Cancer patients receive chemotherapy treatment at Roshana Cancer Center, a private clinic in western Tehran. Marjan Yazdi for NPR hide caption
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Iranian Oil Tanker Leaves Gibraltar, Despite U.S. Efforts To Keep It Detained
U.S President Donald Trump has lunch with French President Emmanuel Macron in Biarritz. Leaders of some of the world's major economies have arrived in France for the G7 summit. Ludovic Marin/AP hide caption
A man cools off in a fountain in New York's Washington Square Park this summer. Death from all causes doubled during a heat wave in New York City in August 1975, with heart attacks and strokes accounting for a majority of the excess deaths. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators try to pull down a smart lamppost during the protest in Hong Kong on Saturday that turned violent. The smart lampposts are raising fears of stepped-up surveillance from authorities. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Smoke billows during a fire in an area of the Amazon rainforest near Humaita, Brazil, on Aug. 14. Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters hide caption
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Robert Cameron will serve as the next student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Clifton Heights Inn was once a Methodist Church and many of the guests who pass through are former congregants. Some have hosted weddings and anniversaries at the church turned inn. Shahla Farzan/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
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Tope Folarin Was 'A Particular Kind Of Black Man' — So He Wrote A Book About It
Sarah Chamberlain, president of the Republican Main Street Partnership, is photographed in February 2017. House GOP moderates clashed with the Republican Main Street Partnership following the 2018 midterm elections, leading many lawmakers to sever ties with the outside group that has been a fixture since the late 1990s. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via Getty Images hide caption
Accept The Awkwardness: How To Make Friends (And Keep Them)
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Court orders that the state of Idaho pay for gender confirmation surgery for Adree Edmo, a transgender inmate who was incarcerated at the Idaho State Correctional Institution, pictured above. Heath Druzin/Boise State Public Radio hide caption
Court Says Idaho Must Provide Gender Confirmation Surgery To Transgender Inmate
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The Mapping Memory exhibition in at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, displays maps made in the late 1500s in what is now Mexico. They were created by indigenous peoples to help Spanish invaders map occupied lands. This watercolor and ink map of Meztitlán was made in 1579 by Gabriel de Chavez. Blanton Museum of Art hide caption
440 Years Old And Filled With Footprints, These Aren't Your Everyday Maps
For her starring role as Vice President Selina Meyer in the seventh and final season of Veep, Julia Louis-Dreyfus recently received another Emmy Award nomination for outstanding lead actress in a comedy series. She won the award six years in a row from 2012-2017. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: 'I Don't Think I've Made It ... And I Like That'
David Koch with a rendering of The David H. Koch Center for Cancer Care in 2015. The billionaire underwrote both old-fashioned charitable causes and the conservative movement, reshaping U.S. politics. Diane Bondareff/Invision for Koch Industries hide caption
David Koch Dies; Conservative Billionaire Helped Reshape U.S. Politics
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When children are held for long periods away in detention centers, such as this center for migrant children in Carrizo Springs, Texas, they may suffer psychological harm. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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