Volunteers, including US embassy representatives, gather rubish at the TV tower area in Riga, Latvia on April 27, 2024 during the annual Great Cleanup Gathering. Authorities in Latvia called on residents to use Saturday's annual "Big Clean-up Day" to turn basements into air-raid shelters, with many in the Baltic country concerned they could be Russia's next target.
The former Soviet republic, now a member of NATO and the European Union, has a 214-kilometre (133-mile) border with Russia, and has been one of Ukraine's most reliable supporters since Russia's invasion. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP)