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Wednesday

(L-R) Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin of MUNA. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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MUNA Might Just Save The World

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Friday

Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney. Nikko LaMere/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Burn, Don't Freeze: Sleater-Kinney On Making Art In The Midst Of Change

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Wednesday

Carly Rae Jepsen opens up about family, singlehood and the one that might've got away on her latest album, Dedicated. Meredith Rizzo and Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption

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Carly Rae Jepsen Colors Outside The Lines

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Monday

Asylum-Seekers From Latin America Inundate U.S. Border At El Paso

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Thursday

"In the midst of the worst of times, we find a way to dance," DAWN says of her hometown, New Orleans. The artist used New Orleans as inspiration for her latest album, new breed. Robert Arnold/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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'We Find A Way To Dance': Inspired By New Orleans, DAWN Reconstructs Beauty From Ruin

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Thursday

"To be honest with you, I don't have many answers. I've got a bunch of questions," Matty Healy says. Magdalena Wosinska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The 1975's Matty Healy Negotiates With The World

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Friday

"Every five years or so, there's just a transformation I kind of need to constantly be going under," Jake Shears says. Greg Gorman/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Jake Shears Strikes Out On His Own

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Monday

In this July 17 photo provided by Aziz Abdul, a man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The question of what will become of the hundreds of asylum-seekers banished by Australia to sweltering immigration camps in the poor Pacific island nations of Papua New Guinea and Nauru has become more pressing. Aziz Abdul via AP hide caption

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An Asylum-Seeker Wrote A Book By Phone Texts From Manus Island Detention

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Monday

Fiona, a hippo calf born six weeks premature, on Jan. 24, now weighs at least 375 pounds. Courtesy of the Cincinnati Zoo hide caption

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While Fighting The Odds, Fiona The Hippo Became A Social Media Star

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Tuesday

Cyberattack Culprits Demand Ransom Be Paid In Bitcoins

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