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Neighbors carry the coffin that contain the remains of 7-year-old Jakelin Caal Maquin into her grandparent's home in San Antonio Secortez, Guatemala. The 7-year-old girl died while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol. Oliver de Ros/AP hide caption
Braxton Moral is scheduled to receive a high school diploma from Ulysses High School and a bachelor's degree from Harvard. "It's not as hard as you think, it's just an efficient use of time," he says. Courtesy of Julie Moral hide caption
The NPR staff likes to exercise in several different ways. Cameron Pollack/NPR hide caption
The federal government remains partially shut down in an impasse over President Donald Trump's demand for border wall funding. Hundreds of thousands of government workers will be going without a paycheck, presenting financial challenges for many. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Financially Struggling Government Workers Are Caught Up In Shutdown
National Parks? Many Are Open During The Shutdown. Their Bathrooms? Not So Much
Richard Overton had been the oldest living veteran of American wars. He died Thursday. Darren Abate/AP hide caption
Supporters of convicted police killer Mumia Abu-Jamal rally outside the federal courthouse in 2010. A judge in Philadelphia has reinstated appeal rights to former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal who has long maintained his innocence as his case gained international attention. Matt Rourke/Associated Press hide caption
A selection of NPR's memorable visual stories includes reporting at the U.S. and Mexico border, how birds-to-be get oxygen, a revival of a drag festival, looking into the the history of "This Little Light of Mine," tracking which suburban congressional districts that Democrats turned from red to blue and melodic drumming. Claire Harbage, Skunk Bear, Mengwen Cao for NPR, Angela Hsieh, Sean McMinn and Jazz Night In America/NPR hide caption
U.S.-backed Kurdish militants seem to be in talks with the Syrian regime to hand over the city of Manbij. Turkey has threatened an offensive against the town if the Kurds remain in control. Here, members of the Kurdish internal security force are seen here in a photo from March. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
A girl is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. There were more than 1 million cases of cholera in the country between April 2017 and April 2018. Hani Mohammed/AP hide caption
The Trump administration EPA says regulations to reduce power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants are too costly, and should no longer be considered legally 'appropriate and necessary.' Matt Brown/AP hide caption
Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Syrian refugee women hold their children in a refugee compound in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Bilal Hussein/AP hide caption
Israeli writer Amos Oz, shown here in 2015, died Friday at age 79. picture alliance/picture alliance via Getty Image hide caption
Fionn Whitehead plays Stefan, programmer creating a mid-'80s adventure game in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Netflix hide caption
A church near the school was destroyed during the fight to oust ISIS from Raqqa. Ruth Sherlock/NPR hide caption
Determined To Seek An Education, Teenagers In Raqqa, Syria, Create Their Own School
'We Will Curse Them As Traitors': Syrian Kurds React To U.S. Troop Withdrawal Plan
These teenage brothers live in house #9 at the SOS Children's Village in Tela, Honduras. The goal isn't to get them adopted out but to create a family-like setting in the institution. Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR hide caption
An Orphanage In Honduras Puts Love At The Top Of Its Priority List
In this image made from CCTV video, China's former deputy intelligence chief Ma Jian appears in a courtroom in the northeastern port city of Dalian, China. AP hide caption