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President of the 'Rassemblement National' (RN) group Marine Le Pen (L), flanked by Steeve Briois (R), mayor of Henin Beaumont, casts her ballot for the European Parliament election at a polling station in Henin-Beaumont, north of France on June 9, 2024. Francois Lo Presti/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Migrants gather at an informal camp near Jacumba Hot Springs, California, on June 14, 2024. Once they cross the border into the U.S., they wait to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol, in their hope to claim asylum. VCG/VCG via Getty Images/Visual China Group hide caption
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Tamayo Perry during a surf competition at Teahupoo, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Perry died this week from injuries sustained during a shark attack. Steve Robertson/Getty Images hide caption
Sales of new homes like this one in Eagleville, Pa., are up modestly, while existing home sales have plummeted amid a housing shortage, record high prices and high mortgage rates. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
What the leading presidential candidates have to say about soaring housing costs
A bedroom of the Olympic Village in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, photographed in February. The buildings will be cooled with a system of water pipes beneath the floor, rather than air conditioning. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption
Buckingham Palace says Princess Anne was hospitalized as a precautionary measure after sustaining minor injuries and concussion following an incident on the Gatcombe Park estate on Sunday. Above, princess attends a garden party at Buckingham Palace on May 17. Victoria Jones/AP hide caption
The head of Dagestan Republic Sergei Melikov, center, comforts a woman as he visits the Orthodox Church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Derbent after a counter-terrorist operation in republic of Dagestan, Russia, in a photo released by the Telegram Channel of the administration of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia on Monday. AP/The Telegram Channel of the administration of the head of Dagestan Republic of Russia hide caption
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Pro-abortion rights activist rally in front of the US Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, DC. DREW ANGERER/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
During COVID, shortages of tests led to backlogs in getting tested. Experts worry that the U.S. hasn't learned from those mistakes and wouldn't be prepared for a major bird flu outbreak. Rebecca Blackwell/AP/AP hide caption
President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off Thursday night in Atlanta. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images; Carlos Osorio/AP hide caption
Sung Ihm Son fell into a depression when her husband died. Making new friends and taking classes like dance and art at GenSpace in Los Angeles helped her feel happy again. Allison Aubrey/NPR hide caption
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Gabrielle Rose pauses before the women's 100 breaststroke preliminary heat on June 16 at the U.S. Swimming Olympic Trials in Indianapolis. Michael Conroy/AP hide caption
This image released by Disney/Pixar shows, from left, Sadness, voiced by Phyllis Smith, Joy, voiced by Amy Poehler, Disgust, voiced by Liza Lapira, Fear, voiced by Tony Hale and Anger, voiced by Lewis Black, in a scene from Inside Out 2. Pixar/AP/Disney/Pixar hide caption
Family members take part in a funeral procession for victims who died after consuming toxic alcohol in Kallakurichi district of India's Tamil Nadu state on Thursday. R. Satish Babu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wimberly Muñoz, a Venezuelan migrant waited at the Chaparral pedestrian border in Tijuana, Mexico to cross into the US. She is traveling with her mother, Ana Muñoz, right, and son Matia Muñoz. Carlos A. Moreno/NPR hide caption
Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek is seen during a 2012 rehearsal. Next month, the U.S. Postal Service is releasing a Forever Stamp honoring Trebek, who died in 2020. Kris Connor/Getty Images South America hide caption
A cloud of smoke billows during an Israeli army raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on June 6. The Israeli military said it was investigating an incident in which a wounded Palestinian man was strapped to an Israeli military jeep while forces carried out "counterterrorism operations" in Jenin on Saturday.
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A robotic arm at the International Space Station is seen releasing a pallet packed with batteries in 2021. NASA says a metal alloy stanchion from that flight equipment is what landed in a Florida home. NASA hide caption
A Florida family is suing NASA after a piece of space debris crashed through their home
An aerial view shows painted circles in the grass to encourage people to keep a distance from each other at Washington Square Park in San Francisco. The photo is from May 22, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wilmer Vasquez was a gregarious extrovert. "He was very outgoing person," remembers his ex-girlfriend Rose Carvajal. He died in 2023 at just 29 years old after working outside as a roofer in record-breaking August heat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rose Carvajal hide caption