The three nuns, Sister Rita (82, l-r), Sister Regina (86) and Sister Bernadette (88), sit during an interview in a guesthouse. The nuns have been occupying their former convent in Goldenstein near Salzburg since the beginning of September because they don't want to live in a retirement home. Noah Hatz/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Reporter Elamin Babow reads the latest headlines in Radio Dabanga's office in Amsterdam on Oct. 16. The station is a lifeline for Sudanese people trying to get information about their war-torn country. Indy Scholtens for NPR hide caption
Sister Regina sits in the convent chapel at Schloss Goldenstein in Salzburg, Austria. Esme Nicholson/NPR hide caption
One of the Alpine rock faces in northern Italy covered in dinosaur tracks, believed to be 210 million years old. Milan Natural History Museum hide caption
Britain's King Charles III attends an Advent Service at Westminster Abbey, in London, on Wednesday. On Friday, the monarch said early diagnosis and treatment will allow doctors to reduce his cancer treatment in the new year. Chris Jackson/Pool Photo via AP hide caption
Krampuses take part in the annual Krampuslauf or "Krampus Run" on the evening of the Feast of St. Nicholas in the Austrian city of Salzburg. The tradition is centuries-old in the eastern parts of the European Alps. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
Germany's new Intercity Express train is seen in Berlin prior to its official presentation by railway operator Deutsche Bahn, on Oct. 17. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado reacts to the crowd gathered below from a balcony at the Grand Hotel, in Oslo, Norway, early Thursday. Jonas Been Henriksen/NTB Scanpix via AP hide caption
Pavel Talankin, a teacher, videographer and filmmaker from Russia, directed "Mr Nobody Against Putin", an award-winning 90-minute documentary which exposes the intensity of the propaganda at Talankin's school in Karabash, Russia. Michal Cizek/AFP via Getty hide caption
The daughter of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Ana Corina Sosa, accepts the award on behalf of her mother, Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, during the award ceremony at Oslo City Hall, Norway, on Wednesday. Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB Scanpix via AP hide caption
This handout photograph, taken on Nov. 12 by the press service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, shows an aerial view of destroyed buildings in the front-line town of Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Iryna Rybakova/93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From left: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz chat on the 10 Downing Street doorstep after a meeting in London on Monday. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Workers and military inspect Ukrainian Fire Point's Flamingo missiles during handover to the military in an undisclosed location in Ukraine Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
The fines were for violations including what the EU calls a misleading use of the blue check mark on users' profiles. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Tuesday, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth look on. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
FILE - JJ, from Austria, stands on the stage with his trophy after winning the Grand Final of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland, May 18, 2025. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
Pasta is displayed on shelves at an H-E-B grocery store on November 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. The Trump administration plans to impose a 107% tariff on Italian pasta imports, effectively making doing business in the U.S. too costly according to producers and likely causing them they say to pull out of the market as soon as January Brandon Bell/Getty hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin, third right, Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, fourth right, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment and Economic Cooperation with Foreign Countries Kirill Dmitriev, right, attend talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law, third, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2. Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP hide caption
Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 4, as New Yorkers elected him their next mayor. Angelina Katsanis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, right back to a camera, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, left back to a camera, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025 Alexander Kazakov/Sputnik via AP hide caption
Belgium's Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, on Wednesday. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption
FILE - In this undated photo released by the State Border Guard Service, an officer inspects a balloon used to carry cigarettes into Lithuania, because Belarussian smugglers often use them to ferry the contraband into the European Union. AP/State Border Guard Service hide caption
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