A live broadcast being transmitted from a green screen studio at Istiklal TV, the bigest television station among the Uyghur diaspora which broadcasts on the internet.

A shop owner presents two payment QR codes, one from WeChat and one from Alipay, at a food market.

Attendees use their smartphones as QR codes for various in-app games are displayed on a wall at Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

An attendee stands in front of a screen displaying QR codes for various programs and services at Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees at the WeStore booth at Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s WeChat Open Class Pro conference

Attendees walk through the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees walk through the reception area at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

An inflatable ball featuring an emoji sits on boxes at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Allen Zhang, senior executive vice president at Tencent Holdings Ltd. and founder of the company's WeChat app, speaks during his keynote speech at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees look at their smartphones in front of a WeStore sign at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees walk through the reception area at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

Attendees wait for the keynote speech to start at the WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

A woman and children enjoying a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

A woman with a baby on her lap sits among passengers enjoying a pleasure cruise from Hurgarda, a Red Sea resort popular with tourists from Russia and Eastern Europe.

Employees stand next to digital screens at a showroom inside the JD.com Inc. headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese government...

An employee walks past a digital screen at a showroom inside the JD.com Inc. headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese government...

Employees stand next to digital screens at a showroom inside the JD.com Inc. headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese government...

The logo for JD.com Inc. is displayed on a pane of glass at the company's headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese government's...

An employee stands at a facial recognition station before entering a JD.com Inc. Unmanned Convenience Store inside the company's headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has...

Employees shop at a JD.com Inc. Unmanned Convenience Store inside the company's headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese governm...

Employees shop at a JD.com Inc. Unmanned Convenience Store inside the company's headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese governm...

Pedestrians walk towards the JD.com Inc. headquarters. JD.com is China's second-largest online platform and has so far seemed to have avoided the Chinese government's crackdown on its tech giants.

An emergency debate on Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Forum.

Krystyna Shter, representng the European Union of Jewish Students, speaking from a bomb shelter in Kharkiv in Ukraine at the Emergency debate on Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Council, the week follow...

Krystyna Shter, representng the European Union of Jewish Students, speaking from a bomb shelter in Kharkiv in Ukraine at the Emergency debate on Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Council, the week follow...

An NGO's representative speaking virtually at the Emergency debate on Ukraine at the UN Human Rights Council, the week following the invasion by Russia.

An employee stands behind the reception desk at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou.

Joseph Tsai, co-founder and vice-chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., as well as the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou...

An employee stands behind the reception desk at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou.

Joseph Tsai, co-founder and vice-chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., as well as the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou...

Amazon 'Prime' trailers parked on a gravel parking lot between the Rugeley 'BHX1' fulfilment centre and a construction supplies store.

The exterior of Amazon fulfilment centre 'BHX1'.

New roads adjacent to Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

The exterior of Amazon fulfilment centre 'BHX1'.

The exterior of Amazon fulfilment centre 'BHX1'.

The packing area at Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

Amazon 'Prime' trailers parked on a gravel parking lot between the Rugeley 'BHX1' fulfilment centre and a construction supplies store.

Employee walking in a garden outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

Gary Norton, General Manager of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. "Amazon years are like dog years. We call people 'experienced' if they've been here for a couple of years."

Employees at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee stands behind the reception desk at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee stands behind the reception desk at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee takes a selfie in a garden outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee takes a picture in a garden outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

Avril John (70), an employee at Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. Avril John began working at Amazon in 2011. Just over 10 years later, she is still in the same role, working in the team that receive...

Employees relax at a pool hall in the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

Employees sit in a lounge at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

A motivational sign at Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

The packing area at Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

Amazon employees oversee the packing and dispatch of customer orders inside of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

Joseph Tsai, co-founder and vice-chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., as well as the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou...

Joseph Tsai, co-founder and vice-chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., as well as the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou...

Joseph Tsai, co-founder and vice-chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., as well as the owner of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team, speaks during an interview at the company's headquarters in Hangzhou...

Pedestrians walk past a large advert featuring a QR code.

Employees purchase groceries and snacks at a Hema or Fresh Hippo store at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee stops to talk to a colleague while using a shared bicycles at the main campus of the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

Shared bicycles, used by employees, sit in a lot at the main campus of the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

An employee in a garden outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

A group of employees outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

A group of employees outside at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters.

A shopper uses a smartphone at an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Hema or Fresh Hippo store.

A shopper uses a smartphone at an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Hema or Fresh Hippo store.

A smartphone displaying the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's Hema or Fresh Hippo store app.

The interior of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. Over the last decade, Amazon has been able to expand the capacity of the Rugeley warehouse by adding several mezzanine floors. The work itself hasn't...

The interior of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. Over the last decade, Amazon has been able to expand the capacity of the Rugeley warehouse by adding several mezzanine floors. The work itself hasn't...

A machine applies customer addresses and postal fees to packages on the automated conveyer system at Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

The interior of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. Conveyor belts move parcels through the facility, ready for dispatch.

Colour-coded shelving extends almost as far as the eye can see inside Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

Colour-coded shelving extends almost as far as the eye can see inside Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

The interior of Amazon's 'BHX1' fulfilment centre. Conveyor belts move parcels through the facility, ready for dispatch.

Goods in storage at the Amazon 'BHX1' fulfilment centre.

Yelena (at the front), the head of a public organisation that works with disabled children in Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region. "We have a lot of children with autism (PAS) who respond to loud noise...

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Kirat Assi, who was catfished by a cousin, Simran Bhogal, masquerading with 60 different aliases.

Three children look at their tablet and smartphone in the Kholodna Gora metro station where they have found shelter, with their family, after they fled shelling by Russian forces in the residential no...

Ukrainian refugees wait at Przemysl train station.