View inside a Leclerc store, a shopping cart in the foreground and, in the background, people helping themselves to dairy products, in Bois d Arcy, France, on August 4, 2025. HENRIQUE CAMPOS/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
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A Kashmiri man walks past a shop displaying stone jewellery and Kashmiri handicrafts in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. Dar Yasin/AP hide caption
Trump doubles tariffs on India, jeopardizing longstanding ties
Gara, a Siberian tiger, cares for her newborn cubs at the Aalborg Zoo in Denmark in 2008. Henning Bagger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A broken transformer in Badagry, Nigeria that hasn't worked for over 5 years. Local residents say electricity officials have never been sent?to?repair?it. Emmanuel Akinwotu/NPR hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Wednesday. Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
A visitor lights incense sticks at the Peace Memorial Park ahead of the memorial service to mark the 80th anniversary of the WWII U.S. atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025, in Japan. Louise Delmotte/AP hide caption
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin greets US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff prior to their talks in Moscow on August 6. Gavril Grigorov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
White House Envoy In Moscow, MAGA Split On Gaza, Redefining The Attorney General Role
A calf is evaluated by a veterinary during a veterinary inspection in Hermosillo, Sonora State, Mexico. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
Hidayat Al-Motawaq holds her 18-month-old son, Mohammad Al-Motawaq, in their tent in the Gaza Strip on Aug. 3. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
The story behind one grim image of a mother and child in Gaza
A photo of Palestinian activist Awdah Al Hathaleen, who witnesses say was killed by an Israeli settler, hangs in the entrance to his home in the village of Umm al-Khair, West Bank, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025. Julia Frankel/AP/AP hide caption
Ukrainians have made a makeshift memorial outside an apartment building in the capital, Kyiv, that was hit by a Russian airstrike on July 31. A combined missile and drone attack killed more than 30 civilians and wounded more than 150 in the city that day. Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Abu Sayed's parents, Mokbul Hussein and Monowara Khatun, sit in the courtyard of their home in Rangpur, Bangladesh, on July 30. On the wall behind them hangs a memorial plaque dedicated to their son who was killed by police during protests last year. Parvez Ahmad Rony for NPR hide caption
Siblings Marie-Charlotte Piro and Romain Piro stand among some of the olive trees they harvest in Tuscany, Italy, to create their olive oil. Their Olio Piro startup had been exporting all its olive oil to the United States — until new U.S. tariffs moved up their plans to start expanding elsewhere. Vikki Colvin hide caption
Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro gives a press conference outside the Senate in Brasilia. Luis Nova/AP hide caption
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a media briefing during the ASEAN foreign ministers' meeting at the in Kuala Lumpur Friday, Malaysia, on July 11, 2025. Mandel Ngan/Pool AFP/AP hide caption
Shipping containers sit stacked at the Evergreen terminal at the port of Los Angeles, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. Damian Dovarganes/ AP hide caption
Families of hostages protest demanding the release of their loved ones from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip at the plaza known as the "hostages square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 05: A 'Now Hiring' sign posted on the window of a business looking to hire workers on May 05, 2023 in Miami, Florida. A report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the US economy added 253,000 jobs in April. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Joe Raedle/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
US Economic Outlook, Mexico Tariff Uncertainty, Gaza Hunger And Hostages
A Syrian security checkpoint is seen as forces deploy in Mazraa village on the outskirts of Sweida city, in southern Syria. Omar Sanadiki/AP hide caption
Aerial view of El Teniente copper mine, operated by Codelco, where a collapse killed one worker and trapped five others underground, leading to a suspension of operations in Rancagua Chile. Esteban Felix/AP hide caption
This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. AP Photo/AP hide caption
Pope Leo XIV holds a Mass with young people participating in the Youths Jubilee at the Tor Vergata field in Rome, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
Macarena Lagos, 19, Florencia Contreras, 23, and Mariana Sanhueza, 21, are design students at the Catholic University in Santiago, Chile. All three voiced strong reservations about having children. They worry that motherhood would limit their freedom and choices. Tamara Merino for NPR hide caption