A blue tent covers a British World War II bomb that was found during construction. Disposal operations are set for Sunday and require what's expected to be Germany's biggest evacuation since the war. Boris Roessler/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Wednesday
A recent scuffle between an elotero and a pedestrian in Hollywood re-energized discussion about legalizing street vending in California. Adrian Florido hide caption
Tuesday
The Library of Congress is home to The Alexander Hamilton Papers — a collection of 12,000 items. You can view the documents online. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
I Saved Every Letter You Wrote Me: The Library of Congress Digitizes Hamilton
Monday
Baltimore removed four statues with Confederate ties on Aug. 16 under the cover of darkness, in a five-hour operation ordered by Mayor Catherine Pugh. Merrit Kennedy/NPR hide caption
Baltimore Took Down Confederate Monuments. Now It Has To Decide What To Do With Them
Wadada Leo Smith's Defiant And Fearless Elegy For Emmett Till (In 360˚ VR)
WBGO and Jazz at Lincoln Center
Matthew Johnson, the current resident of Wadada's childhood home, gives Wadada his Mother's old bible.
A statue depicting Confederate Gen. and former Georgia Gov. John Brown Gordon on horseback outside the Georgia Statehouse in Atlanta earlier this month. Gordon was also reputed to be a leader of the Ku Klux Klan. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Saturday
A man runs from a line of charging police in riot gear in Baltimore. The photo, taken by Devin Allen, is featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture's newest exhibit, "More Than A Picture." Gift of Devin Allen/Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture hide caption
Thursday
El Corrido de Boyle Heights, or The Ballad of Boyle Heights, was painted in 1983 by the East Los Streetscapers, an artist collective that painted a number of murals across Los Angeles' Boyle Heights neighborhood. Monika Evstatieva/NPR hide caption
'¡Murales Rebeldes!': These Disappearing LA Murals Mirror Their Community
Wednesday
The past few weeks have revitalized debates across the country about what role Confederate monuments play in commemorating U.S. history. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
What Our Monuments (Don't) Teach Us About Remembering The Past
On Stone Mountain near Atlanta, a carving depicts Civil War Confederate figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Civil Rights Activist Argues To Keep Confederate Monuments
Tuesday
Chinese tourists visit the park in northern Taiwan that is home to more than 200 statues of late nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek in 2015. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from the University of Texas campus, early Monday morning in Austin. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Sunday
Abraham Lincoln warned that "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Racial Issues Have Often Been A Test for U.S. Presidents With Conflicted Feelings
Saturday
Protesters shout anti-Nazi chants after chasing alt-right blogger Jason Kessler from a news conference on Aug. 13 in Charlottesville. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
The Ku Klux Klan protests on July 8, 2017, in Charlottesville, Va. Chet Strange/Getty Images hide caption