In an interview, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg calls on Germany to quickly increase its defense spending and says he expects there will be a debate soon on whether to supply Ukraine with fighter jets.
To photograph our cover story on the population milestone reached last year, Justin Jin and Yagazie Emezi captured individual stories in lands they each know well.
This year, thousands of images were submitted to the contest by over 2,600 photographers from 116 countries - here are the shots that amazed the judges.