Alicia Spradley (left) and her husband Melvin Jeter hand a box of groceries to a resident in need, in Chicago, I.L. on Oct. 30, 2025. The Chicago resident came to the U.S. as a student, and was forced to stay past her VISA after entering a custody battle over her children with her abusive husband. Mustafa Hussain for NPR hide caption
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From left: Santa Angwech, 26, is a single mother of 3 children and takes care of two more who are not her biological kids. She stopped receiving food aid from WFP in May 2025 when funding was cut. Michael Obwoya, 49, is an elder in Palabek Refugee Settlement in Northern Uganda. Florence Amungo, 34, a refugee from South Sudan, was enrolled in AVSI's program for more than 2 months before finding out the program was cut due to USAID cuts. She had started some small businesses, like a piggery, that she hoped the program would help her grow so that she can support her household of 14 people (her husband, their 5 biological children, and other children that she cares for). hide caption
This photo released by the Italian Alpine and Speleological Rescue Corps on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, rescuers prepare for rescue operations with a helicopter in search of five mountaineers, all German, who were hit by an avalanche Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, 2025, while climbing the Cima Vertana, in the Ortler mountains in Solda, Italy. Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico/AP/Third Party hide caption
President Donald Trump shakes hands with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung as he receives a gift of a gold crown and an award of the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, not seen, during a high honor ceremony at the Gyeongju National Museum in Gyeongju, South Korea, Oct. 29, 2025. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Volunteers at the Lutheran Settlement House unload donations of fresh produce and dried goods from the back of a truck on October 30, 2025 in Philadelphia. Starting on Saturday, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits are set to lapse, impacting millions of Americans amid the government shutdown. Matthew Hatcher/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
John Davis, 62, says he decided not to have children. He's part of an environmental group called the Rewilding Institute that supports returning land to natural habitat. "We need to encourage a small family ethic, especially among affluent people," he told NPR. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption
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An image shows the scaly skin of a crest over the back of the juvenile duck-billed dinosaur Edmontosaurus annectens, a specimen nicknamed "Ed Jr." by researchers. The juvenile is estimated to have been about two years old when it died. Tyler Keillor/Fossil Lab hide caption
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