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A selection of NPR's memorable visual stories includes reporting at the U.S. and Mexico border, how birds-to-be get oxygen, a revival of a drag festival, looking into the the history of "This Little Light of Mine," tracking which suburban congressional districts that Democrats turned from red to blue and melodic drumming. Claire Harbage, Skunk Bear, Mengwen Cao for NPR, Angela Hsieh, Sean McMinn and Jazz Night In America/NPR hide caption

President Trump gestures to reporters as he meets with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the start of the U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Afghan girls practice taekwondo at Kabul Stadium on International Women's Day in 2004. Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Cross-country skier Iivo Niskanen of Finland celebrates winning the men's 50-kilometer mass start classic race on Feb. 24. His was Finland's first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Games. Ian MacNicol/Getty Images hide caption

A selection of our favorite visual stories from 2017 includes a mix of illustration, video, photography and data visualization. NPR hide caption

NPR's top Instagram posts of the year. (Left) Rescuers in Houston retrieve a dog after flooding from Hurricane Harvey. (Center) Sarah and her mom Tamara traveled from Detroit to be part of the the Women's March on Washington. (Right) A still image from an episode of NPR's Hot Pot series on food and memory. David Greene, Meg Kelly/NPR hide caption

Volunteer Michelle Augustyn greets one of the twin white tigers at Kowiachobee Animal Preserve, which is located in the residential area of Golden Gate Estates in Naples, Fla. Cassi Alexandra for NPR hide caption

Café Croissant owners and twin brothers Didier (left) and Pascal Vedel serve customers in Miami on Saturday. They opened their doors Saturday morning at 7 a.m. with the plan to stay open until noon unless the weather encouraged them to close earlier. Cassi Alexandra for NPR hide caption

The Arbutus Middle School Kinetic Club rests during the Kinetic Sculpture Race in Baltimore. The students created and raced a foot-powered sculpture in a 15-mile race across downtown Baltimore on May 7. Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption

Sean Davis (left), Stephen Geisler, Rithik Kavanakudy and Andy Patterson laugh as they test drive the cart that will power their kinetic sculpture. Each year they reuse the cart's frame, which includes classroom chairs and bike chains, and create a new sculpture to go on top. Emily Bogle/NPR hide caption

Sean Davis (left) and teammate Ryan Thomas watch as their paper tower begins to fall. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption

Swings were burned away in a residential neighborhood destroyed by a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada on Friday. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption

Interested in physical exploration and fun? Why not try a trapeze class. missmareck/Flickr hide caption

Security forces stand on a roof overlooking a rally for presidential candidate Zalmay Rassoul in Bamyan, Afghanistan. Elections will be held on Saturday to determine Afghanistan's next president. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption