Edna Halup, a staff member at a private nursing home, receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, in Ganei Tikva, Israel, on Dec. 22. Ariel Schalit/AP hide caption
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People watch a drone show while wearing masks in Manila, Philippines. Officials have encouraged people to avoid large gatherings. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images hide caption
Haut-de-France Customs Director Jean-Michel Thillier, left, believes the Port of Calais is ready for Brexit. Rebecca Rosman/NPR hide caption
Chinese travelers at a railway station in Beijing, China, wear face masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus on Jan. 21, 2020. The virus was first identified in Wuhan, China, in Dec. 2019, and since then has quickly spread worldwide. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images hide caption
Crews observe the continuing eruption in Halema'uma'u at Kilauea in the early morning of Dec. 28. Overnight, the western vent in the wall of Halema'uma'u continued to erupt. D. Downs/USGS hide caption
Left to Right: Tens of billions of locusts descended on Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia; Protesters demonstrate after a U.S. airstrike in Iraq killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani; Riot police detain a man during a protest in Hong Kong; Kangaroos flee a bush fire in Australia. Fredrik Lerneryd/Getty Images; Ebrahim Noroozi/AP; Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images; Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Health workers from Tongji Hospital in Wuhan, China, share an emotional embrace with their peers from a hospital in Jilin province at the Tianhe Airport. Colleagues who worked on the front lines together bid farewell as Wuhan lifted its coronavirus lockdown in April. Amy Cheng/NPR hide caption
A staff member checks a COVID-19 vaccine package in Beijing. China has approved Sinopharm's vaccine after clinical trials showed it has a 79% efficacy against COVID-19. Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption
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Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers listens during a virtual news conference at the Department of Justice on Oct. 28, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/AP hide caption
DOJ National Security Boss Is Moving On — But Cyber, China Threats Aren't
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George Blake, a former British spy and double agent in service of the Soviet Union, in Moscow in 2006. AP hide caption
Dr. Gagandeep Kang, an infectious diseases researcher at the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, says "[the virus] could have been completely out of control in India." Gagandeep Kang hide caption
A screen displays Chinese President Xi Jinping (top left), European Council President Charles Michel (top right), European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (bottom right), French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel during an EU-China Leaders' meeting video conference Wednesday. Johanna Geron/Pool via AP hide caption
Europe And China Approve Landmark Investment Treaty, Snubbing U.S.
Smoke billows behind a plane that brought Yemen's new government to Aden International Airport on Wednesday. Explosions rocked the airport shortly after the plane arrived. Saleh Al-Obeidi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption