People outside Magdeburg Cathedral follow a memorial service on Saturday for victims of Friday's Christmas Market attack, where a car drove into a crowd, in Magdeburg, Germany. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
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Gisèle Pelicot arrives at the courthouse in Avignon, France, on Dec. 19, 2024, in advance of the verdict being read out from the trial of her ex-husband and more than four dozen other men 50 who were found guilty of aggravated rape against her. Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dozens of men found guilty of raping a woman in France who was drugged to sleep
In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, French former president Nicolas Sarkozy attends a ceremony at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Ludovic Marin/Pool via AP hide caption
Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of the Russian military's radiation, chemical and biological protection unit, attends a briefing in Kubinka Patriot park, outside Moscow, Russia, on June 22, 2018. File/AP hide caption
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a plenary session at the German Bundestag, where he faces a vote of confidence, Berlin, Germany, on Monday. Markus Schreiber/AP hide caption
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Dec. 14, 2024. Tsafrir Abayov/AP hide caption
A man waits for evacuation to western Ukraine as he stands by a bed in a city theatre that hosts refugees running from Russian offensive in the Donetsk region, in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
Workers at a Ukrainian thermal power plant are repairing the facility after rocket strikes to restore power as temperatures drop, Oct. 4. Simona Supino for NPR hide caption
Nazan Rashidi, executive director of human rights group the Syria Campaign, in Berlin, Wednesday. Karolin Klüppel for NPR hide caption
Syrians who left their war-torn country for Germany debate whether to return
Workers at the thermal power plant are rebuilding the facility after rocket strikes to restore power before winter and prevent electricity outages. Simona Supino for NPR hide caption
Ukrainians try to restore a damaged power plant before harsh weather hits
The choir, clergy and guests stand as they sing during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the landmark Notre Dame Cathedral, in central Paris, on Saturday. Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Evacuees from the city of Pokrovsk arrive at the train station in Pavlohrad, Ukraine, on Oct. 15. They are fleeing to cities in western Ukraine or other points in Europe. Pokrovsk, a coal mining center in eastern Ukraine, is under frequent Russian artillery barrages and aerial attacks. Michael Robinson Chávez for NPR hide caption
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, is to shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump as he arrives at the Elysee Palace, on Saturday. Aurelien Morissard/AP hide caption
French lawmakers debate in the National Assembly in Paris Wednesday. A majority of legislators voted to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier, forcing him to resign. Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier (center) talks to people at the National Assembly before French lawmakers vote on a no-confidence motion in Paris Wednesday. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
French lawmakers oust the prime minister after just 91 days, toppling the government
Journalists for the British newspapers The Guardian and The Observer voted to strike for several days this week and next to protest the planned sale of the Observer, the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. Oli Scarff/Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova in Moscow, May 31. Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via Reuters hide caption
The town of Gegenbach, Germany, turns its town hall into a giant Advent calendar each December. Hubert Grimmig/Kultur- und Tourismus GmbH Gengenbach hide caption
Demonstrators use firecrackers against police during a rally against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union for four years, outside the parliament's building in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP/AP hide caption
Counting begins for Ireland's General Election at the Royal Dublin Society in Dublin on Saturday. Peter Morrison/AP hide caption
This photograph shows a new altar (front) designed by French artist and designer Guillaume Bardet, at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris on Nov. 29, 2024. Christophe Petit Tesson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Irish Prime Minister and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris, center, accompanied by his wife Caoimhe and children Cillian and Saoirse, casts his vote at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, as voters go to the polls for the 2024 General Election in Ireland, on Friday. Niall Carson/AP hide caption
In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Vladimir Putin talks to the media after attending a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Astana on Thursday. Ramil Sitdikov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption