Rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israel AP

The Lincoln Memorial, left, and the Washington Monument, center, are seen in the early morning light in Washington. The U.S. Capitol building is in the background right. For a majority of Democratic voters, going back to the days before Donald Trump isn’t good enough. AP

A child stands between women waiting to receive food aid, in Mudzi about 230 Kilometers northeast of the Zimbabwean capital Harare. The United Nations' World Food Program says more than half of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are in need of food assistance, making the southern African country among the world’s most food insecure countries. A drought described by experts as the most severe in decades and worsened by climate change has brought many people to become dependent upon international food assistance. AP

Bruce Aylward, an assistant director-general of the World Health Organization speaks with a chart during a press conference in Beijing on Monday. Aylward said in Beijing on Monday that China's actions had probably prevented tens of thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands of cases of the COVID-19 virus. AP

In this Saturday afternoon, February 22, 2020, photo "Mad" Mike Hughes rocket takes off, with what appears to be a parachute tearing off during its launch near Barstow, Calif. Hughes, a California man who said he wanted to fly to the edge of outer space to see if the world is flat or round has died after his home-built rocket blasted off into the desert sky and plunged back to earth. "Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, was killed on Saturday after his rocket crashed. AP

Seated left to right are Halung Dorchi Lakpa Sherpa, Pasang Nurbu Sherpa, Ming Temba Sherpa and Tashi Lakpa Sherpa during a press meet before leaving for Mount Everest, in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Monday. The four experienced Sherpa guides say they will attempt to climb to the top of Mount Everest in the span of less than a week during the brutal winter season to set a new record on the world's highest peak. The team is flying on a helicopter to the Everest base camp on Monday and will begin the ascent on Tuesday. Team leader Tashi, 34, said he and the others plan to reach the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) summit on Saturday, make a quick descent and return to Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, on Sunday. AP

Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway poses with his championship medals after winning the men's 15 km mass start competition at the Biathlon World Championships in Antholz, Italy, Sunday AP