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A laborer climbs a tree to pluck coconuts at a farm in India. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former first lady Michelle Obama's new book Becoming was published in November. Chuck Kennedy/NPR hide caption
Tell-Alls, Dramatic Warnings And The Obamas Lead Political Books Of 2018
Chef Dominique Crenn recently was awarded three Michelin stars for her restaurant Atelier Crenn in San Francisco. She is the first female chef in the United States to achieve a top ranking. Cayce Clifford for NPR hide caption
Chef Dominique Crenn: 'Everything I Do Could Have ... Impact' For Other Women
Late rapper The Notorious B.I.G. performs in Chicago in September 1994. Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
'Hip-Hop Deserves That Respect': Honoring The Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan In NYC
Rep.-Elect From New Mexico Calls For Probe Into Migrant Children's Deaths
A laborer climbs a tree to pluck coconuts at a farm in India. Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kerala Needs Coconut Pickers — So Women Are Stepping In (And Climbing Up)
Flight Attendant's Dad Spends Christmas In The Air With His Daughter
It's Significant That Trump Didn't Meet With Iraqi Leaders, Schake Says
Tilko, a refugee from Iraq (at center with her back to the camera), at a Hanukkah celebration on Dec. 4 with the Jewish volunteers who helped her resettle in America. Jerome Socolovsky/NPR hide caption
After Pittsburgh Shooting, Jewish Congregations Vow To Keep Helping Refugees