This February 2022 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows snakes in bags found hidden in a man's clothes at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry. On Tuesday, officials in China said a man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 snakes into that country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/AP hide caption
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Roy Kwong Chun-yu, a pro-democracy member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council at the time, spoke over a loud-hailer to the police as he joined protesters in Hong Kong on July 1, 2019. Demonstrators pushed barriers and dumpsters into the streets in an apparent bid to block access to a ceremony marking the anniversary of the handover of the former British colony to China. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi take a walk during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on July 8. Sergei Karpukhin/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A member of a Nepal government-funded team uses a spade to remove frozen trash on Mount Everest in Nepal in 2021. In the seven decades since Mount Everest was first conquered, thousands of climbers have scaled the peak, and many have left behind more than just their footprints. Peak Promotion/AP hide caption
Firefighters gather at the site of a fire at a lithium battery factory owned by South Korean battery maker Aricell in Hwaseong, South Korea, on June 24. Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A person looks at an election poster board for Tokyo gubernatorial election Monday, July 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo elects a new governor on Sunday but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning — there are nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Elections are happening all over the world. Aurelien Morissard/ Pool via AP; Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images; Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 120 and left scores injured, officials said.
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Protesters smash glass doors and windows of the Legislative Council Complex on July 1, 2019 in Hong Kong, China. Anti-extradition protesters attempts to break into the the city's legislature and thousands more gathered to march in opposition to the city's China-backed government on Monday during the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kongs return to Chinese rule. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images hide caption
Lee Choo-sum (left) and Lee Geum-soon look for free fish or seafood from boats in Abai Village on Sept. 8, 2023. Both women left North Korea when the war broke out and have lived in the village for the past 70 years. Hannah Yoon hide caption
President of the 'Rassemblement National' (RN) group Marine Le Pen (L), flanked by Steeve Briois (R), mayor of Henin Beaumont, casts her ballot for the European Parliament election at a polling station in Henin-Beaumont, north of France on June 9, 2024. Francois Lo Presti/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Family members take part in a funeral procession for victims who died after consuming toxic alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on Thursday. R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend a gala concert in Pyongyang, on Wednesday. Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Leaders of Russia and North Korea sign pact -- indicating a deeper cooperation
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Vietnam's President To Lam pose for photos at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Thursday. Nhac Nguyen/Pool photo via AP hide caption
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Pyongyang on June 19 Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting. U.S. Army Signal Corps/AP hide caption
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) visit the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on Sep. 13, 2023. Vladimir Smirnov/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Participants wave flags celebrating marriage equality at the government house in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday. Thailand's Senate voted overwhelmingly to approve a marriage equality bill. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's Amur region on Sept. 13, 2023. Putin is visiting North Korea this week. Vladimir Smirnov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People cycling in Tsinghua University in Beijing, China on April 23, 2024. Stefen Chow for NPR hide caption
Demonstrators protest in Mumbai on June 8, 2018, over the arrests of social activists by Indian police. Satish Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
People gather around four American educators from an Iowa university, who were stabbed in a public park in Jilin City, Jilin province, China, in this still image taken from a video obtained by Reuters and released on Monday. Reuters hide caption