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A view of downtown Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Secretary General António Guterres briefs an informal meeting of the General Assembly on his concerns for 2018.

In a wide-ranging hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a Senate committee she did not remember hearing President Donald Trump use vulgar language to describe Haiti and African countries during a meeting last week with lawmakers at the White House.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon refused to answer questions Tuesday from lawmakers who are investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

A young woman and a baby waiting to be immunized watch as a health worker fills a syringe with vaccine, in the Unchiprang makeshift Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar district.

Security Council President Ambassador Kairat Umarov of Kazakhstan (left) is greeted by President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan at the Presidential Palace in Kabul.

Huave women in Mexico carrying maize cobs.

War-affected Kunduz civilians in Afghanistan receive humanitarian aid.

A Republican U.S. senator, who is one of President Donald Trump's biggest critics, will this week deliver a speech comparing Trump's treatment of the media to the behavior of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.