distribution kitchen in Gaza last week. Moiz Salhi/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Nearly half a million people in
