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Wednesday

Teachers across the U.S. are battling challenges on multiple fronts, and it's driving many to leave. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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America's kids are going back to school. Not all of their teachers will join them

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Sunday

Dominique Claseman stands in front of the memorial he built for his Eagle Scouts project. Mark Jurgensen hide caption

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His hometown didn't have a veterans memorial, so this teen built one himself

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Tuesday

A photo illustration of items left behind in books at the Oakland Public Library in Oakland, Calif. Photo illustration: Vanessa Leroy and Nell Clark via Oakland Public Library hide caption

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A librarian collects all the things left in books — from love letters to old photos

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Monday

Life Kit: The importance of inclusion in sex education

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Friday

A group photo of the justices at the Supreme Court in Washington on April 23, 2021. Seated from left: Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, Stephen Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor. Standing from left: Brett Kavanaugh, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett. Erin Schaff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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MUNA. Foreground: Josette Maskin; center-right: Katie Gavins. Back: Naomi McPherson. Isaac Schneider/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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MUNA's new album features growth and an 'astral projection anthem'

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Wednesday

People mourn outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

Rick Martínez's regional Mexican cookbook Mi Cocina is out now. Ren Fuller/Rick Martínez; Clarkson Potter hide caption

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Rick Martínez brings 'rapture' to the kitchen with his new cookbook 'Mi Cocina'

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Monday

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, right, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hold a joint news conference Sunday in Kyiv, Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Trudeau visited the suburb of Irpin to look at devastation left in the wake of Russia's invasion. Alexey Furman/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Blood is seen on a sidewalk in a residential area following shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

International legal experts must decide how to formally describe Russia's actions in Bucha, Ukraine, where mass graves were found. Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Poet Ocean Vuong writes about loss and grief, but also discovery. Tom Hines hide caption

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Tom Hines

Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive

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Tuesday

A resident cleans her balcony in an apartment building damaged by shelling in Kyiv on Tuesday. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Tuesday

Some users experienced glitches on former President Donald Trump's new social media app Truth Social as it launched Monday. Chris Delmas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Supporters of abortion access march in front of the Florida Capitol Building on Wednesday. Florida's House passed a bill limiting many abortions in the state. Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

A makeshift shrine to the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting is set up shortly after the massacre in December 2012 in Newtown, Conn. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

A man carries a Confederate flag during the protests in Ottawa in January. Along with Canadian flags, signs and flags with extremist views have been seen at the demonstrations. Dave Chan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Tuesday

The killing of Amir Locke has brought protesters back to the streets in Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered by police less than two years ago. Nathan Howard/Getty Images hide caption

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Monday

Kamila Valieva skates during the women single skating free skating team event. She is the first woman to land a quad jump in Olympic history. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh, winner of the 2021 RIBA International Prize. The hospital's zig-zag canal collects rainwater and aids in cooling the site. Asif Salman/URBANA hide caption

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Friday