Microplastics found along Lake Ontario by Rochman's team Chris Joyce/NPR hide caption
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Ecologist Chelsea Rochman (left) and researcher Kennedy Bucci dig through washed-up debris along Lake Ontario. They're looking for small particles of plastic that make their way into oceans, rivers and lakes. Chris Joyce/NPR hide caption
Italian actress Asia Argento arrives at a film screening at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 19. Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pope Francis addresses the International Pilgrimage of the Ministrants last month in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
St. Vincent performs in Park City, Utah in 2017. Photo Illustration: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images and Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addresses a news conference last month at the presidential palace in the capital, Kabul, where the government was hosting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Food and beverage giant PepsiCo is buying Israeli fizzy drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion. Dan Balilty/AP hide caption
PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi Is Stepping Down After 12 Years
Vacation days piled up? Even a short trip can boost well-being. Kristen Uroda for NPR hide caption
Tourists take pictures of slogans on a wall in central Athens on Satuday. Greece's third and final bailout officially ends on Monday after years of hugely unpopular and stinging austerity measures. Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Brett Kavanaugh sits behind independent counsel Kenneth Starr as Starr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on the possibility of former President Bill Clinton's impeachment in 1998. David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images hide caption
Brett Kavanaugh Investigated A President, Then Voiced Concerns About Doing Just That
Former Intel Chiefs: White House Using Security Clearances As A 'Political Tool'
A fire helicopter takes off through smoke rising to make a drop on active fires in Yosemite National Park last week after the park reopened following a three-week closure. Gary Kazanjian/AP hide caption
A group of older boys, some of whom are gang members, joke around with a younger boy. Neighborhood children are often groomed for gang activity from the age of 6 or 7. At first they may be given small assignments — like buying snacks for gang members or monitoring who's coming in and out of a neighborhood, says Ayuso. Bit by bit, he says, they graduate into bigger responsibilities. Tomas Ayuso hide caption
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Angela Lang, executive director of BLOC, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities stands for a portrait infant of her childhood home Aug. 7, 2018 Milwaukee. BLOC, a community based group works in Milwaukee neighborhoods with a purpose of uniting and informing its citizens of current issues along with political insight to better their community. Darren Hauck for NPR hide caption
Wisconsin Political Activists Hope A 'Silent Canvass' Will Win Back Black Voters
Ahn Seung-choon was 14 when her 17-year-old brother was taken away from the family home in Pyeongchang. "After that day, we didn't hear anything about him," Ahn says. Michael Sullivan/NPR hide caption
South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North
Volunteers in a boat help to rescue stranded people from a flooded area in Chengannur in the southern state of Kerala, India, on Sunday. Aijaz Rahi/AP hide caption
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is looking into whether Facebook violated fair housing laws. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said they arrested a man, who was on the way to the hospital with his pregnant wife for a scheduled cesarean section, because of an arrest warrant for him in Mexico related to a homicide case. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Border Patrol Arrests Parents While Infant Awaits Serious Operation
Judge Pleased With Government Effort But Hundreds Of Children Still In Custody
A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's Lombok island on Sunday. This comes as the island is still trying to recover from another quake two weeks ago that killed more than 400 people. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images hide caption
Comedian Yvonne Orji plays Molly on HBO's Insecure. Orji originally planned to become a doctor ... never mind the fact that she "didn't like organic chemistry or blood." Merie W. Wallace/HBO hide caption
Issa Rae Turns Basic Into Revolutionary With 'Insecure'
White House counsel Don McGahn has cooperated extensively in the Mueller inquiry, meeting with the special counsel's team of investigators for a total of 30 hours. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on August 16, 2018. Pool/Getty Images hide caption