Buildings at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. campus in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on July 16. An Rong Xu/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Shahana Akhtar, 26, directs traffic at a busy intersection in Dhaka, wearing her scout uniform to project authority. Akhtar supported the students’ movement to oust Bangladesh's former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, and hopes the new interim government will create more jobs. She says she’s never had a paid job. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Since ousting Bangladesh's prime minister, student protesters are pushing reforms
Paetongtarn Shinawatra, leader of Pheu Thai Party and daughter of Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, smiles before a news conference in Bangkok on Thursday. Sakchai Lalit/AP hide caption
A volunteer holds up signs to help control the flow of traffic in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a press conference at his office in Tokyo as he announced he will not run in the upcoming party leadership vote in September, on Wednesday. Philip Fong/Pool/AP hide caption
Students protest near a vandalized mural of Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, demanding accountability for Hasina, near Dhaka University on Monday. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pillars at the archaeological site of Gobekli Tepe in Sanliurfa, Turkey, are seen in May 2022. Located on a rocky hill in southeastern Turkey, overlooking the plateau of ancient Mesopotamia, Gobekli Tepe, is the world's first known sanctuary and may have housed the world's oldest solar calendar. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus smiles upon his arrival at Charles de Gaulle's airport in Roissy, north of Paris, on Wednesday. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police as he arrives at Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport on Wednesday. He has called on Bangladeshis to “make the best use of our new victory.” Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Vinesh Phogat of Team India (in red) defeated a trio of current or former champions on Tuesday — but after failing to make weight for her 50-kilogram bout on Wednesday, she was disqualified from the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics. She's seen here after her win over Yusneylis Guzman Lopez of Team Cuba in Paris. Sarah Stier/Getty Images hide caption
Former Thai prime ministerial candidate and ex-Move Forward Party leader Pita Limjaroenrat takes part in a a press conference at the party headquarters in Bangkok on Wednesday. Chanakarn Laosarakham/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Anti-government protestors celebrate in Dhaka on August 5. Abu Sufian Jewel/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In 1957, Tsung-Dao Lee (third from left) became one of the youngest scientists to receive a Nobel Prize. File photo/AP hide caption
A rickshaw puller rides in the smoke caused by a burning shopping center that was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. Rajib Dhar/AP hide caption
Men run past a shopping center which was set on fire by protesters during a rally against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her government demanding justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide deadly clashes, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. Rajib Dhar/AP hide caption
Chonthicha Jangrew, a politician with Thailand's Move Forward Party, leaves the Thai parliament in Bangkok on July 13, 2023, after party leader Pita Limjaroenrat failed to secure the enough votes for the premiership. Jack Taylor/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Labour unionists march in the streets of Lagos, Nigeria on Friday to protest the soaring cost of living under the West African nation's new president. Marcus Ayo/AP hide caption
FILE - In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan, Nov. 29, 2023. (Japan Coast Guard via AP, File) Japan Coast Guard/via AP hide caption
A demonstrator kicks a picture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a protest in Valencia, Carabobo state, Venezuela on Wednesday. Juan Carlos Hernandez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lim Jong-hoon of South Korea takes a selfie with North Korean silver medalists Kim Kum-yong and Ri Jong-sik, center, with Chinese gold medalists Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha flanking South Korean Shin Yu-bin. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images hide caption
Xi Jinping, China's president, during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
This photograph provided by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows rescuers at a spot after a landslide in Wayanad, southern Kerala state, India, on Tuesday. AP/NDRF hide caption
South Korean comedian Yoon Seong-ho, known as NewJeansNim, wearing monk's robes and performing during an electronic dance music party event for the annual Lotus Lantern Festival to celebrate the Buddha's birthday in Seoul, on May 12. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sun Kai, the co-founder of Silicon Intelligence, speaks with an AI avatar of his late mother whenever he feels stressed at work. Aowen Cao/NPR hide caption