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  • People puts flowers outside a school after a deadly attack on Saturday, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 9, 2021. The Interior Ministry said Sunday that the death toll in the horrific bombing at the entrance to the girls' school in the Afghan capital has soared to some 50 people, many of them pupils between 11 and 15 years old, and the number of wounded in Saturday's attack has also climbed to more than 100. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

    Death toll soars to 50 in school bombing in Afghan capital

  • Leland Stein, left, takes a photo with his mother Sondra Green in her apartment in New York on April 26, 2018. The two are reuniting in person for Mother’s Day as vaccinations have made families feel more comfortable gathering for the holiday. (Leland Stein via AP)

    Tearful reunions mark second Mother's Day under pandemic

  • FILE - In this May 5, 2020, file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, China's new large carrier rocket Long March 5B blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan Province. (Tu Haichao/Xinhua via AP, File)

    China says most rocket debris burned up during reentry

  • FILE - In this Friday, June 10, 2016 file photo, Britain's Prince Michael of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent arrive at St Paul's Cathedral in London. An investigative report by British media published Sunday,May 9, 2021 says that Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin, Prince Michael of Kent, was willing to use his royal status for personal profit and to seek favors from Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. (Ben Stansall/Pool Photo via AP, file)

    Queen's cousin accused of willingness to sell Kremlin access: report

  • An Israeli police officer aims his rifle towards Palestinian demonstrators during clashes at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

    In tense Jerusalem, flag-waving Israeli march to go ahead

  • Scotland's First Minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon poses for photographers, at Bute House in Edinburgh, Scotland. Sunday, May 9, 2021. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited the leaders of the U.K.’s devolved nations for crisis talks on the union after Scotland’s pro-independence party won its fourth straight parliamentary election. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)

    Sturgeon: Scotland independence vote matter of when, not if

  • A forklift driver loads material for temporary shelters to be sent to India, at the UNHCR warehouses, part of the International Humanitarian City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, May 9, 2021. Dubai's long-haul carrier Emirates will begin shipping aid from the World Health Organization and other groups into India for free to help fight a crushing outbreak of the coronavirus, the airline said Sunday. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

    Long-haul carrier Emirates to ship aid for free into India

  • A health worker administers the COVAXIN vaccine for COVID-19 to a journalist at the press club in Gauhati, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Infections have swelled in India since February in a disastrous turn blamed on more contagious variants as well as government decisions to allow massive crowds to gather for religious festivals and political rallies. ?(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

    As cases grow, India's vaccination campaign falters

  • This undated photo provided by the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office shows Shelly Harmon after she was arrested in the 1988 death of Pamela Pitts. The two women were roommates at the time. Harmon recently confessed to killing Pitts and was sentenced to time she already had served in another killing. (Yavapai County Sheriff's Office via AP)

    Long suspected of murder, Arizona woman confessed but avoided prison

  • In this Saturday, April 10, 2021 photo, a syringe is loaded with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Canada’s health regulator authorized the Pfizer vaccine for ages 12 and older. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Vaccine deserts: Some countries have no COVID-19 jabs at all

  • In this image taken from video by the FDNY, pedestrians hurry away from the scene of a shooting in Times Square, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in New York. New York City police say three innocent bystanders including a 4-year-old girl who was toy shopping have been shot in Times Square and officers are looking for suspects. All the victims are expected to recover. (FDNY via AP)

    Police: 2 women, child shot in New York City’s Times Square