Maksym Dupak, colleague of the former Ukrainian serviceman and inventor Yevhen Hnatok, assists with remote controlling an unmanned ground vehicle during tests in the field, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine, July 7, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko 

A woman sits on the ground with a dog after being evacuated from a flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Local resident Valentina, who spent two days on the roof of a flooded house, sits on the ground after being evacuated to a non-flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Local resident Valentina, who spent two days on the roof of a flooded house, sits on the ground after being evacuated to a non-flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A woman sits on the ground with a cat and a dog after being evacuated from a flooded area following the collapse of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the town of Hola Prystan in the Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Victor Faundez, founder of the "Buena Cabra" (Good Goat) project, an initiative that relies on goats to control dry pastures and other vegetation that fuel forest fires in the summer, stands next to his herd of goats nibbling on foliage in Santa Juana, Chile, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez 

Employees monitor screens showing real-time footages of mining operations in a ground control centre, at Xiaobaodang Coal Mine, during a Huawei-organised media tour, in Shenmu of Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang 

A person jogs through the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol after state representative Justin Jones was reinstated, following his expulsion along with fellow state representative Justin Pearson by the Republican-controlled state House of Representatives over their rule-breaking protest on the House floor on March 30, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. April 11, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

People lie on the ground as they react to the expulsion of the last member Rep. Justin Pearson on the day it is scheduled to vote to expel three Democratic members for their roles in a gun control demonstration at the statehouse last week, in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., April 6, 2023. REUTERS/Cheney Orr 

Mati Hasda, 40, who has seven kids, cooks food as she talks with one of her sons, at their house in Duadangi village, Bahadurganj subdivision of Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 21, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A wooden board used to explain menstruation and the female anatomy is seen inside the counseling office of a community health centre in Bahadurganj subdivision of Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 21, 2023. India’s fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Women wait outside the operation theatre of a community health centre in Bahadurganj subdivision of Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 21, 2023. India's fertility rate fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Masera Khatun, 37, who is pregnant with her sixth child, sits outside her house at Duadangi village in the Bahadurganj subdivision of Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 21, 2023. India's fertility rate fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Pills and injections used as female contraceptive methods are seen on a table at the community health centre in Bahadurganj subdivision of Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 21, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Patients wait outside a primary health care centre in Belwa village, Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 20, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Men sit next to a board displaying information about the different family planning methods available, during a sterilisation camp set up at a primary health care centre in Belwa village, Kishanganj district, Bihar state, India, March 20, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Women speak to health workers at a sterilisation camp set-up in a primary health care centre in Belwa village, Kishanganj district, Bihar, India, March 20, 2023. India's fertility rate, fell to 2.0 in 2019-21, but State health officials estimate Kishanganj's fertility rate at 4.8 or 4.9, creating a population growth problem that the state is trying to curb with the distribution of condoms and birth control pills, as well as the paying 3,000 Indian rupees ($36.50) to women who get sterilised, 4,000 rupees to men, and 500 rupees per surgery to the health workers who perform them. "The state government's focus is to ensure that policy interventions percolate to the ground, its mechanisms such as free sterilisation, temporary birth control instruments are used actively," said Sanjay Kumar Pansari, director in the Bihar government's Directorate of Economics and Statistics. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS POPULATION" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A dog walks past members of Argentina's National Gendarmerie standing ground before patrolling Los Pumitas neighborhood, where Maximo Jerez, 11, was killed early Sunday when at least one gunman attacked a birthday party, as the National Government deployed forces to help control escalating violence in river port city of Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

A dog sits next to members of Argentina's National Gendarmerie standing ground before patrolling Los Pumitas neighborhood, where Maximo Jerez, 11, was killed early Sunday when at least one gunman attacked a birthday party, as the National Government deployed forces to help control escalating violence in river port city of Rosario, Santa Fe province, Argentina March 9, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian 

ATTENTION EDITORS: Quality repeat for this picture which contains an image processing error. Cylinders containing samples of treated and untreated soils sit on the ground at the Desert Control mobile site in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, October 6, 2022. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky 

Local residents inspect cars destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Local residents inspect cars destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A local resident walks past cars destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Local residents stand next to cars destroyed by recent shelling in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Lilia Vakulina, 22, and her mother Valentina Vakulina, 61, from Russian controlled town of Enerhodar wait at the relief centre, where volunteers provide food and transportation for those who are not travelling on their own, to be transferred to other parts of the country, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, August 29, 2022. REUTERS/Umit Bektas 

Local farmer Alexander Selezniov shows his farm building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the Russian-controlled village of Kamyanka in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Smoke billows during controlled explosions to destroy unexploded war remnants collected from Najaf desert found by Iraqi civil defence team in Najaf, Iraq , July 23, 2022. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani 

French farmers harvest a field of wheat in Cuvillers, France, July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol 

A woman carries a bottle of water as emergency specialists work at a residential building damaged by shelling during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine March 30, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

A member of the U.S. Navy operates onboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, in the Adriatic Sea, February 2, 2022. The Truman strike group is operating under NATO command and control along with several other NATO allies for coordinated maritime manoeuvres, anti-submarine warfare training and long-range training. REUTERS/Yara Nardi 

A representative stands next to a cargo trailer while waiting for local residents during the distribution of humanitarian aid from the International Committee of the Red Cross in the rebel-controlled town of Horlivka (Gorlovka) in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

People immerse themselves into icy waters during during the celebrations of the Orthodox Christian feast of Epiphany in the rebel-controlled city of Alchevsk in the Luhansk region, Ukraine January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Reservists of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic army take part in exercises at the training ground outside the rebel-controlled city of Luhansk, Ukraine September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

Reservists of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic army take part in exercises at the training ground outside the rebel-controlled city of Luhansk, Ukraine September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko 

