Former President Donald Trump speaks as the keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Silver Elephant Dinner hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party on Aug. 5 in Columbia, S.C. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images hide caption
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Residents of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood register to vote at a voter registration event on Sept. 29, 2021. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
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Sweden's forward #08 Lina Hurtig (C) and teammates celebrate their win following a penalty kick shootout over two-time defending champion U.S. at the Women's World Cup. It was the U.S.'s earliest exit from the tournament. William West/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Connie Converse, photographed in New York City in June, 1958. The Musick Group, Heroic Cities LLC hide caption
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What the U.S. could learn from Japan about making healthy living easier
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Patty Krawec at a Wet'suwet'en solidarity event at the Canada-U.S. border. Patty Krawec hide caption
Former Arkansas Governor and 2024 Republican Presidential hopeful Asa Hutchinson speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner on July 28. Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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South Dade is one of the only places in the continental U.S. where many tropical fruits can be grown. The area is also a vital domestic source of vegetables for the rest of the country during the winter months. Daniel Rivero/WLRN hide caption
Jewish refugees in Shanghai tried to recreate their lives in Europe as best they could. Here, a Jewish wedding in 1938. Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum hide caption
Local residents examine damaged cars of a passenger train which was derailed near Nawabshah, Pakistan. Railway officials say some passengers were killed and dozens more injured when a train derailed near the town of Nawabshah. Pervez Masih/AP hide caption
The cases against Trump and Nixon raised crucial constitutional questions about how far could a president go to stay in office if convinced his reelection was crucial to the nation, Ron Elving writes. Getty Images/File hide caption
The Center for Reproductive Rights brought the lawsuit on behalf of 13 women and two doctors. The women had pregnancy complications that endangered their lives or had fetuses with fatal anomalies. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
RSV can be dangerous for infants. A new treatment to prevent the respiratory illness is on track to be available this fall. JGI/Tom Grill/Getty Images/Tetra images RF hide caption
RSV prevention shot for babies gets OK from CDC
E.J. Cuevas (left) and his cousin, Joseph Martinez, stand in front of one of the family shrimping boats. "Every year it gets less and less," Cuevas says of Gulf shrimping. "This is our livelihood — for nothing." John Burnett for NPR hide caption
Americans love shrimp. But U.S. shrimpers are barely making ends meet
The latest employment data for July is bolstering hopes about the economy after employers continued to add jobs at a solid clip. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor, speaks during a campaign event in Salix, Iowa, on May 31. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends an event for marking Statehood Day in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, Friday, July 28, 2023. AP hide caption
A pregnant woman stands for a portrait in Dallas on May 18. U.S. health officials have approved the first pill specifically intended to treat severe depression after childbirth, a condition that affects thousands of new mothers in the U.S. each year. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Shaimaa Ali Ahmed, 12, lost her leg at age 6 after happening upon an unexploded rocket. Yemeni children like her bear an outsized burden from the civil war, where land mines and ordnance litter the landscape. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
She's 12. A rocket took her leg. She defines the pain and resilience of Yemen
Numbers on tickets for the Mega Millions lottery are selected by a purchaser in Los Angeles on Friday. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Simone Biles reacts after performing in the floor exercise at the U.S. Classic gymnastics competition Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Erin Hooley/AP hide caption
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Jamaica celebrates qualifying for the round of 16 after tying Brazil in Melbourne on Wednesday. William West/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Yu & Me Books was a fairly new business when a fire — which broke out above the store on July 4 — caused substantial damage to the shop. Now, owner Lucy Yu is working to rebuild not just the physical bookstore, but the community around it as well. Caroline Xia/Yu & Me Books hide caption
Fire devastated this NYC Chinatown bookshop — community has rushed to its aid
A vendor in Old Delhi mixes a pink beverage of Rooh Afza diluted with milk. Sushmita Pathak for NPR hide caption