Underwater archaeology researchers explore the site of the São José slave ship wreck near the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa. Susanna Pershern/Courtesy of U.S. National Parks Service hide caption
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A man shows his pitted windshield to a police officer in Seattle in 1954 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Post- Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.571.1 hide caption
Tuesday
Two flapper women — with their dates — sit on a bed in Chicago, circa 1928. Kirn Vintage Stock/Corbis hide caption
Monday
The remains of the battleship USS Maine, which was blown up in Havana Harbour, triggering the Spanish-American War. Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
A memorial honors Staff Sgt. John Henry McCarthy on the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Colborne Road in Boston. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption
Sunday
The new African Burying Ground Memorial Park was dedicated on Saturday in Portsmouth, N.H. Emily Corwin/NHPR hide caption
In New England, Recognizing A Little-Known History Of Slavery
Auschwitz survivor Eva Kor sits in a courtroom in Lueneburg, northern Germany, on April 21, 2015. She testified at the trial of 93-year-old former Auschwitz guard Oskar Groening. Julian Stratenschulte/AP hide caption
'It's For You To Know That You Forgive,' Says Holocaust Survivor
Gloria Steinem and South Korean peace activists march along a military fence at a checkpoint after crossing the border separating North and South Korea. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Controversy Follows As Activists Cross North-South Korean Border
Friday
Sgt. Maj. Lisa Torello and Tony Cistaro, during a visit to StoryCorps. StoryCorps hide caption
Two Strangers Come Together To Remember A Friend And Loved One
Police officers observe the scene at Twin Peaks restaurant in Waco, Texas, the site of the recent motorcycle gang-related shooting. Jerry Larson/AP hide caption
Uneasy Rider: The Origins Of Motorcycle Gangs And How They Remain A Force
Thursday
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul's 10 1/2 hours on the Senate floor were about liberty, the Constitution and the need to stand out in a field of presidential hopefuls. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Telegraph operator, 1908. Library of Congress hide caption
Murals on display across the street from the Red Bull House of Art gallery in Detroit, Mich. After the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, Detroit hopes outsiders will focus on the city's potential, not the history of conflict and crisis that has cut its population in half since 1960. Joshua Lott/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Dzungar army surrenders to Manchu officers of the Qing Dynasty in 1759 in the Ili Valley, now part of China's Xinjiang region, in this painting made several years later by Chinese and Jesuit missionary artists. Wikimedia Commons hide caption
Why A Chinese Government Think Tank Attacked American Scholars
Wednesday
Julie Andrews starred as flower girl Eliza Doolittle in the Broadway premiere of My Fair Lady. AP hide caption