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
