A portrait of Spc. Jonathan Nestico, 27, is displayed in his family's home in Woburn, Mass. Becky Lettenberger/Becky Lettenberger/NPR hide caption

Once the home of Washington, D.C.'s "Black Broadway" district, the Howard Theatre is reopening after decades of inactivity. Tim Cooper hide caption

In a video from the Horatio Alger Association, William Doré tells of a tense and abusive childhood. Horatio Alger Association/YouTube hide caption

An Indian boy carries empty canisters to be filled at a water depot in a New Delhi slum. Data from India's latest census shows that although millions of Indians have access to technology such as TVs and cellphones, many millions more still lack basic amenities such as sanitation and water. Kevin Frayer/AP hide caption

Nikky Finney is an award-winning poet and the Provost's Distinguished Service Professor of English at the University of Kentucky. Noah Adams/NPR hide caption

Simone Felice wrote the songs on his new self-titled album while recovering from emergency open-heart surgery. Courtesy of the artist hide caption