A photo collage illustration shows fractured images of political violence in Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Brazil, and Ethiopia. At center is a silhouette of the U.S. Capitol with protesters silhouetted in front of it.
A boy parades with the old Ethiopian national flag during a celebration of the eve of Timkat, the Ethiopian Orthodox Epiphany, in Gondar, Ethiopia, on Jan. 19
ECOWAS mediator and former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan arrives to lead talks with West African envoys and Mali's military junta on Aug. 24 in Bamako, Mali.