Opposition supporters gather at Plaza Alfredo Sadel in Las Mercedes neighborhood during 'Ganó Venezuela' opposition protest on August 3 in Caracas, Venezuela. Jesus Vargas/Getty Images hide caption
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Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government hold a Venezuelan flag during a protest in Caracas on July 29. RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images 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
Godfrey Otunge, commander of the Kenyan police in Haiti, attends a ceremony during a visit by Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, to the base of the newly arrived Kenyan police force at their base in the Clercine neighborhood of Port-au-Prince on June 26. Kenyan police arrived in violence-ravaged Haiti on June 25 on a long-awaited mission to help wrest the Caribbean nation from powerful gangs. Clarens Siffroy/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Argentina's President Javier Milei gestures as he presents his book "El camino del libertario" in Madrid, Spain, on Friday. Manu Fernandez/AP hide caption
Jimmy Chérizier, a former elite police officer known as Barbecue who now runs a gang federation, speaks during an interview in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 11. Odelyn Joseph/NPR hide caption
Haiti's notorious gang leader, Barbecue, says his forces are ready for a long fight
People cycle along the street in Afuá, a city in northern Brazil's Pará state, in January. Since 2002, this city on the banks of the Amazon River has been famously off limits to motor vehicles. Stefan Kolumban hide caption
Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto (left) speaks to reporters with Vice President-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka (second left) as they arrive at the plenary session of the General Elections Commission after his main rivals' challenges to his election victory were rejected in Jakarta, April 24. Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday, March 29, 2024 Tucson, Arizona —Juan Ciscomani poses for a portrait at his offices in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, March 29, 2024. CREDIT: Ash Ponders for NPR MEArizona— Ash Ponders/Ash Ponders for NPR hide caption
What Arizona's Mexico-born Republican congressman thinks of the border situation
Following a rash of political assassinations, Magdalena Rosales campaigns with armed escorts in the city of Celaya in Mexico. Eyder Peralta/NPR hide caption
Pop star Madonna, performing Saturday night at a massive free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Residents evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Carlos Macedo/AP hide caption
Presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino, of the Achieving Goals party, celebrates after winning on the day of the general electing in Panama City, on Sunday. Matias Delacroix/AP hide caption
In this image made from video, Mexico's police officers stand guard at the Ensenada station in Ensenada, Mexico, Thursday, May 2, 2024. AP hide caption
Pro-Palestinian students protest outside the Department for Education on March 22 in London. The students called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and for an end to links between U.K. universities and Israel. Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro speaks during a press conference flanked by Colombia's Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, left, and Colombia's Armed Forces Commander, Gen. Helder Giraldo, at the Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on Tuesday. Fernando Vergara/AP hide caption
Colombian President Gustavo Petro (center right) attends an International Workers' Day rally in Bogotá, Colombia, on Wednesday. Jair F. Coll/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
An aerial view of Colombia's Regadera Reservoir in Usme, near Bogotá, April 16. Colombia's capital of Bogotá imposed water rations due to a severe drought aggravated by the El Niño. Raul Arboleda/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Transitional Council members, from left to right; Fritz Alphonse Jean, Laurent Saint-Cyr, Frinel Joseph, Edgard Leblanc Fils, Regine Abraham, Emmanuel Vertilaire, Smith Augustin, Leslie Voltaire and Louis Gerald Gilles, pose for a group photo after a ceremony to name its president and a prime minister in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
Presiding judge Nawaf Salam (fourth from left) arrives to read a decision at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero. Andrés Ríos for NPR hide caption
Police attempt to break into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 5, 2024, following Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought refuge there. Dolores Ochoa/AP hide caption
An agent from the attorney general's office carries evidence collected at Save the Children's headquarters during a raid in Guatemala City on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Moises Castillo/AP hide caption
Michel Patrick Boisvert (center), who was named interim prime minister by outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti's new prime minister and cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption