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A Ukrainian soldier kisses a hand of a woman after returning from captivity in a POW exchange in Ukraine, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump meets Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
A German soldier carries a small coffin with the remains of fallen German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
A German soldier carries a small coffin with the remains of fallen German soldiers of WWII to the grave during a funeral service at a memorial site for fallen soldiers in Halbe, Germany, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Displaced Palestinians live in a school that has been converted into a shelter in Gaza City amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Displaced Palestinians live in a school that has been converted into a shelter in Gaza City amid the ongoing war in Gaza, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Attorney General Pam Bondi departs a press conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Attorney General Pam Bondi departs a press conference at the Justice Department, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Inter Milan’s Davide Frattesi, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan’s Davide Frattesi, center, celebrates after scoring his side’s fourth goal during the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan fans let off flares as a bus carrying Inter Milan players arrives ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Inter Milan fans let off flares as a bus carrying Inter Milan players arrives ahead of the Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at San Siro stadium in Milan , Italy, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Friedrich Merz reacts after he failed to be elected new chancellor in the first voting process at the German federal parliament, Bundestag, at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform “Victory Waltz” as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Moscow students dressed in the fashion of the middle of the last century and Soviet style uniform perform “Victory Waltz” as a part of Victory Day celebration in front of the a model of the main Soviet order, the Order of Victory at the historical gate of VDNKh, The Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Ahmed El-Sheikh Eid, 7, who shows signs of malnutrition, poses for a photo at his family tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Ahmed El-Sheikh Eid, 7, who shows signs of malnutrition, poses for a photo at his family tent at a camp for displaced Palestinians in Mawasi Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Friday, May 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Debris of an aircraft lie in the compound of a mosque at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Debris of an aircraft lie in the compound of a mosque at Pampore in Pulwama district of Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Star Wars fans gather at Nowan’s Cantina, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 3, 2025, on the eve of May 4th, known as Star Wars Day, when fans of the franchise get to greet others with “May the Fourth be with you” in a nod to the classic movie line, “May the force be with you. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Star Wars fans gather at Nowan’s Cantina, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 3, 2025, on the eve of May 4th, known as Star Wars Day, when fans of the franchise get to greet others with “May the Fourth be with you” in a nod to the classic movie line, “May the force be with you. (AP Photo/Matias Basualdo)
Lupita Nyong’o attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Lupita Nyong’o attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Janelle Monae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Janelle Monae attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Madonna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Madonna attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” exhibition on Monday, May 5, 2025, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Images are projected onto the Queen Elizabeth Tower, in the Houses of Parliament, including the British World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill, whose statue is in the foreground, during the V-E Day 80th anniversary events in London, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Images are projected onto the Queen Elizabeth Tower, in the Houses of Parliament, including the British World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill, whose statue is in the foreground, during the V-E Day 80th anniversary events in London, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)