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Construction is afoot at Guédelon Castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages. Cristina Baussan for NPR hide caption
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New research probes the relationship between certain genes and brain disorders like autism and schizophrenia. Jill George / NIH hide caption
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Five years on, there has been little accountability — and human rights groups say that has implications for free expression around the world. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Secretary-General of the Nobel Assembly Thomas Perlmann speaks in front of a picture of Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm on Monday. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba (center left) and European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell visit a monument to fallen defenders of Ukraine in Kyiv, Monday. Borrell and EU foreign ministers have gathered in Kyiv in a display of support for Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion. Press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine via AP hide caption
Many familiar hot-button issues are back at the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term Monday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Rob Delaney says the words we use are less important than the meaning behind them. Leon Bennett/Getty Images hide caption
After more than 20 years of hosting All Songs Considered — and bringing hundreds of artists to the Tiny Desk - Bob Boilen is retiring. Meg Vogel/NPR hide caption
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In the middle of Poland's Bialowieza Forest, one of Europe's oldest remaining forests, stands Europe's newest border wall: a 15-foot-high metal fence topped with razor wire and security cameras. Poland finished building this fence a year ago to try to stem an influx of migrants assisted to the border by Belarusian soldiers, whose government is trying to destabilize Europe. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption
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Peacemakers have a debrief before concluding their work for the day at the Lincoln Fields apartments complex in Miami, Fla. Lamont Nanton (second from left) is the group's manager and Shameka Pierce (third from left) works with the group. Verónica Zaragovia/WLRN hide caption