Chad Coleman, left and Sonequa Martin-Green star as Tyreese and Sasha on AMC's The Walking Dead. Frank Ockenfels/AMC hide caption
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Friday
Wednesday
A crowd rallies to protest the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Sid Hastings/AP hide caption
Sunday
Almost there! Always delayed. iStockphoto hide caption
Thursday
Mike Nichols was an ultimate Hollywood insider who won every major show business award directing for stage, film and TV. But his life in America began as an immigrant from Germany. Nichols was honored with an AFI Life Achievement Award in June 2010. Kevin Winter/Getty Images for AFI hide caption
Tuesday
Double eyelids, single eyelids — ” why do we change our eyes, or keep them the way they are? Claire O'Neill/NPR hide caption
Monday
Bill Cosby speaks at a press conference about African- American art on Nov. 6. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
A plastic surgeon performs a double-eyelid surgery on a patient at the BK Clinic in Seoul in August 2007. Han Jae-Ho/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Friday
With the enthusiastic backing of his caucus, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., was reelected as the leader of the Senate Democrats this week following devastating midterm losses. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell, the original judges on Fox's American Idol. Michael Becker/AP hide caption
Friday
Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman star in the BBC series Doctor Who. Ray Burmiston/Ali/BBC hide caption
Wednesday
Jon Stewart (from left) and Stephen Colbert hosted live editions of their programs, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, on Tuesday. Comedy Central hide caption
Saah Exco was found alone on a beach in Liberia's West Point slum, naked and abandoned and likely an Ebola victim.Research suggests the story of one needy individual motivates charitable donors more than statistics about millions of sufferers. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Why Your Brain Wants To Help One Child In Need — But Not Millions
Tuesday
Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Sherlock Holmes on the crime drama Sherlock. Robert Viglasky/Hartswood Films hide caption
'Sherlock' Star Benedict Cumberbatch: Show's Last Season 'Really Freudian'
Monday
Frances McDormand, left, stars with Richard Jenkins, right and Devin McKenzie Druid in HBO's Olive Kitteridge. Jojo Whilden/HBO hide caption
Saturday
A viral video called "10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman" shows the harassment a woman faces walking the streets of New York. Most of the men who street-harass, catcall, yell and follow the woman are black and Latino. Hollaback! hide caption