FILE - A customer makes a sports bet at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City N.J. on March 17, 2022 just before the March Madness NCAA college basketball tournament began. FILE - Fox Sports broadcaster Greg Olsen retrieves his receipt after placing the first ceremonial bet in North Carolina during a DraftKings event celebrating the launch of mobile and online sports wagering, March 11, 2024, in Charlotte, N.C.
Displaced Sudanese children stand in the courtyard of a school, where their families took refuge, near Gadaref city in war-torn Sudan on March 6, 2024. Volunteers prepare food for internally displaced Muslim devotees for their breaking fast meal during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Gedaref on March 13, 2024.
A man walks by a fortified Pyaterochka supermarket in Belgorod, Russia, on March 11, 2024. A man walks past a makeshift memorial for the victims of the deadly shelling on December 30, 2023, in the center of Belgorod, Russia, on March 10, 2024. FILE - Specialists remove the body of a victim outside a heavily damaged shopping center hit by what local authorities called a Ukrainian military attack, in Belgorod, Russia, on Feb. 15, 2024.
Musicians of the Bi-2 rock band perform at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland, March 16, 2024. Egor Bortnik, one of the founders of the Bi-2 band, performs at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland, March 16, 2024. People attend a concert of the Bi-2 rock band at the Arena COS Torwar in Warsaw, Poland, March 16, 2024.
This undated photo shows a mouse feeding on the head of a wandering albatross chick on Marion Island, South Africa. Mice are breeding out of control because of climate change, eating seabirds and causing major harm in a special nature reserve. (Stefan and Janine Schoombie via AP) This undated photo shows two wandering albatrosses on Marion Island, part of the Prince Edwards Islands, a South African territory in the southern Indian Ocean near Antarctica. (Anton Wolfaardt via AP) This undated photo shows a house mouse on Marion Island, South Africa. (Stefan and Janine Schoombie via AP) This undated photo shows a research base on Marion Island, South Africa. (Anton Wolfaardt via AP)
Spectators watch plumes of smoke from volcanic activity between Hagafell and Stori-Skogfell, Iceland, March 16, 2024. A volcanic eruption takes place, near Grindavik, Iceland, March 16, 2024, in this handout picture obtained by Reuters. People who are being evacuated stand by a bus as a volcano erupts, in Grindavik, Iceland, March 16, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media. Smoke rises as volcano erupts near Grindavik, Iceland, March 16, 2024, in this picture obtained from social media.
FILE - Nigerien military leaders wave to supporters at the General Seyni Kountche Stadium in Niamey, Niger, Aug. 26, 2023. FILE - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, shakes hands with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum during their meeting at the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, March 16, 2023.
Patients can enter the Alliance Healthcare System hospital in Holly Springs, Mississippi, only through the emergency room and the small admittance office at the side after the facility transitioned to a rural emergency hospital. Alliance Healthcare System hospital CEO Kenneth Williams said on Feb. 29, 2024, that after the Holly Springs, Mississippi, facility was approved as a rural emergency hospital in March 2023, the federal government later reneged on its decision, saying the hospital is not rural,
A Palestinian man inspects the rubble of a building after it was destroyed in an Israeli strike the night before, in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on March 16, 2024. A boy walks past the rubble of a collapsed building with a pot of food provided by a charity organization ahead of the fast-breaking "iftar" meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2024.
People with weapons stand on board the Maltese-flagged bulk cargo vessel Ruen seized by Somali pirates, which was intercepted by the Indian navy at sea, in this handout photo released on March 16, 2024. (SpokespersonNavy via X via Reuters) This photograph shared by the Indian navy on the X platform shows the hijacked ship Ruen on March 16, 2024.
FILE - A "for sale" sign is posted in front of a home in Sacramento, California, March 3, 2022. FILE - A home under construction is marked as "sold" at a development in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, April 28, 2023. FILE - A worker stands on a ladder while working on a new construction home in Tigard, a suburb of Portland, Oregon, Feb. 22, 2024.
FILE - A worker walks at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility, Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. Batteries allow renewables to replace fossil fuels while keeping a flow of power when wind or solar are not producing. Mike Nutt, site manager, walks the campus at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility, Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz. Rows of solar panels sit at Orsted's Eleven Mile Solar Center lithium-ion battery storage energy facility Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Coolidge, Ariz.
FILE - A U.S. military vehicle drives south of the northeastern city of Qamishli, on Oct. 26. 2019, as it passes by a poster showing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Syria’s civil entered its 14th year on March 15, 2024. FILE - IS militants are seen in Tel Abyad, Syria, May 4, 2015. After years of civil war, the country is effectively carved up into areas controlled by the Damascus government, various opposition groups and Kurdish forces. (Militant website via AP) FILE - Female residents from former Islamic State-held areas in Syria line up for aid at al-Hol camp in Hasakeh province, Syria, March 31, 2019. Syria’s civil war entered its 14th year on March 15, 2024, a somber anniversary in a long-frozen conflict.
A man casts his ballot at a polling station during the Russia's presidential election in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, March 16, 2024. Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Alexey Navalny, addresses the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, France, Feb. 28, 2024. She and other Navalny followers are asking Russians to flock to polling stations at noon Sunday to show their discontent with Putin. People vote in Russia's presidential election in the Russian-controlled area of the Donetsk region of Ukraine, March 15, 2024. FILE - Leonid Volkov, who has served as Alexey Navalny's top strategist, speaks during an interview at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Dec. 14, 2021. On Tuesday, Volkov was attacked near his home in Lithuania.
This photo released March 12, 2024, shows an Iranian navy missile corvettte at sea during the "Maritime Security Belt 2024" exercise involving Iran, Russia and China in the Gulf of Oman. (Iran Defense Ministry) FILE - Warships sail in the Gulf of Oman during the second day of joint Iran, Russia and China naval war games on Dec. 28, 2019. Similar drills took place this week. (Iranian army via AP) FILE - Chinese sailors wave on approach to Chahbahar, Iran, on the Gulf of Oman, in this photo provided Dec. 27, 2019. This was from the first joint naval drill with Russia, China and Iran in the gulf. Similar drills took place this week. (Iranian army via AP)