Hundreds of people gathered at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoological Gardens to say goodbye to panda twins Lei Lei and Xiao Xiao as they were returned to China amid diplomatic tensions, leaving Japan without any pandas for the first time in 50 years. (PICS/AFP)

Russian attacks killed one and wounded dozens overnight in Ukraine as peace talks in Abu Dhabi were to enter their second day of peace talks, highlighting the ongoing conflict even amid diplomatic efforts to end Russia’s nearly four-year invasion. PICS/AFP (Inputs from AP)