Jemel Roberson and his nine-month-old son. Avontea Boose via AP hide caption
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U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine, on a campaign stop last month. Poliquin has filed a lawsuit to overturn Maine's ranked-choice voting system. Votes are still being counted in Poliquin's race but it's possible he will lose a recount under the ranked-choice voting system. Robert F. Bukaty/AP hide caption
Demonstrators gather Tuesday to protest Brexit outside British Parliament in London. They wave the Union Jack and the flag of the European Union. Jack Taylor/Getty Images hide caption
The European Union's highest court has ruled that a food's taste can't be copyrighted. Here, people shop for cheese in Gouda, Netherlands, in 2015. Tim Graham/Getty Images hide caption
Janelle Monae performs in 2018 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images and Angela Hsieh/NPR hide caption
Chase Kulakowski, 3, contracted the polio-like condition known as acute flaccid myelitis in 2016. Two years later, his mother isn't sure he will ever recover. He's seen on his bed at home in Dyer, Ind., in October. Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images hide caption
The circles on the map pinpoint the location of thousands of Chinese-funded development projects. The bigger the circle, the bigger the investment. The largest circles represent projects in the multibillion dollar range. Map by Soren Patterson, AidData/William & Mary/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Chris and Nancy Brown embrace while searching through the remains of their home, leveled by the Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
Do You Know Someone Who Is Missing?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos delivers the keynote address at the Air Force Association's Annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Oxen Hill, Md., on Sept. 19. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe shout in joy Tuesday outside the Supreme Court building in the capital, Colombo. Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Workers load ballots into machines at the Broward County Supervisor of Elections office in Lauderhill, Fla. Brynn Anderson/AP hide caption
Miss White Mountain Apache Queen 2018-19 Zipporah Lupe greets Miss Navajo contestands Summer Jake (left), Kayla Martinez and Autumn Montoya as they get ready for the parade at the 77th Navajo Nation Fair in Window Rock, Ariz. on the Navajo Nation in September. Caitlin O'Hara for NPR hide caption
Kim Schrier is one of a number of Democratic House candidates who backed stronger gun regulations and flipped Republican-controlled seats in last week's midterm elections. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption
Helping a spouse or parent who has dementia steer clear of hazards can include ridding the home of all guns. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption
Iowa Republican Rep. Steve King attends a rally earlier this year on the East Front of the Capitol to highlight crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the U.S. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc./Getty Images hide caption
Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in 2017. Xinjiang has detained members of the Uighur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim, and held them in camps the authorities call "education and training centers." Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption
Families Of The Disappeared: A Search For Loved Ones Held In China's Xinjiang Region
The Beatles at St. Pancras Old Church in London on July 28, 1968. Apple Corps Ltd. hide caption
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 5, 2017, in New Orleans, La. Josh Brasted/Getty Images hide caption
The International prototype of the kilogram. Forged in 1879 and sanctioned by the General Conference on Weights and Measures at its first meeting, Le Grand K has been kept under lock and key in a vault outside Paris. BIPM hide caption