Most robots have not generally been equipped for the task of folding clothes. But an international group of researchers say their new method could change that — or at least speed up the process. Their robot is seen here in multiple exposures. Adam Lau/UC Berkeley hide caption
Vehicles on Aug. 25, 2022 pass crosses placed to honor the victims of the shootings at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Conspiracy theories about Brazil's electronic voting machines, shown here, have spread online. Far-right influencers in the U.S. have seized on Brazil's election as a way of keeping conspiratorial narratives alive ahead of the U.S. midterms in early November. Caio Guatelli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt relief at Delaware State University, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, in Dover, Del. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Yesenia Monisvais speaking to member of LUPE as they canvass in San Juan, TX. Oct. 4th, 2022. Jason Garza for NPR hide caption
Donald Glover as Earn Marks and Zazie Beetz as Van in Atlanta on FX. Guy D'Alema/FX hide caption
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, looks over as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang raises his hand to vote at the closing ceremony of the 20th National Congress of China's ruling Communist Party in Beijing on Saturday. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the NATO summit in Hertford, England, on Dec. 4, 2019. On Friday, he announced a national freeze on the sale, purchase, and transfer of handguns. Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images hide caption
The Bulldog watch, released by MB&F in March 2020, retails for $100,000 and sold out almost immediately. MB&F hide caption
Hans Niemann has filed a lawsuit accusing chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others of defamation, in the latest twist to a cheating scandal that has roiled the world of elite chess. Tim Vizer/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Office desks remain vacant during a spike in COVID-19 cases in London on Dec. 14, 2021. Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images hide caption
A photo of then-President Donald Trump in the Oval Office with his coat still on as he returns from speaking on the Ellipse on Jan. 6, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Oct. 13. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Hervis Rogers was charged with a felony for allegedly voting illegally during the 2020 primary elections. The charges against him were eventually dropped. Jen Rice/Houston Public Media hide caption
Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in front of the Florida State Capitol in March in Tallahassee, Fla, protesting what opponents call the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
Colin Farrell plays a sweet-souled farmer whose best (human) friend abruptly dumps him in The Banshees of Inisherin. Jonathan Hession/Searchlight Pictures hide caption
The figure at left is the personification of cholera, facing resistance from a group of women. This 19th century engraving is from Barcelona. PHAS/UIG/Getty Images hide caption
UCLA gynecologist James Heaps appears in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2019. Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via AP hide caption
Victoria Persinger (left) and Christopher Plys of Team USA compete against Team Norway during the Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing on on Feb. 3. Lintao Zhang/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in February 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is among the contenders bidding to succeed Prime Minister Liz Truss. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ethan Crumbley attends a hearing at Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Mich., on Feb. 22. Crumbley, the teenager accused of killing four fellow students and injuring more at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., is expected to plead guilty next week, authorities said Friday. David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP, Pool, File hide caption
Larry the Cat plays with bunting in the garden of number 10 Downing Street on June 1, 2012 in London, England. Ki Price/WPA-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Data compiled by the CDC highlights multiple weaknesses in the system of care for new mothers, from obstetricians who are not trained (or paid) to look for signs of mental trouble or addiction, to policies that strip women of health coverage shortly after they give birth. Halfpoint Images/Getty Images hide caption
The songs on Taylor Swift's 10th album, Midnights, place the listener in the immediate nowhere of private space, where stories can change in a whisper. Beth Garrabrant/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Western wildfires burning in 2018, like the River Fire in Lakeport, Calif., sent plumes of smoke to the Central U.S. where it helped seed more destructive thunderstorms. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
People watch a laser show on the banks of the river Sarayu during Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of the Hindu festival of Diwali in Ayodhya on November 3, 2021. SANJAY KANOJIA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
From left: Republican candidate Christine Drazan, Democrat-turned-independent candidate Betsy Johnson and Democratic candidate Tina Kotek are all vying for the Oregon governor's office. Kristyna Wentz-Graff/OPB hide caption
Father Theofilos, a Pantokrator monk, shows a manuscript at the library of Pantokrator Monastery in the Mount Athos, northern Greece, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP hide caption
Black Adam the character (Dwayne Johnson) tosses lightning, but Black Adam the movie is a Faraday cage. Warner Bros. hide caption
This undated portrait shows Emmett Louis Till, who was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Mississippi Delta in August 1955 after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman working in a store. AP Photo/AP hide caption
Hope Joseph grew up in Ghana with a Ghanaian mother and Nigerian father. She says life is tough at the migrant camp Poligono San Jorge, but she is happy she made the journey. She arrived in Spain in 2019, passing through Niger and Libya. The 29-year-old says she is a pillar of her family, because she can send money back home to make sure everyone — including her 10-year-old-son — is fed. Ricci Shryock For NPR hide caption
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