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Pope Francis waves to the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. The pope, who will turn 87 next month, canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors' orders. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption

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A Ukrainian police officer uses a flashlight to search for drone debris near the site of an explosion following a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023, its most intense on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of its invasion, military officials said. Felipe Dana/AP hide caption

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Irish police officers apprehend a man after a demonstration near the scene of an attack in Dublin city center, on Thursday Nov. 23, 2023. The violence broke out following a knife attack that left a woman and two other children were injured. Brian Lawless/AP hide caption

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A British Airways Concorde takes off from London's Heathrow Airport in 2001. David Parker/BWP Media/Getty Images hide caption

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20 years ago, the supersonic passenger jet Concorde flew for the last time

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Geert Wilders, the leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom, celebrates in his party office after his party's victory in Wednesday's general election, on Nov. 23, 2023 in The Hague, Netherlands. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption

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The president of the court reads the verdicts of a maxi-trial of hundreds of people accused of membership in Italy's 'ndrangheta organized crime syndicate. Valeria Ferraro/Associated Press hide caption

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The vandalism that brought the Sycamore Gap tree down also harmed a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Hadrian's Wall. In this October photo, a worker used a chainsaw to cut up the tree so its trunk could be removed. Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Photographer Evgeniy Maloletka, shown in Mariupol on Feb, 24, 2022, was part of the team who worked on the documentary, 20 Days in Mariupol. Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo hide caption

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'We need to record everything': This team stayed behind in a Ukrainian war zone

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Dr. Matthew Harris visits the primary health-care center where he worked in Brazil 20 years ago. The author of Decolonizing Healthcare Innovation: Low-Cost Solutions from Low-Income Countries says: "I really think that if people had been more receptive to learning from Brazil 20 years ago, we could have had an army of community health workers in [the U.K.] by now." Courtesy Dr. Matthew Harris hide caption

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A massive crowd gathered for a march against antisemitism in Paris on Sunday. French authorities have registered more than 1,000 acts against Jews around the country in a month since the conflict in the Middle East began. Sylvie Corbet/AP hide caption

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Protesters march in central London on Saturday, calling for a cease-fire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Kathryn Ellis's book informed two manuals on sex and intimacy now being used in Ukraine. "This is an area where there are a lot of hopeful outcomes," Ellis told NPR. Amazon/ 2022 The Sager Group LLC hide caption

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Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa gestures during a news conference in Lisbon, Portugal, Tuesday. Costa says he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe. An investigative judge issued arrest warrants for Costa's chief of staff, the mayor of Sines and three other people. Ana Brigida/AP hide caption

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Ukrainian National Guard soldiers fire a recoilless cannon during combat training at a military training ground in northern Ukraine on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption

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People dancing on the dance floor at Club Re:mise in Berlin on Oct. 7, 2023. Fabian Sommer/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption

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Berlin's famed nightclubs, losing customers, face an uncertain future

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Paul Crawford holds a photograph of his mother and father at his home in Glenavy. His father John Crawford was shot dead in 1974 in front of the West Belfast furniture factory he ran. Charles McQuillan for NPR hide caption

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Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and Protestant killings in Northern Ireland

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Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Adam Johnson, 29, in action during an NHL hockey game in Columbus, Ohio, in 2017. Johnson died after a "freak accident" during a game in England on Saturday, Oct. 28, his club, the Nottingham Panthers said. Paul Vernon/AP hide caption

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