Scanning electron micrograph of Salmonella typhi, the parasite that causes typhoid fever (in yellow-green, attached to another bacterial cell. Science Source hide caption
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Thursday
Pope Francis accompanied by Governor-General Mary Simon, right, arrives at the Citadelle de Quebec on Wednesday in Quebec City, Quebec City, Quebec. John Locher/AP hide caption
Franklin Armstrong made his debut in the Peanuts in 1968. Peanuts Worldwide LLC hide caption
A project named for 'Peanuts' character Franklin aims to boost Black animators
Lieutenant Charles Walker has worked for years to recruit more black officers into the Yonkers Police Department José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
A painting by artist Sidney King depicting a Dutch ship with 20 enslaved African people arriving at Point Comfort, VA in 1619, marking the beginning of slavery in America. ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Wednesday
Front desk manager Jerry Weinstein sits in the the lobby of the Hotel Chelsea in New York City in 2007. A host of famous artists like Mark Twain, Bob Dylan and Arthur Mitchell lived in the hotel over the years. TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lawmakers gathered at the the Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection for the dedication and unveiling ceremony of a statue in honor of Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most celebrated aviators and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
An Amelia Earhart statue joins the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall
Tuesday
In 1998, animated insects skittered onto movie screens in A Bug's Life and Antz. AJ Pics/Alamy hide caption
Seeing double: Near-identical films that came out at the same time
Thursday
Karen Edmonson, the former head of the Yonker's NAACP, gathered complaints of police misconduct in Yonkers. Her efforts led to a federal Department of Justice investigation José A. Alvarado Jr./José A. Alvarado Jr. for NPR hide caption
From 2011, at an Occupy DC protest in Washington. A man holds a sign and a ball and chain, representing his college loan debt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) Jacquelyn Martin/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
Wednesday
Marilyn Vann, President of the Descendants of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association and the African Indians Foundation Courtesy of Marilyn Vann hide caption
Tuesday
The former home of Emmett and Mamie Till is pictured in the West Woodlawn neighborhood of Chicago on Aug. 26, 2020. It is one of more than two dozen historically significant sites that will share in $3 million grant money from a preservation organization. Anthony Vazquez/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File hide caption
Statue of Denmark Vesey at Hampton Park in Charleston, S.C. Formerly enslaved, Vesey bought his freedom with money he was allowed to earn and winnings from a lottery ticket, and he planned an insurrection to kill slaveholders and free Black people on July 14, 1822. Victoria Hansen/ SC Public Radio hide caption
Firefighters put out hot spots from the Washburn Fire in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on July 11. Nic Coury/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
The view from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The mountain is the tallest peak in the park and sits on the Tennessee-North Carolina border. It's sacred to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, who hope to see the name of the mountain changed to Kuwahi, which their ancestors called the mountain for hundreds of years. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption