Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev as he bids the last farewell to his wife Raisa Gorbacheva during the funeral ceremony in Moscow, Russia, 23 September 1999 (reissued 30 August 2022). According to a Moscow Central Clinical Hospital statement, former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91. As a supporter of the de-Stalinization programs of his predecessor Nikita Khrushchev, Gorbachev initiated numerous reforms during his tenure. He signed a nuclear arms treaty with the United States and withdrew the Soviet Union from the Soviet-Afghan war. His policies created freedom of speech and press, and decentralized fiscal policy planning and execution to increase efficiency. Gorbachev was the last leader of the Soviet Union, overseeing Russia’s transition from one party rule to fragile democracy. (Photo by Sergey Chirikov/EPA/EFE)

A Palestinian employee sprays antibiotics on a newborn lion cub at Nama zoo in Gaza City, Saturday, August 13, 2022. Three one-day-old lion cubs were put on display inside a cardboard box Saturday at a Gaza City zoo. The lioness gave birth five days after Israel and Palestinian militants ended a fierce round of cross-border fighting that saw thundering Israeli airstrikes and Palestinian rocket fire. (Photo by Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)

A military cadet gets help from a colleague to adjust her hair before taking part the military parade in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, December 1, 2018, as thousands turned out Saturday to celebrate 100-years since Romania became a modern-day state, amid concerns about rule of law and the state of democracy. Crowds braved temperatures of minus 5 Celsius (23 Fahrenheit) to watch the military parade of troops, tanks and military vehicles. (Photo by Vadim Ghirda/AP Photo)

A bride looks on as she and others wait to take their wedding vows during a tribal mass marriage ceremony, in which 1101 couples took part, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, February 17, 2019. (Photo by Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters)

Regrowth of plants is seen in bushland that was destroyed by bushfires, in Kulnura, New South Wales, 15 January 2020. (Photo by Joel Carrett/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)

Russia's figure skater Alexandra Trusova performs in a show at the CSKA arena in Moscow on February 14, 2023. (Photo by Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP Photo)

Milwaukee Brewers' Andruw Monasterio is douced by Willy Adames while being interviewed by Sophia Minnaert after the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies Wednesday, August 9, 2023, in Milwaukee. The Brewers won 7-6. (Photo by Morry Gash/AP Photo)

A contestant on the 28th season of The Bachelor Kelsey Anderson hangs out at the Gallery Desert House with PATRÓN EL ALTO during Stagecoach on Friday, April 25, 2025. (Photo by Angel Montalvo)