Queen Elizabeth II and President Biden walk at Windsor Castle on Sunday in Windsor, England. This is Biden's first private meeting with Queen Elizabeth II since becoming president. Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage hide caption
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An Israeli protester places a sticker on a banner showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on June 5. The Hebrew reads: "You failed" and "Leave." Sebastian Scheiner/AP hide caption
Naftali Bennett is Israel's new prime minister. He will serve two years before handing the reigns to political partner Yair Lapid for the remaining two years of the term. The two politicians worked together to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu who served as prime minister for the last 12 years. Menahem Kahana/AP hide caption
President Biden meets with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G-7 summit. A White House official said Biden did a lot of "diplomatic speed-dating" with world leaders. Official Photo/Getty Images hide caption
In this photo released by the Yunnan Forest Fire Brigade, a migrating herd of elephants graze near Shuanghe Township, Jinning District of Kunming city in southwestern China's Yunnan Province, on June 4. AP hide caption
Pilgrims walk around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca on July 31, 2020. Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom. Ministry of Media/AP hide caption
A March 21 attack by the Assad regime forces and Iran-backed terrorist groups targeted a hospital in Aleppo, killing six civilians and injuring 15. Above: A view of the damaged site. Kasim Rammah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Four Afzaal family members were killed in the London, Ontario, truck attack. Not shown is the youngest son, who survived. Sana Yasir hide caption
How many oceans are there? It's National Geographic official now: There are five. Alexander Gerst/ESA via Getty Images hide caption
U.S. and Chinese flags before the opening session of 2019 trade negotiations between U.S. and Chinese trade representatives in Beijing. China just passed a sweeping law designed to counter sanctions the U.S. and the European Union have imposed on Chinese officials and major Chinese companies. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
China's New Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law Sends A Chill Through The Business Community
A sign is displayed outside a McDonald's restaurant in Des Moines, Iowa. The company said customers' personal data in South Korea and Taiwan was accessed in a data breach. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the G-7 host, and his wife, Carrie, as he arrives for Friday's summit. Phil Noble/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speak during a bilateral meeting ahead of the G-7 summit on Thursday in Carbis Bay, England. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
A fire at a Luma Energy substation in San Juan knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of residents in Puerto Rico on Thursday. Negociado del Cuerpo de Bomberos hide caption
A sculpture created out of electronic waste in the likeness of Mount Rushmore and the G-7 leaders sits on a hill in Cornwall, England, near where the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations will meet. Jon Super/AP hide caption
2 Artists Want G-7 Leaders To End E-Waste. So They Sculpted Them Out Of Trash
Uyghurs living in Turkey protested China in March for the country's human rights abuses in its western Xinjiang province. A new Amnesty International report substantiates these abuses, calling them "crimes against humanity." Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption
New Report Details Firsthand Accounts Of Torture From Uyghur Muslims In China
A Froggyland diorama shows a teacher trying to control a class in which students are hitting each other with rulers, arriving late to class and balancing pencils on their noses. Each diorama displays anthropomorphized frogs in human scenes of the early 20th century. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Welcome To Froggyland, The Croatian Taxidermy Museum That May Soon Come To The U.S.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive Wednesday at Royal Air Force Mildenhall in England ahead of the G-7 summit. The president will try to reestablish U.S. global leadership and repair old friendships. Joe Giddens/Pool via AP hide caption
World Leaders Are Meeting To Tackle Climate Change And Pandemic Recovery
A mini replica of the French-designed Statue of Liberty will reach the U.S. on July 1. Here, the statue awaits its move in Paris on Monday. Francois Mori/AP hide caption
In this grab taken from video, France's President Emmanuel Macron (center) is slapped by a man, in green T-shirt, during a visit to Tain-l'Hermitage on Tuesday. BFM TV /AP hide caption
The government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in a standoff with social media companies over what content gets investigated or blocked online, and who gets to decide. Bikas Das/AP hide caption
India And Tech Companies Clash Over Censorship, Privacy And 'Digital Colonialism'
Signs on a screen are shown before an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games last month at the National Stadium in Tokyo. Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption