Cornelius van der Walt, a hot-air balloon pilot, died with three others in a crash in Arizona.

Adem Yilmaz in his fishing boat with his stork companion, Yaren.

Charging up in Lake Park, Fla.

Lashinda Demus, center left, at the 2012 London Olympics. She finished second to Natalya Antyukh of Russia, who was later disqualified for doping. Twelve years later, Demus has yet to receive her gold medal.

A gambling ad in New York featuring Wayne Gretzky

Vanessa James and Eric Radford, along with six other figure skaters from Canada, have filed a case demanding that they be awarded the bronze medals in the team event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Ships under construction in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Some analysts expect a robust supply of new ships to push down shipping rates this year.

A woman among cheering fans at a game of the Korean Basketball League in Goyang, South Korea, in October. South Korean women generally outnumber men at sports events.

The opening of Interpol’s general assembly last year in Vienna.

A London Overground train passing through the Camden neighborhood of London, along what will soon be called the Mildmay line.

Traffic around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The new parking fees aimed at S.U.V.s are expected to be approved in May and take effect in September.

A heavy snowfall in Huai’an, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province on Sunday.

Russia’s team edged the United States, left, and Japan at the 2022 Beijing Olympics but will receive the bronze after a doping penalty.

Kamila Valieva led Russia to victory in a team competition in Beijing before her positive doping test was revealed.

Maximila Imali, a silver medalist at the 2022 African championships, at a training session on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya.

Storm Isha caused airlines to cancel or divert dozens of flights in Britain and Ireland on Sunday and Monday.

Orange steps on Monday led up to the hole where a part of an Alaska Airlines plane blew out, forcing an emergency landing at Portland International Airport last week.

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft in Seattle in 2021.

The London Underground system will be largely shut down for most of next week.

Anna-Maja Kazarian said that leaving the venue of the World Rapid and Blitz Championships in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to change her shoes made her feel stressed and unfocused during Thursday’s rounds.

The referee Halil Umut Meler covered his face after being punched and knocked to the ground by Faruk Koca, center, the president of the Ankaragucu soccer club.

Russian athletes at the Beijing Olympics in 2022. While its athletes will be permitted to compete in Paris next year, they must do so without their national colors and flag.

Leonel Martínez qualified for Venezuela’s Olympic team last week. He will return to the Games next year in Paris, after a 40-year Olympic drought.

The audience’s knowledge and enthusiasm at a taping last month of “Prime Time Football Live” was a sign of the N.F.L.’s rising stature in Germany.

Cars parked in Hobart, Australia.

Wilson Kipsang, the New York City Marathon champion in 2014, is among the hundreds of Kenyan runners serving doping bans.

A morning commute earlier this year in central Stockholm. A new plan will allow only electric or natural gas-powered vehicles within a 20-block zone of the city.