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Supporters of opposition leader and presidential candidate for the National Unity Platform Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, hold flags and chant slogans as they celebrate his arrival at the party's final campaign rally ahead of the 2026 general elections in Kampala, Uganda, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images)
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1/12/2026Updated: 1/12/2026
A cremator in the Dom community tends to a burning funeral pyre at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images)

A cremator in the Dom community tends to a burning funeral pyre at the Manikarnika Ghat on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Niharika Kulkarni/AFP via Getty Images)

The court stands at the start of the first hearing at the International Court of Justice in which Burma (also known as Myanmar) is accused of committing genocide against the country's Muslim minority, the Rohingya, in the Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 12, 2026. The Gambia filed the genocide case in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in 2019. Burma's military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, Gambia's Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12 at the start of a genocide hearing. (Phil Nijhuis/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

The court stands at the start of the first hearing at the International Court of Justice in which Burma (also known as Myanmar) is accused of committing genocide against the country's Muslim minority, the Rohingya, in the Hague, Netherlands, on Jan. 12, 2026. The Gambia filed the genocide case in cooperation with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in 2019. Burma's military deliberately targeted the Rohingya minority in a bid to destroy the community, Gambia's Justice Minister Dawda Jallow told the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12 at the start of a genocide hearing. (Phil Nijhuis/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

Surfers ride a wave in Lhoknga Beach, Indonesia's Aceh province, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images)

Surfers ride a wave in Lhoknga Beach, Indonesia's Aceh province, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP via Getty Images)

Nurses strike outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on Jan. 12, 2026. Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York went on strike after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)

Nurses strike outside New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City on Jan. 12, 2026. Thousands of nurses in three hospital systems in New York went on strike after negotiations through the weekend failed to yield breakthroughs in their contract disputes. (Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo)

Hot air balloons lift off over buildings at sunrise near Marrakech, Morocco, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)

Hot air balloons lift off over buildings at sunrise near Marrakech, Morocco, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP via Getty Images)

Skiers slide over the snow on a sunny and frosty day on the mountains around Kasprowy Wierch in the Tatra National Park near Zakopane, Poland, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images)

Skiers slide over the snow on a sunny and frosty day on the mountains around Kasprowy Wierch in the Tatra National Park near Zakopane, Poland, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images)

Golden decorations, paintings, and ornamental sculptures are seen inside the golden hall of the Banque de France, the French central bank, at the Hotel de Toulouse building, in Paris on Jan. 12, 2026. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

Golden decorations, paintings, and ornamental sculptures are seen inside the golden hall of the Banque de France, the French central bank, at the Hotel de Toulouse building, in Paris on Jan. 12, 2026. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

A Dassault Rafale fighter jet is displayed at the “Colonel Marko Zivkovic” military base, at Pleso Airport near Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 12, 2026, during a visit by NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. (AFP via Getty Images)

A Dassault Rafale fighter jet is displayed at the “Colonel Marko Zivkovic” military base, at Pleso Airport near Zagreb, Croatia, on Jan. 12, 2026, during a visit by NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte and Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. (AFP via Getty Images)

Women wearing kimonos attend a ceremony at Todoroki Arena to mark “Coming of Age Day” honoring those who turn 20 this year, to signify adulthood, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

Women wearing kimonos attend a ceremony at Todoroki Arena to mark “Coming of Age Day” honoring those who turn 20 this year, to signify adulthood, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Yuichi Yamazaki/AFP via Getty Images)

A burnt car lies crushed under a fallen tree in Harcourt, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2026. Bushfires have burned tens of thousands of acres in central Victoria, destroying multiple homes and other structures and forcing widespread evacuations under catastrophic fire conditions. (Jesse Thompson/Getty Images)

A burnt car lies crushed under a fallen tree in Harcourt, Australia, on Jan. 12, 2026. Bushfires have burned tens of thousands of acres in central Victoria, destroying multiple homes and other structures and forcing widespread evacuations under catastrophic fire conditions. (Jesse Thompson/Getty Images)

Laborers ride their bicycles in dense fog on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images)

Laborers ride their bicycles in dense fog on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Narinder Nanu/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian workers box sweets locally known as “al-Shatwi” (Winter) Crimbo sweets on Jan. 12, 2026. The Al-Arees factory is gradually resuming operation after a hiatus caused by the Gaza war, which led to shortages of raw materials used in their products, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, after a U.S.-brokered truce halted the two-year war. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian workers box sweets locally known as “al-Shatwi” (Winter) Crimbo sweets on Jan. 12, 2026. The Al-Arees factory is gradually resuming operation after a hiatus caused by the Gaza war, which led to shortages of raw materials used in their products, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, after a U.S.-brokered truce halted the two-year war. (Bashar Taleb/AFP via Getty Images)

Belgian Michael Vanthourenhout is pictured in action during the men's elite race of the Cyclocross Otegem cycling event in Otegem, Belgium, on Jan. 12, 2026, the day after the Belgian national cyclocross championships. (David Pintens/BELGA MAG/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

Belgian Michael Vanthourenhout is pictured in action during the men's elite race of the Cyclocross Otegem cycling event in Otegem, Belgium, on Jan. 12, 2026, the day after the Belgian national cyclocross championships. (David Pintens/BELGA MAG/Belga/AFP via Getty Images)

An anti-Iran regime protester holds up a photo of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran, outside the Iranian Embassy in London, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

An anti-Iran regime protester holds up a photo of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the former Shah of Iran, outside the Iranian Embassy in London, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images)

A firefighter works at the site of a building that was hit by a Russian drone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

A firefighter works at the site of a building that was hit by a Russian drone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Thomas Peter/Reuters)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flies a kite alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images)

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi flies a kite alongside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad, India, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Shammi Mehra/AFP via Getty Images)

The Dacia Sandrider's Brazilian driver Lucas Moraes and German co-pilot Dennis Zenz compete in Stage 8 of the 48th edition of the Dakar Rally 2026, between Wadi ad-Dawasir and Wadi ad-Dawasir in Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)

The Dacia Sandrider's Brazilian driver Lucas Moraes and German co-pilot Dennis Zenz compete in Stage 8 of the 48th edition of the Dakar Rally 2026, between Wadi ad-Dawasir and Wadi ad-Dawasir in Saudi Arabia, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Giuseppe Cacace/AFP via Getty Images)

A Jewish settler watches his flock as he walks near Palestinians who are dismantling their homes in preparation to evacuate due to alleged settler harassment from a nearby outpost in Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley West Bank, on Jan. 12, 2026. Ras Ein al-Auja, which remains under full Israeli control, is one of the few Palestinian Bedouin villages in the area. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

A Jewish settler watches his flock as he walks near Palestinians who are dismantling their homes in preparation to evacuate due to alleged settler harassment from a nearby outpost in Ras Ein al-Auja, in the Jordan Valley West Bank, on Jan. 12, 2026. Ras Ein al-Auja, which remains under full Israeli control, is one of the few Palestinian Bedouin villages in the area. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

People walk on the ice of frozen lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

People walk on the ice of frozen lakes in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 12, 2026. (Sebastian Elias Uth/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Motorists drive across a foggy bridge in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Jan. 12, 2026. (Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

Motorists drive across a foggy bridge in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Jan. 12, 2026. (Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images)

A wild red squirrel is seen in a tree at the Bois de Vincennes park in Paris on Jan. 12, 2026. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

A wild red squirrel is seen in a tree at the Bois de Vincennes park in Paris on Jan. 12, 2026. (Martin Lelievre/AFP via Getty Images)

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