Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli airstrike on the Sousi mosque in Gaza City on Monday. Mahmud Hams/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Monday in Philadelphia that he will run for president as an independent. Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Dan Goldman (L) and Sen. Cory Booker (R) were both in Israel over the weekend when Hamas attacked. They have since made it back to the U.S. Left photo: Lev Radin; right photo: Theodore Parisienne 12/Getty Images hide caption
The artists, brothers Adam and Zack Khalil and Jackson Polys, are part of the collective the New Red Order. They call it a "public secret society." Here they are with Creative Time curator Diya Vij. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption
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The 2023 Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Harvard University economist Claudia Goldin. The committee cited her research on generations of women in the labor market. George Freston/Getty Images hide caption
Carlos Moreno, a Franco-Colombian urbanist, has been helping spread the idea of 15-minute cities — where people can access key things in their life within a short walk, bike ride or transit ride of their home. But the climate solution is seeing huge challenges, including conspiracy theories. Julia Simon hide caption
The Meta Quest 3 can power augmented reality board games like Demeo. Meta hide caption
Israeli soldiers are shown taking cover in Sderot on Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, during a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Mikki Smith lets out a cry as she adjusts to the frigid water. It was her first time with the Puget Sound Plungers in Seattle, Washington. Mike Kane for NPR hide caption
An image from security camera footage shows alleged thieves breaking into a P.C. Richard & Son appliance store in Philadelphia in late September. Philadelphia Police Department hide caption
The U.S. Capitol, pictured on Thursday. Congress has a lot to do, but House business is stalled without a leader. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya celebrates after winning the 2023 Chicago Marathon professional men's division and setting a world record marathon time of 2:00.35 at Grant Park on Sunday in Chicago, Illinois. Michael Reaves/Getty Images hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has made "school choice" one of his top issues for the state. A special legislative session starting Monday will take up the issue of school vouchers for the second time this year, plus controversial border enforcement measures. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption
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Voters take to the polls on March 7, 2023, at Mann Elementary School in south St. Louis. If supporters get enough signatures, an abortion initiative will likely be on the ballot in 2024. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Missouri's strict abortion ban could change. Even a GOP-led group thinks it should.
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Students help instructional coach Regina Green caramelize onions for a dish featuring fresh greens from the school garden at Watkins Elementary. Allison Aubrey/NPR hide caption
Evaporation ponds that are pinkish-red due to high salinity levels are visible on the north section of the Great Salt Lake in August 2021 near Corinne, Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Soldiers patrol from on top of an armored vehicle as supporters of presidential candidate Daniel Noboa, of the National Democratic Action Alliance political party, attend a rally downtown in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
Niousha Noor plays Shireen, the woman based on Maryam Keshavarz's own mother, in The Persian Version. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton has studied Auschwitz survivors, Vietnam war veterans, survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and people who'd been subjected to repression by the Chinese government. He reflects on what he's learned in his new book, Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Wolfgang Richter hide caption
Jenny Gusse and Doug Inglis worked together doing scientific research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, a government agency. In their free time, they were avid outdoors enthusiasts. Ron Teather hide caption
Afghan residents sit at a damaged house after an earthquake in a village in Herat province on Saturday. Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. Gaetz introduced a Motion to Vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that led to the first ouster of a sitting Speaker in American history. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
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Scientists studying fossil human footprints in New Mexico say their age implies that humans arrived in North America earlier than thought. NPS Photo hide caption
Fossil footprints in New Mexico suggest humans have been here longer than we thought
Powerball lottery tickets are displayed Oct. 4, 2023, in Surfside, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
A mile-long BNSF Railway coal train winds its way through Seattle's Carkeek Park in June 2023. John Ryan/KUOW hide caption
Boran Bumovich Hignio, a 7-year-old surfer, gets help with his wetsuit from Diego Villarán, who founded the local surf school, and other staffers. Peter Yeung for NPR hide caption
The artist Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons is one of this year's MacArthur fellows. Her sculptures, paintings, installations and photography are displayed in over 30 museums around the globe. When she got news of the so-called "genius grant," she says, " I was running room to room in the house, feeling a sense of terror and elation." MacArthur Foundation hide caption
Jacob Murungi collects water near his home in central Kenya — harvesting it from fog that forms overnight and clings to trees. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Ramón Méndez Galain was Uruguay's National Director of Energy from 2008 to 2015. His plan for the energy sector led to 98% of Uruguay's grid being powered by green energy. And a good deal of that comes from wind energy — from turbines like those behind him. Amanda Aronczyk/NPR hide caption
Buying appliances and vehicles that run on electricity, not fossil fuels, can help reduce our carbon footprint. Making these upgrades will cost money — so you will need to plan ahead, says Joel Rosenberg of the nonprofit group Rewiring America. Clockwise from top left: Bloomberg via Getty Images, Schon/Getty Images, Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images, Juan Algar/Getty Images; Collage by Kaz Fantone hide caption
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Claire Montegut (second from right), 16, and Anika Zhou (right), 17, are members of the Space Cookies, a FIRST Robotics Competition team composed of all Girl Scouts. Here they fix their robot's roller "claw" designed to pick up cones and cubes to score points. Mark Leong for NPR hide caption
OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe blows a kiss during a ceremony honoring her career, after the team's NWSL soccer match against the Washington Spirit on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in Seattle. The Spirit and the Reign played to a scoreless draw in Rapinoe's final regular-season home game before her retirement at the end of the season. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption
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Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall in The Underground Railroad. Kyle Kaplan/Amazon Studios hide caption