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Thursday

In this aerial photo released by the Chin Human Rights Organization, fires destroy numerous buildings in the town of Thantlang in Chin State in northwest Myanmar, on Dec. 4, 2021. AP hide caption

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Ask Code Switch: What does race have to do with beauty?

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Wednesday

Clockwise from top left: We Are Lady Parts, City of Ghosts, Bachelorette (Season 18), The Wonder Years, and Reservation Dogs. NPR hide caption

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What We Watched in 2021

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Monday

A truck carrying Bad Bunny, Ricky Martin and Residente joins with thousands of other people as they call on Puerto Rican Gov. Rosselló to step down. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Wind turbines silhouetted against the sky at dawn near Spearville, Kan. in January. Senator Joe Manchin's rejection of a sweeping spending bill effectively kills President Biden's ambitious climate plan to transform the nation's heavily fossil-fuel powered economy into a clean-burning one. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

U.S. President Bill Clinton raises his glass to toast with Russian President Boris Yeltsin at a dinner reception in Moscow in 1995. Busy with political and economic crises that followed the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Yeltsin paid little attention when Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP file photo hide caption

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Snoop Dogg presents the nominees for Best Performance By An Actor during the 79th Annual Golden Globe Award nominations at The Beverly Hilton. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House on December 01, 2021 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (right) with Premier Li Keqiang (left) and members of the Politburo Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the eve of China's National Day on Sept. 30. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Not invited to Biden's democracy summit, China launches a propaganda blitz

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Wednesday

Members of three German parties at the signing of a coalition agreement are (from left) Social Democrats Norbert Walter-Borjan, Saskia Esken and new Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Free Democrat Christian Lindner, and the Green party's Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock on Tuesday in Berlin. Carsten Koall/Getty Images hide caption

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What you need to know about Germany's new chancellor and coalition government

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Tuesday

Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro speaks to the press at Miraflores Presidential Palace in in Caracas, Venezuela, on Oct. 15. Ariana Cubillos/AP hide caption

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The U.S. predicted his downfall but Maduro strengthens his grip on power in Venezuela

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Friday

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Alec Baldwin says he's confident he's not at fault in 'Rust' shooting

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