Volunteers packed into a room during a petition-drive training session in Cairo. Mohamed ElBaradei's National Association for Change movement has gathered 900,000 signatures on a petition to amend the constitution and end the stranglehold President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party has over elections.
Holly Pickett for NPR
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Shopper Andrea Harrison says despite reports about lead in reusable bags, she'll keep using them as her way of keeping plastic out of waterways.
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Four of the seven lion cubs (Panthera leo) recently born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Lions boast a special form of sister and brotherly alliance: sisters stay together all their lives in prides, and brothers form coalitions to conquer other prides.
Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian Institution
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Mobile banking clients in Mchinji, Malawi, learn the ropes from customer service officer Clean Chendera (left).
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Robyn Hales, a resident of East Cleveland, Ohio, and daughter of a mail carrier, was a vocal protester against the post office cutbacks.
Bridget Caswell for NPR
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