A worker cleans a statue of the founder of the Soviet Union Vladimir Lenin at Moscow Square in front of the House of Soviets in Saint-Petersburg on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Olga Maltseva/AFP Photo)
People carry portraits of relatives who fought in World War II, during the Immortal Regiment march in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Monday, May, 9, 2022, marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Photo by Vladimir Voronin/AP Photo)
A labourer carries sugarcane to load onto a mini truck at the main vegetable and fruit market in Islamabad on July 7, 2020. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)
People take pictures near a Soviet flag flying on an embankment in Saint Petersburg, Russia on June 17, 2023. The flags of Russia, the USSR, and the Russian Empire were installed on the shore to mark the anniversaries of each flag's adoption. (Photo by Anton Vaganov/Reuters)
A girl walks past destroyed houses at Basara refugee camp in Sittwe on May 16, 2023, after cyclone Mocha made a landfall. The death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar's Rakhine state rose to at least 41 on May 16, 2023, local leaders told AFP. (Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP Photo)
Lea Meyer of Germany falls at the water in the women's 3000m Steeplechase heats at the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, 16 July 2022. (Photo by Robert Ghement/EPA/EFE)
A child marches in the Lunar New Year Parade in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC, on January 22, 2023. 2023 is the year of the rabbit in the Chinese horoscope. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/AFP Photo)
A woman carries her baby as she places fishes for sale at a market in Abobo neighborhood, in the suburbs of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Sunday, November 1, 2020. (Photo by Leo Correa/AP Photo)