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A rudeness ranking puts Ohio at the top of the list for "Most Likely To Curse," while South Carolina rates as the "Most Courteous" state. Courtesy of Marchex hide caption
Lawyer Kimberly Motley says judges in Afghanistan often ask her for bribes, which she refuses to pay. Zalmai Ahad / Courtesy of Kimberly Motley hide caption
Princess Vinnea, guardian of plant life (left), and Princess Terra, protector of the land, examine one of many "gulavores" plaguing the land of Hortensis in the children's book Princess Vinnea and the Gulavores. Courtesy Setsu Shigematsu hide caption
The room of Samantha Alejandra, 18, in Mexico City, doubles as a shrine to her favorite K-Pop boy band, Super Junior. Marlon Bishop for NPR hide caption
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A French soldier talks to a crowd outside a church in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, on Thursday. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
A polio worker vaccinates a child in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, in October. Arshad Arbab/EPA/Landov hide caption
A rudeness ranking puts Ohio at the top of the list for "Most Likely To Curse," while South Carolina rates as the "Most Courteous" state. Courtesy of Marchex hide caption
Rome's St. Zeno chapel was built by Pope St. Paschal I in honor of his mother. The ceiling, a gold mosaic, was intended as an interpretation of heaven. Stephen Weigel/Courtesy of Basic Books hide caption
