Every April, young men in Thailand draw a card from a jar that determines whether they will serve two years in the military or go home free. The nation’s top court will decide on Tuesday if the conscription lottery continues.

The draft, which is mandatory for men, is a deeply divisive issue in the country. But volunteer enlistments have soared amid a surge in nationalism and a sluggish economy.

Spaniards line up at weddings, tennis tournaments and galas to eat ham prepared by Ernesto Soriano, one of the world’s best slicers of jamón ibérico.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia marked Victory Day in a scaled-down military event in Red Square, in Moscow, on Saturday.

The U.S. Navy’s blockade continued to intercept ships trying to leave or enter Iranian ports, while fear of Iranian attacks kept other ships from attempting passage through the narrows.

The port of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands is preparing for passengers to disembark from the cruise ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak Sunday morning, Spanish officials said.

The cruise ship will arrive on the island of Tenerife, part of the Canary Islands of Spain, officials said. All of the passengers will then be evacuated to their home countries.

Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah has shown little sign of abating, with Hezbollah also continuing to attack Israeli troops, and both sides accusing the other of violating a U.S.-brokered truce.

One Nation, an anti-immigration party with Trumpian policies that has risen in popularity, won a seat in Parliament’s lower house for the first time.

Insurgent parties like Reform U.K. surged at the polls this week. But the British electoral system wasn’t built for multiparty democracy.

Rhun ap Iorwerth, a former journalist, led his party to the most seats in the Welsh Parliament, ousting the Labour Party, which had long held sway, and beating Reform U.K.

The number raises the prospect that about half a million soldiers in total have died on the Russian and Ukrainian sides.