Alexandra Sharp is the World Brief writer at Foreign Policy. Prior to writing World Brief, she worked as a deputy copy editor at FP; a city life editor at Vox Magazine in Columbia, Missouri; and as an editor at Genocide Watch. A Chicago native, she studied magazine journalism and international studies at the University of Missouri and reported in Costa Rica on climate change, immigration, and energy.
U.S. President Donald Trump is escorted by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng down a red carpet at Beijing Capital International Airport. A line of Chinese soldiers stand along the side.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha stands in front of a lectern with a microphone to attend a press conference of the International Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage poses in front of a sign reading, “Vote Reform, Get Starmer Out.” He is wearing a suit, and his left arm is outstretched.
U.S. President Donald Trump sits behind his desk in the Oval Office with his hands clasped in front of him. He is speaking and looking off to the side. Three blurred figures wearing suits stand in the background.
From left, acting Pentagon comptroller Jules Hurst III, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff testify before the House Armed Services Committee.
Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stands in from of a podium with a microphone. He is speaking to journalists (not seen in frame). His right hand gestures as he talks.
Britain’s King Charles III is applauded by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (left) and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson. An American flag is draped in the background.
