FILE - Kim Tong Chol, a U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, is presented to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)
FILE - Kim Tong Chol, a U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, speaks as he is presented to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)
Relatives mourn the death of Palestinian Shatha al-Sabbagh, a 22-year-old journalism student, during her funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Palestinians hold the funeral prayers over the body of Shatha al-Sabbagh, a 22-year-old journalism student, during her funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Shatha al-Sabbagh, a 22-year-old journalism student, during her funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
A relative mourns over the body of Palestinian Shatha al-Sabbagh, a 22-year-old journalism student, during her funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Relatives mourn as the body of Palestinian Shatha al-Sabbagh, a 22-year-old journalism student, is carried out of her family home during her funeral in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The year 2024 saw President Vladimir Putin further cement his power as he sought to counter Russia's isolation over the war in Ukraine. He won a fifth term that will keep him in office until 2030 following an election with only token opposition. He tightened a political crackdown on Russian society, and his top opponent, Alexei Navalny, died in prison under still unknown circumstances. But gunmen massacred scores of people in a Moscow concert hall, and a bomb killed a top general in attacks that underscored security flaws. Ukrainian forces swept into the Russian region of Kursk, Putin boasted about a lethal new hypersonic missile, and a new Trump administration raised concerns about continued U.S. support for Ukraine.
FILE - Adnan Syed and his mother, Shamim Rahman, talk with reporters as they arrive at Maryland's Supreme Court in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, to hear arguments in an appeal by Syed, whose conviction for killing his ex-girlfriend more than 20 years ago was chronicled in the hit podcast "Serial." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino woman who spent almost 15 years in an Indonesian prison for drug trafficking and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, waves to reporters as she is processed at the Correctional Institution for Women in Mandaluyong, Philippines Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
