
A protester and two children hold placards during a rally marking the third anniversary of the capture of Azov Brigade fighters in Mariupol and to call for speeding up the exchange of Ukrainian prisoners of war from the brigade and other units, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 18, 2025. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images

A protester holds up an EU flag with the word “help” written on it as they demonstrate against what they call an authoritarian bill empowering the government to sanction NGOs and media it deems threats to the country’s sovereignty in central Budapest, Hungary, on May 18, 2025. Ferenc Isza/AFP via Getty Images