Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi (L) meets with U.S. President Donald Trump as Vice President JD Vance (2nd R), and Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) look on in the Oval Office on March 19, 2026. The two leaders were expected to discuss topics including the current conflict in Iran and the threat posed by China. Alex Wong/Getty Images
A woman in a headscarf showing the U.S. flag walks down a street in Havana on March 19, 2026. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images
The interior of a destroyed apartment with the city skyline visible in the background following an overnight Iranian missile strike in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 19, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/AFP via Getty Images
A view of Total's market in Brazzaville, Congo, on March 19, 2026. Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso, 82, has been reelected with nearly 95 percent of the vote, according to provisional results announced on Tuesday. Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP via Getty Images
European leaders and Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres (C) pose for a photo during the EU Summit at EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2026. John Thys/AFP via Getty Images
Stephanie Kyriacou of Australia walks on the fourth fairway during Day 1 of the 2026 Australian WPGA Championship at Sanctuary Cove Golf and Country Club in Gold Coast, Australia, on March 19, 2026. Matt Roberts/Getty Images
A woman poses for a photo in front of a truck promoting the comeback concert of K-pop group BTS in Seoul, South Korea, on March 19, 2026. BTS, widely seen as the world's most popular boy band, reunites on stage on March 21 in a K-pop extravaganza for hundreds of thousands of fans in downtown Seoul and millions online. Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images
People shop for flowers at a market ahead of Nowruz celebrations in Tehran on March 19, 2026. Nowruz, or Persian New Year, is a festival celebrated worldwide by various ethnicities. It takes place on the spring equinox according to the Iranian Solar Hijri calendar. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine speak during a news conference at the Pentagon in Washington on March 19, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
The logo of the Asian e-commerce giant Shein is displayed at the Bazar de l'Hotel de Ville department store in Paris on March 19, 2026. A French appeals court rejected the government's demand to temporarily suspend a section of Shein's website in France after the discovery that it was selling illicit products such as childlike sex dolls, now removed from sale. Charlotte Siemon/AFP via Getty Images
A fuel tanker driver fills the tanks of a petrol station in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 19, 2026. Oil prices extended gains on March 19 after strikes against energy infrastructure in the Middle East raised more concerns over supply. Marty Melville/AFP via Getty Images
Wes Streeting, British secretary of state for health and social care, attends as students receive the Meningitis B vaccine at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, on March 19, 2026. A deadly meningitis outbreak at the University of Kent is being treated as a “national incident” as the number of confirmed cases rises to 20. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Larry the Cat watches a red carpet being laid ahead of the arrival of Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu at 10 Downing Street in central London on March 19, 2026. Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images
Oil storage tanks at the Big Spring Refinery in Big Spring, Texas, on March 19, 2026. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
Flowering cherry blossoms and buds from a sample cherry tree, Somei Yoshino species, for phenological observation conducted by the Tokyo Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency, are seen at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on March 19, 2026. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP via Getty Images
(L-R) Acting Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and acting Director of the National Security Agency Lt. Gen. William Hartman, FBI Director Kash Patel, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. James Adams III arrive to testify during a House Select Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on March 19, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
A pedestrian passes campaign posters of mayoral candidates Sophia Chikirou (L) and Rachida Dati in central Paris on March 19, 2026, ahead of the second round of France's municipal elections. Charlotte Siemon/AFP via Getty Images
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 19, 2026. Global stocks were down again in morning trading, with oil over $100 a barrel amid ongoing turmoil in the markets from the war in Iran. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
An side-by-side tracked buggy, a new vehicle designed to attract tourists, drives down a street in Ilulissat, Greenland, on March 19, 2026. Florent Vergnes/AFP via Getty Images
A humanoid robot called Vicente interacts with a guard dog during a showcase on private security supported by artificial intelligence in Bogota, Colombia, on March 19, 2026. Alejandro Gonzalez/AFP via Getty Images
