Rep. George Santos and other Republicans gather in the House Chamber before President Biden delivered the State of the Union address on Tuesday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
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Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., listen as President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Ark., waits to deliver the Republican response to President Biden's State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Little Rock, Ark. Al Drago/AP hide caption
A king pigeon that was dyed completely pink was named Flamingo after the domestic bird was rescued. But despite efforts to rehabilitate the animal, Flamingo has died. Alexis Ayala/Wild Bird Fund hide caption
This photo provided by the Dallas Zoo shows an emperor tamarin that lives at the zoo. Two of the monkeys were taken Jan. 30 from the zoo, the latest in a string of odd incidents at the attraction that are being investigated. Dallas Zoo via AP hide caption
Wielding the "insectazooka," Cecilia González prepares to collect mosquitoes from a house in the village of Los Encuentros, Guatemala. Luis Echeverria for NPR hide caption
Stokely Carmichael, shown here in 1967, helped popularize the term "Black Power!" in 1966. AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Robert Blanchard, the World Health Organization's team leader in Dubai for emergency operations, stands in one of the organization's warehouses in International Humanitarian City. Aya Batrawy/NPR hide caption
Elián González, pictured in 2014, has been nominated to join Cuba's parliament. Elections are planned for March 26. González was at the center of a bitter custody battle in 2000 between relatives in Miami and his father in Cuba. Ramon Espinosa/AP hide caption
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 29: Lil Yachty performs on the Stage during day 2 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on October 29, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. Rich Fury/Getty Images hide caption
Flags fly over the state capitol, Friday, Feb.11, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican lawmakers there are working to restrict drag shows in the state. John Amis/AP hide caption
In this image from video released and partially redacted by the city of Memphis, Tenn., on Jan. 27, 2023, Tyre Nichols leans against a car after a brutal attack by five Memphis Police officers on Jan. 7, in Memphis. AP hide caption
Zoom CEO and founder Eric Yuan speaks before the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony in April 2019. The company saw rapid growth during the pandemic but is now laying off about 15% of its workforce. Kena Betancur/Getty Images hide caption
Natalia Lafourcade is this week's guest on Alt.Latino. Sonia Sieff/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
Natalia Lafourcade: How making original music again helped grow her 'inner garden'
LeBron James now stands alone atop the NBA's all-time scoring list, ousting another Laker great, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, from the No. 1 spot. James is seen here last month. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images hide caption
A girl stands next to destroyed buildings in Antakya, southern Turkey on Wednesday. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption
Rescue workers carry 8-year-old survivor, Yigit, at the site of a collapsed building in Hatay, Turkey on Wednesday. He was rescued 52 hours after an earthquake struck the area on Monday. Burak Kara/Getty Images hide caption
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, the day after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country's southeast on February 7, 2023. Bulent Kilic AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A woman was pronounced dead at the Water's Edge Rehab and Nursing Center in Port Jefferson, N.Y. — but hours later, workers at a funeral home discovered she was alive and breathing. Google Maps/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A woman pays her respects as she displays a note near the entrance to a female lavatory at Sindang station in Seoul on Sept. 19, 2022. Seoul Metro employee Jeon Joo-hwan was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing his colleague to death in the metro station's women's public toilet the day before a court was set to sentence him on charges of stalking her. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Starting May 11 most people will have to pay for those at-home test kits for COVID-19, as the federal government's declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency officially ends. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in London. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
People walk among the debris at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 near the village of Grabovo, Ukraine, on July 17, 2014. All 298 people on board were killed. Dmitry Lovetsky/AP hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter attend a feast to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army. AP hide caption
Residents of southwest Pakistan move through floodwaters in September 2022. People with less wealth are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including more severe rainstorms. Fareed Khan/AP hide caption
An exterior view shows the entrance to the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper in Las Vegas, Nev. Jeff German worked here until his killing in Sept. 2022. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
One journalist was killed for his work. Another finished what he started
China's Defence Minister Wei Fenghe speaks at the Shangri-La Dialogue summit in Singapore on June 12, 2022 Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs will play in the first Super Bowl with both teams starting a Black quarterback. Patrick Smith; Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images hide caption
No matter who wins, the first Super Bowl with 2 Black quarterbacks will make history
A man walks out of a vaccination bus at a mobile vaccine clinic in Midtown Manhattan, Dec. 6, 2021. New York City is ending its COVID-19 vaccination mandate for municipal employees, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. The vaccine mandate, which led to the firing of hundreds of city workers who declined to get the shots, will end on Friday, Adams said in a news release. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Kamila Valieva of Russia competes during the Women Single Skating Free Skate at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 07, 2022. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images hide caption
One year later, still no medals in disputed Beijing 2022 Olympic team skating event
Protesters gather at a rally in support of abortion rights outside a federal courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 3, 2022. Speakers criticized the U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that would later overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Morgan Lee/AP hide caption
Cuban American salsa singer Celia Cruz onstage performing at VH1 Divas Live: The One and Only Aretha Franklin in New York City in 2001. Cruz is being honored on the U.S. quarter in 2024. Scott Gries/Getty Images hide caption
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel, posing during a photo session at Paris' Opera Bastille in Sept. 2022. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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