Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon delivers her concession speech. Jason DeCrow/AP hide caption
Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge sits on land surrounding the famous Rocky Flats Nuclear Reservation that produced nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Dan Boyce for NPR hide caption
A smartphone displaying a New York Times op-ed piece titled "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration" is held up in front of The New York Times building. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ugandan politician and musician Bobi Wine has led opposition to Uganda's president, who has been in power since 1986. Wine says soldiers tortured him, but he will return to Uganda. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Rick Pitino receives a pre-game introduction at a Louisville Cardinals basketball home game in late 2015. The former coach has written a new memoir addressing the scandals that plagued his tenure at Louisville. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption
Jude Fouquier admits that he'll never climb as well as the greats in Yosemite, but something keeps drawing him to the park. He got his start at a rock-climbing gym before moving on to climbing in the park. Ezra David Romero/Capital Public Radio hide caption
Mary Horman (left), a registered nurse for Clackamas County, and Liz Baca, a disease intervention specialist for the county, search for the right address in an Oregon neighborhood. Part of their job is to get information to people who may have a serious, treatable infection, yet not realize it. Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPB hide caption
Miss North Dakota Cara Mund is congratulated by contestants after being named Miss America during Miss America 2018 pageant in Atlantic City, N.J. The Miss America competition will be broadcast Sunday night amid the most turmoil the iconic event has seen in decades. Noah K. Murray/AP hide caption
Vladimir Kara-Murza pays his respect for late Sen. John McCain. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Arleene Correa Valencia works on a painting in her latest series: In Times of Crisis, En Tiempo de Crisis. Rachael Bongiorno for NPR hide caption
A group of advocates upset with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office's handling of transgender shootings spoke out at Jacksonville City Hall in June. Lindsey Kilbride/WJCT hide caption
"It shouldn't have happened," says Nicole Smith-Holt of Richfield, Minn., gazing at the death certificate of her son Alec Raeshawn Smith. Bram Sable-Smith for NPR hide caption
An issue of the National Enquirer featuring President Trump on its cover. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Demonstrators gather outside the Democratic National Committee's summer meeting to protest the use of "superdelegates" in the party's presidential nomination process. The DNC voted to drastically reduce their role this weekend. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
When the U.S. military had to fill a shortage of translators, combat medics, and nurses for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Department of Defense began the Military Accessions Vital to the National Interest program, or MAVNI, in 2009. It hired many immigrants for those positions and offered a fast track to U.S. citizenship. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
At the school that NPR's Jennifer Ludden's kids attend, they're phasing in a new policy to lock up mobile phones during the day. picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
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