Russia's economy has so far been resilient in the face of U.S. and European sanctions, but there are signs that may be changing. Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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This 2019 photo shows the main dining room inside Moscow's iconic Metropol Hotel, just a short distance from the Kremlin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
'The Red Hotel': Trying to cover World War II from a 'gilded cage' in Moscow
A massive dictation event takes place on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Sunday. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this image made from video provided by the Ukrainian Defense Ministry on Sunday, a Ukrainian soldier poses for the camera with his finger to his lips. The video shows troops gesturing for silence suggesting that no formal announcement of a possible counteroffensive against Russia will be made. Text appears in the video saying: "Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start." Ukrainian Defense Ministry via AP hide caption
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, at the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in May. He is suing the publishers of The Daily Mirror, which he says behaved unlawfully to gain access to his private life for stories. WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Prince Harry to be 1st royal ever to testify in a phone-hacking tabloid trial
Railway workers help to restore services at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, India, on Sunday. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kathleen Folbigg appears via video link during a convictions inquiry at the NSW Coroners Court, Sydney, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Joel Carrett/AP hide caption
Prices are displayed on a gas pump outside of a gas station in Washington, D.C., on June 14, 2022. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A member of the public is escorted by police after shining the light from a smartphone, near Victoria Park, the city's venue for the annual 1989 Tiananmen massacre vigil, on the 34th anniversary of China's Tiananmen Square crackdown in Hong Kong on Sunday. Louise Delmotte/AP hide caption
Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a press conference at the European Political Community (EPC) Summit in Bulboaca, near Chisinau, Moldova, Thursday, June 1, 2023. Carl Court/AP hide caption
Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu salutes before delivering his speech on the last day of the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum, in Singapore, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption
People watch at the site where trains that derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Sunday, June 4, 2023. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption
Department of Natural Resources and Renewables firefighter Kalen MacMullin of Sydney, Nova Scotia, works on a fire in Shelburne County, N.S. on Thursday. Rain and a rainy forecast for the weekend have fire officials hopeful. Communications Nova Scotia/The Canadian Press via AP hide caption
A demonstrator throws a rock at police during a protest at a neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal, on Saturday. The clashes first broke out after opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was convicted of corrupting youth and sentenced to two years in prison. Leo Correa/AP hide caption
The strawberry moon rises behind St Michael's Mount in Marazion near Penzance on June 28, 2018, in Cornwall, England. Matt Cardy/Getty Images hide caption
An Israeli soldier cries outside a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border on Saturday. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
Mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal on May 17, 2018. Phunjo Lama/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
High tides have destroyed roads and structures in Vietnam as rising sea levels threaten farmland in the country's Mekong River Delta. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III smiles as he speaks during the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's annual defense and security forum in Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2023. Vincent Thian/AP hide caption
A drone shot of rescuers work at the site of passenger trains accident, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, on Saturday. Arabinda Mahapatra/AP hide caption