Mike Lam King-nam, who participated in the 2020 pro-democracy primary elections, gives a hug to his wife ahead of reporting to police on Sunday in Hong Kong. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images hide caption
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Police gesture toward protesters as security forces crack down on demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon on Sunday. The United Nations says at least 18 protesters were killed Sunday, the deadliest day yet since the military took power earlier this month. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Masuma Ahuja, author of Girlhood: Teenagers Around The World In Their Own Voices, set out to document girls' ordinary lives. Kassy Cho hide caption
Anti-coup protesters in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military government has intensified a crackdown on protesters in recent days, using tear gas, charging at and arresting protesters and journalists. Hkun Lat/Getty Images hide caption
In this photo posted on the Russian Foreign Ministry Facebook page, Third Secretary Vladislav Sorokin of the Russian Embassy in North Korea pushes a handcart toward the North Korea-Russia border. Russian Foreign Ministry/Facebook hide caption
A South Korean human rights group has detailed how North Korea's extensive prison camps ultimately fund the nation's missile and nuclear programs. Korean Central News Agency/AP hide caption
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2019. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption
William Burns, President Biden's nominee for CIA director, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. Burns served more than 30 years at the State Department and would be the first career diplomat to lead the spy agency. Tom Williams/AP hide caption
In a photo taken last week at Babushkinsky District Court, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures during a hearing. AP hide caption
Polio vaccinator Zeenat Parveen, holding the clipboard, and a volunteer go door-to-door to reach children in Rawalpindi, a city near the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
A medical worker gives a coronavirus vaccine shot to a patient at a vaccination facility in Beijing, in January. Two pharmaceutical companies in China announced Wednesday they are seeking market approval for new vaccines. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Visitors walk past the giant word "Data" during the Guiyang International Big Data Expo 2016 in southwestern China. China says it's determined to be a leader in using artificial intelligence to sort through big data. U.S. officials say the Chinese efforts include the collection of hundreds of millions of records on U.S. citizens. The photo was released by China's Xinhua News Agency. AP hide caption
(Left to right) Tippy Tap, Oxfam hand-washing station and SolaWash Sian White, Joel Trotter, Richard Kwarteng hide caption
Top left: An officer asks people to observe lockdown rules in Brighton, England. Bottom left: A protester at a lockdown demonstration in Brussels, Belgium last month. Top right: Malaysian health officers screen passengers with a thermal scanner at Kuala Lumpur Airport in January 2020. Bottom right: Employees eat their lunch in Wuhan, China, in March 2020. Luke Dray/Getty Images; Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images; Mohd Rasfan/AFP; Getty Images hide caption
South Korean soldiers patrol while hikers visit the DMZ Peace Trail in the Demilitarized Zone in Goseong, South Korea. A defector from North Korea was apprehended in Goseong last week after evading South Korean guards for hours. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
Myanmar vessel UMS Moattama, which was sent to return Myanmar migrants from Malaysia, is seen docked at a jetty outside Kuala Lumpur on Monday. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A car carrying the body of protester Mya Thwet Thwet Khine is pictured at the head of a convoy during her funeral service Sunday in Naypyitaw. She was the first confirmed fatality in the ongoing protests against the military coup. Stringer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police charge forward to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Saturday. Security forces ratcheted up their pressure against anti-coup protesters, using water cannons, tear gas, slingshots and rubber bullets. AP hide caption
Health workers are briefed before conducting COVID-19 swab tests on public transportation drivers at a slum area in Manila. The Philippines is one of the Southeast Asian countries hit hardest by the pandemic. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators in New Delhi shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of climate change activist Disha Ravi for allegedly helping to create a guide for anti-government farmers protests. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Workers from the garment sector block a road during a protest to demand payment of due wages, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in April 2020. They claimed that factories had not paid them after retailers and brands cancelled orders due to worldwide lockdown measures. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee, speaks during the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting Thursday. Yuichi Yamazaki/AP hide caption
Lawyer Ren Quanniu (center), representing Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan who reported on Wuhan's COVID-19 outbreak and was placed in detention since May, arrives at the Shanghai Pudong New District People's Court where Zhang is set for trial in Shanghai on Dec. 28. Ren has since been disbarred. Leo Ramirez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Indian journalist Priya Ramani (left) smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi in 2019. A New Delhi court on Wednesday acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister, M.J. Akbar, of sexual harassment. AP hide caption