A. Tabesh, an Afghan soldier from the clandestine U.S.-trained counterterrorism force known as the Zero Units, was wounded in battle while saving an American and lost his leg. He is now resettling in Baltimore, Maryland.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen at a budget hearing on Capitol Hill.

A protest organized by Ukrainian and American activists has formed outside the White House before President Biden's State of the Union address. For The New York Times.

Ukrainians, Ukrainian Americans and supporters from the DC area and across the US gathered at Farragut Square for a #StandWithUkraine demonstration on February 27, 2022, the fourth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainians, Ukrainian Americans and supporters from the DC area and across the US gathered at Farragut Square for a #StandWithUkraine demonstration on February 27, 2022, the fourth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Sisters Anaita Walizada, left, and Taban Ibraz, right, both journalists from Kabul, Afghanistan, outside their hotel room in Fairfax, Virginia. After the Taliban takeover, they were evacuated from Afghanistan with the help of Restore Her Voice and arrived in the United States on August 23. For DCist

Laila at her home in Virginia. She worries about her family still in Afghanistan. For The New York Times.

Dua Lipa, one of the biggest breakout female artists in the world, performs at the Sunny Hill Festival in front of thousands of fans in her parents’ hometown, Pristina, on August 10, 2018. For The New York Times.

2014 presidential election, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Local Afghan activist Mariam Kazemi chants during a protest at the White House, almost a week after the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Sahar from northern Virginia attends a protest organized by Afghans from the Washington, DC region at the recently opened Lafayette Square near the White House to protest against the ongoing violence in Afghanistan and demand an end to the war.

Farahnaz Forotan, a prominent TV journalist formerly with Tolonews and women's rights activist from Afghanistan, photographed in Washington, DC on March 30, 2021.

Mark Shields for The New York Times.

Prizren, Kosovo.

Author Noelle Crooks for The New York Times.

Tina Frundt, founder of Courtney’s House, a nonprofit group that works with children who were forced into sex trafficking. For The New York Times.

U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021.

U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021.