Family members of Israeli hostages taken captive by Palestinian Hams militants in the Gaza Strip, deliver a statement to the media in Tel Aviv on January 17, 2025. (Photo: AFP)
Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, being received by His Majesty King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein, King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Jan. 19, 2025. (Photo: Kurdistan24)
Sarah Baus, left, of Charleston, SC., and Tiffany Cianci, who says she is a “long-form educational content creator,” livestream to TikTok outside the Supreme Court, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (Photo: Jacquelyn Martin/AP)
Mohammad Omar Barakat, a young Kurdish man, who lost his life in a landmine explosion in Afrin, Northern Syria (Rojava), Jan. 18, 2025. (Photo: Handout to Kurdistan24)
Iranian judges Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Moqiseh (L) and Hojjatoleslam Ali Razini were assassinated in a terrorist attack in downtown Tehran, Jan. 18, 2025. (Photo by IRNA)
Qassim al-Araji , the Iraqi National Security Advisor in meeting with Glenn Miles, the Australian Ambassador to Baghdad, Jan 18, 2025. (Photo: al-Araji's X account)
Sudanese children play on a truck as people fleeing the al-Jazira state arrive at an area near the eastern city of Gedaref on Nov. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP)
Russia's Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrive for a documents signing ceremony. (Photo: Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV /AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian talk to each other during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow. (Photo: Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin/AP)
