Ground crew load medical supplies onto a U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) charter plane bound for Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo as the World Health Organization coordinates the response to an Ebola outbreak, at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 20, 2026. Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche (C) speaks during a news conference announcing the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro at the Freedom Tower in Miami on May 20, 2026. The Justice Department indicted Castro, 94, in the 1996 downing of two civilian planes manned by workers from humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue, who were assisting Cubans escaping the communist regime. Castro and others are charged with conspiring to kill Americans. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images
A Cal Fire aircraft drops retardant on the Sandy fire in the hills near a residential area in Simi Valley, Calif., on May 20, 2026. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images
French chef Guy Savoy (C) and his team before his investiture ceremony at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris on May 20, 2026. Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP via Getty Images
A protester holds a flare as union members and conservatives rally against the European Green Deal and the policies of Donald Tusk's government in front of the Polish parliament in Warsaw on May 20, 2026. Wojtek Radwanski/AFP via Getty Images
Rope access technicians dressed as superheroes abseil down a facade of the Children's University Hospital to mark the building's first anniversary in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 20, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump speaks during the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement ceremony on Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Conn., on May 20, 2026. This is the 145th Coast Guard commencement. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
First responders collect samples during a demonstration of hazardous materials protection, medical service, and transport logistics in Berlin on May 20, 2026, at a hand-over ceremony of special protective vehicles for emergency volunteers. John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images
Visitors watch the famed Old Faithful Geyser erupt in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., on May 20, 2026. Yellowstone became the nation’s first national park on March 1, 1872, when President Ulysses S. Grant signed a congressional act protecting the land “for the benefit and enjoyment of the people.” Mario Tama/Getty Images
Demonstrators rally against the decline in employment-assistance contracts outside the office of the prefect in Saint-Denis on the French island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean on May 20, 2026. Several dozen elected officials from different political parties protested the significant reduction in state funds allocated to subsidized employment. Richard Bouhet/AFP via Getty Images
European Council President Antonio Costa (L) speaks next to Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo during a press conference at the Culture Palace in Guatemala City on May 20, 2026. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (L) plants a tree with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) at Villa Doria Pamphili as the two leaders hold bilateral talks focusing on strengthening India-Italy cooperation in Rome on May 20, 2026. Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images
Moon jellies submerged in water at the Aquarium of the Pacific's new Jelly Dreamscapes exhibit in Long Beach, Calif., on May 20, 2026, ahead of the May 23 opening to the public. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) walks onto the factory floor with Shunsuke Toya (L), CEO and President of Prodrone, at the Prodrone research facility as Japan pushes to expand military drone capabilities with nearly $850 million earmarked for unmanned defense systems in its 2026 defense budget, in Nagoya, Japan, on May 20, 2026. Andrew Cabarello-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
A path leads among trees, mostly conifers, in a forest near Celle, Germany, on May 20, 2026. The German government released its annual report on the health of the nation's forests, with data for 2025 showing that only 21 percent of trees in Germany are healthy. Drier and warmer weather remains the biggest culprit, along with the bark beetle. Sean Gallup/Getty Images
The Portland Head Light lighthouse, built in 1791, is seen in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, on May 20, 2026. The presumptive Senate Democratic nominee, Graham Platner, and incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) may face off in the general election, a race that could determine which party controls the Senate next year. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
