White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent take questions from reporters at the White House on April 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
An airplane passes in front of the sun in Panama City the morning of April 15, 2026. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Students perform as they parade during Khmer New Year celebrations known as Nokor Sankranta in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on April 15, 2026. Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP via Getty Images
Police forensic officers investigate a bottle containing liquid that was discovered outside Finchley Reform Synagogue in London on April 15, 2026. Two suspects threw a brick and two bottles containing what is believed to have been petrol at the building in the early hours of Wednesday in an attempted arson attack that police are treating as a hate crime. No damage or injuries were reported. Leon Neal/Getty Images
First Lady Melania Trump (C) speaks alongside committee Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) (L) and Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) (R) during a House Ways and Means Committee roundtable discussion on advancing legislation protecting American foster care children in Washington on April 15, 2026. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attend a press conference at Palazzo Chigi after their meeting in Rome on April 15, 2026. Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images
A donkey stands in a field as Israeli excavators demolish a Palestinian workshop that was reportedly built without a permit in Beit Ula village near the city of Hebron in the West Bank on April 15, 2026. Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images
A flight information display shows canceled flights of German airline Lufthansa at Frankfurt Airport, Germany, on April 15, 2026. The cabin crew union urged members to stage a strike in a dispute over pay and pensions. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) speaks to reporters as he walks into the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 15, 2026. The Senate has rejected an Iran war powers resolution for the fourth time, another attempt by Senate Democrats to limit President Donald Trump's ability to use military force against Iran. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
Accommodation buildings at Crowborough army camp in England, on April 15, 2026. Crowborough Shield, a local residents' campaign group, has said it will continue its bid to seek a judicial review on the use of Crowborough Army Camp as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers, despite losing an initial bid earlier this year. The camp began housing an initial group of 27 asylum seekers in January, with an intended capacity of more than 500 as the Home Office seeks to end the costly practice of housing asylum seekers in hotels and instead place them in government facilities while their claims are processed. Carl Court/Getty Images
Members of education unions chant slogans as they hold a banner that reads “We will not surrender our schools to violence” during a protest against school shootings in front of the Ministry of National Education headquarters in Ankara, Turkey, on April 15, 2026. A 13-year-old opened fire at a Turkish school on April 15, killing nine people and wounding 13, with students jumping from windows to escape, officials said. It was Turkey's second school shooting in two days. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images
Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema (center R) and his wife Mantwa Malema (center L) leave the East London Regional court on April 15, 2026, following his sentencing for firing an assault rifle at a rally eight years ago. The state is seeking the maximum 15-year jail term for Malema, who was found guilty in October 2024 of violating firearm laws by shooting a gun in the air at an EFF celebration near the city in 2018. Mark Andrews/AFP via Getty Images
A Roadside Assistance worker in historical clothing polishes an old vehicle with the Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB logo displayed for the 80-year anniversary of Roadside Assistance in the Netherlands, in Utrecht on April 15, 2026. Roadside Assistance officers initially rode fixed routes in search of people with breakdowns, but the agency became an emergency service with officers providing assistance by car or bicycle. Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
Revelers celebrate the Bisket Jatra festival, which marks the Nepali new year in Thimi on the outskirts of Kathmandu on April 15, 2026. Prakash Mathema/AFP via Getty Images
Maritza Montejo, a Liberty Tax Service office manager, helps Aurora Hernandez (L) with her taxes at a Liberty Tax Service office on the last day to file taxes in Miami on April 15, 2026. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Surya, a female Bornean orangutan, cradles her newborn at the Madrid Zoo Aquarium in Spain on April 15, 2026. Keepers described the newborn as strong and developing normally. After an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy, Surya gave birth to the 3.3-pound male on April 2, the zoo said in a statement. The Bornean orangutan is considered critically endangered. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP via Getty Images
A local resident sits on the banks of the Dnipro River by the Trukhaniv Island in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 15, 2026. Tetiana Dzhafarova/AFP via Getty Images
