French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and President Donald Trump, right, participate in a G-7 Working Session. Trump is in Biarritz, France, for the G-7 summit of the world's biggest economic powers. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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Trade And Economic Tensions Loom Over G-7 Summit In France
Policemen pull out their guns after a confrontation with demonstrators during a protest in Hong Kong, on Sunday. One officer fired a warning shot in the air — the first such incident in 11 weeks of protests. Vincent Yu/AP hide caption
NASA's Terra satellite captured the mass of floating pumice rock on August 13. NASA hide caption
Sharon Litton of Shreveport, La., is baptized by immersion in the Jordan River, where Jesus is said to have been baptized. Such baptisms are a staple of evangelical tours of Israel. Courtesy of Randy Litton hide caption
Cancer patients receive chemotherapy treatment at Roshana Cancer Center, a private clinic in western Tehran. Marjan Yazdi for NPR hide caption
Iranian Oil Tanker Leaves Gibraltar, Despite U.S. Efforts To Keep It Detained
Former U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Walsh, a former Illinois congressman, says he'll challenge President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination in 2020. The Tea Party favorite argues that Trump is unfit for the White House. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
A stand of trees â some dead, some still clinging to their leaves â in Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The Cody Firearms Museum in Wyoming recently reopened after an extensive renovation that included bringing a more educational approach to guns and gun culture. Kamila Kudelska/Wyoming Public Radio hide caption
The new animated short Hair Love follows the story of an African American father trying to do his daughter's hair. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation hide caption
'Hair Love' Uses Animation To Bring A Story Of Natural Hair In Black Families To Life
All the portraits hanging on the wall inside the Louis Bornstein Family Amphitheater at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on June 12, 2018 were of men, nearly all white. The portraits have since been removed. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
"I just feel like that kind of just followed me all throughout my life. I've always kind of been slept on a bit," Ari Lennox says. Laura Beltran Villamizar/NPR hide caption
The Instrument of Hope is lacquered in black except for the shiny brass parts, which are clear lacquered. They include the lead pipe, which is made from bullets set end to end and drilled out so that air can flow through to make it a playable instrument. The tops of the three buttons are made of the sawn-off casing end caps or rims. Matt Mckay/Publicis North America hide caption
A Trumpet Made Of Bullets And The Kids Who Inspired It Take Hope Around The Country
"The filibuster has been used as a weapon to just have the Senate do nothing," former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told NPR. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call hide caption
To Forward Progressive Agenda, Harry Reid Says The Filibuster Must Go
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters hide caption
Macron Urges G-7 Members To Put Amazon Fires At Top Of Agenda
Brazilian President Bolsonaro To Send Army To Combat Amazon Rainforest Fires
Daniel Ortner converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10 years ago. Courtesy of Daniel Ortner hide caption
I'm Converting: How One Man's Missionary Trip Reconnected Him To His Family's Past
In Tigers Are Not Afraid, 11-year-old Estrella (Paola Lara) meets a gang of orphans led by a boy in a tiger mask. Shudder hide caption
'My Papi Has A Motorcycle' Pays Loving Tribute To A California Childhood
