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A young boy in his classroom in northern Bulgaria.

The Great Hall of Justice of the Peace Palace, The Hague, seat of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during solemn sitting to mark the Court’s 70th anniversary.

Syrian refugee Khaled carries trays of potatoes at a farm in the Jordan valley.

A woman refugee from South Sudan stands outside a shelter in Bitima village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Amendments tabled by Parliament's lead MEP to a Commission proposal to revise the EU firearms directive will be discussed in the Internal Market Committee on Wednesday at around 11.20. The committee chair and rapporteur on this file, Vicky Ford (ECR, UK), says that any changes to the directive must strike a balance between the right to own certain types of firearms and controls appropriate to the risk they present.

Israeli first responders transport the wounded after an assailant rammed his car into a bus stop in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighbourhood.

Three-year-old Khalesa and her mother in northern Afghanistan.

MEPs have another busy week ahead of them

Operation Inherent Resolve

Nigerian youngster Paul, who was abducted by Boko Haram militants at age 14, stands against a wall.