School security officer Maia Otinashvili, 41, poses for a picture at her home in the village of Khurvaleti, Georgia, July 9, 2021. Otinashvili says she was walking near Khurvaleti when Russia-backed militants kidnapped her in 2018, pulling her over a barbed-wire fence and into Russia-controlled territory in South Ossetia, where they imprisoned her. She was then accused of crossing the boundary illegally. She denied the accusation but was sentenced that year by a South Ossetian court to eight months in jail. She was freed after 11 days following an outcry in Georgia. "They knocked me to the ground and hit me in the back," Otinashvili said. REUTERS/Daro Sulakauri SEARCH "SULAKAURI BORDER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

School security officer Maia Otinashvili, 41, looks at herself in the mirror at her home in the village of Khurvaleti, Georgia, July 9, 2021. Otinashvili says she was walking near Khurvaleti when Russia-backed militants kidnapped her in 2018, pulling her over a barbed-wire fence and into Russia-controlled territory in South Ossetia, where they imprisoned her. She was then accused of crossing the boundary illegally. She denied the accusation but was sentenced that year by a South Ossetian court to eight months in jail. She was freed after 11 days following an outcry in Georgia. "They knocked me to the ground and hit me in the back," Otinashvili said. REUTERS/Daro Sulakauri SEARCH "SULAKAURI BORDER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A crowd control munition is seen on the ground outside Brooklyn Center Police Department after police allegedly shot and killed a man, who local media report is identified by the victim's mother as Daunte Wright, in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, U.S., April 11, 2021. REUTERS/Nick Pfosi 

A medical worker controls a solution of a free antigen quick test in a tent on the ground of the Dresden fair, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Dresden, Germany, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel 

A medical worker controls a solution of a free antigen quick test in a tent on the ground of the Dresden fair, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Dresden, Germany, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel 

A medical worker controls a solution of a free antigen quick test in a tent on the ground of the Dresden fair, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Dresden, Germany, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Matthias Rietschel 

A family member of an inmate looks on from a higher ground outside a prison as authorities try to control another riot, in Guayaquil, Ecuador February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Santiago Arcos 

A discarded shield calling for the abolishment of the Portland Police Bureau sits on the ground after federal law enforcement officers used crowd control munitions against protesters rallying to abolish ICE after the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden, outside of an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, U.S. January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson 

Ground staff exit a temperature-controlled storage room at a cargo terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport, which according to the officials will be used as a COVID-19 vaccine handling and distribution center, during the media preview in New Delhi, India December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis 

An airport ground controller walks on the tarmac to signal towards the plane of Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden returning from Wisconsin campaign events at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Delaware U.S., September 21, 2020. REUTERS/Mark Makela 

A villager and a bull fall on the ground as villagers try to control it during a bull-taming festival, part of south India's harvest festival of Pongal, on the outskirts of Madurai town, Tamil Nadu state, India January 17, 2020. REUTERS/P. Ravikumar 

PhD student of Physics Lisa Ringena controls the optics of the laser system of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis system at the ArTTA laboratory at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2018. Atom Trap Trace Analysis for 39Ar is an ultra-sensitive detection method based on principles of quantum mechanics and found its first application in dating ground water and ice samples. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

A student controls the source chamber containing violet shining argon plasma and a collimator at the laboratory of ArTTA Atom Trap Trace Analysis system at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2018. Atom Trap Trace Analysis for 39Ar is an ultra-sensitive detection method based on principles of quantum mechanics and found its first application in dating ground water and ice samples. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

PhD student of Physics Lisa Ringena controls parameters as she looks at the Atom Trap Trace Analysis system at the ArTTA laboratory at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2018. Atom Trap Trace Analysis for 39Ar is an ultra-sensitive detection method based on principles of quantum mechanics and found its first application in dating ground water and ice samples. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

PhD student of Physics Maximilian Schmidt, controls parameters as he looks at the Atom Trap Trace Analysis system at the ArTTA laboratory at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2018. Atom Trap Trace Analysis for 39Ar is an ultra-sensitive detection method based on principles of quantum mechanics and found its first application in dating ground water and ice samples. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

PhD student of Physics Lisa Ringena controls the optics of the laser system of the Atom Trap Trace Analysis system at the ArTTA laboratory at the Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics in Heidelberg, Germany, December 7, 2018. Atom Trap Trace Analysis for 39Ar is an ultra-sensitive detection method based on principles of quantum mechanics and found its first application in dating ground water and ice samples. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner 

UPDATE Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander lost contact with ground control after it reached an altitude of 2.1 km above the lunar surface during its attempt to land on the moon on Sept. 7. ISRO subsequently said that the lander has been located on the moon and that it is trying to communicate with it. In a setback for India’s ambitious plans to become the first country to explore the lunar south pole, the Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander lost contact when it was trying to land on the moon on Sept. 7, after a journey of nearly 48 days. embed code and instructions: https://reut.rs/2PS0I5M 

Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the US Forestry Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

A firefighter stands by as ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service north of Gallina, New Mexico, U.S. August 15, 2019. Picture taken August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Adria Malcolm 

A crash test dummy with a rollator is lying on the ground after a collision with a Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car in a controlled crash test from insurer AXA, in Duebendorf, Switzerland, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Moritz Hager 

A crash test dummy with a rollator is lying on the ground after a collision with a Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric car in a controlled crash test from insurer AXA, in Duebendorf, Switzerland, August 22, 2019. REUTERS/Moritz Hager 

UPDATE Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lander lost contact with ground control after it reached an altitude of 2.1 km above the lunar surface during its attempt to land on the moon on Sept. 7. India will launch its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2 on Monday. If successful, it will be the fourth country to perform a "soft" landing on the moon.