All Things Considered
Residents of Joplin, Mo. salvage items from their home on Monday, a day after a devastating tornado struck the town. University of Oklahoma meteorologist Howie Bluestein says this could be be the last major tornado of the season, or "it could continue to be crazy." Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
At the rebels' outdoor machine shop, they rehabilitate antique automatic weapons and sometimes redesign them. Saleh Likhfayfe shows off the new "grip" welded onto a salvaged machine gun. Martin Kaste/NPR hide caption
Migrant workers hand pick Vidalia onions in Georgia. The vegetable is too delicate to be harvested with machines. Kathy Lohr/NPR hide caption
Minor Threat performs in 1980. The group is one of the bootstrapping indie bands profiled in the book Our Band Could Be Your Life. Susie Josephson Horgan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Idina Menzel (left) and Kristin Chenoweth of Wicked perform during the 58th Annual Tony Awards. Frank Micelotta/Getty Images hide caption
Inmates at California's Chino State Prison sit inside a metal cage in the hallway as they wait to be assigned permanent housing or for medical, mental health, counselor or other appointments. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama sample Guinness at a pub in the village of Moneygall, Ireland. Obama's great-great-great grandfather Falmouth Kearney was a shoemaker in the town until 1850, when he left for the United States. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The New York Public Library on opening day, May 24, 1911. Library of Congress hide caption