Plastic debris is washed up at Depoe Bay, Ore., on Jan. 19, 2020. Andrew Selsky/AP hide caption
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In February, ahead of the Texas statewide primary, Carlos Vanegas at the Harris County Elections Office in Houston pushes a cart with mail-in ballots to be sent to voters. The county ultimately rejected thousands of the mail ballots it received back. Scott Dalton for NPR hide caption
Anti-abortion activist Lauren Handy speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The anti-abortion group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising says it took 115 fetuses from a medical waste truck. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Lawrence Ray, an ex-convict convicted of sex trafficking and extortion for forcing young women into prostitution or forced labor after winning trust by posing as a father-figure. Ray, who moved into his daughter's college dorm after getting out of prison, charmed her schoolmates before turning on the close-knit group and using threats and violence to force them to work for him. U.S. Attorney's office via AP hide caption
Then-White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino delivers a recorded address for the Republican National Convention on Aug. 26, 2020, in the empty Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Remy Martin reacts as Kansas Jayhawks players and coaches hold up the National Championship trophy after defeating the North Carolina Tar Heels in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament National Championship on Monday in New Orleans. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
A pop-up clinic inside Los Angeles International Airport offered free vaccinations and boosters for holiday travelers last December. A new round of vaccinations may be needed before next winter. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Candles and flowers make up a memorial at a memorial for those killed and injured in a mass shooting April 3 in Sacramento, Calif. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Internally displaced people arrive at a center in Zaporizhzhia, northwest of Mariupol, on Wednesday. Bulent Kilic/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Emily Wales, interim CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains Votes, speaks to a group of abortion rights advocates outside the state Capitol in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. The Oklahoma House gave final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing an abortion a felony. Sean Murphy/AP hide caption
A bald eagle is shown in 2020 in Philadelphia. NextEra Energy subsidiary ESI Energy was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay more than $8 million in fines and restitution after at least 150 eagles were killed over the past decade at its wind farms in eight states. Chris Szagola/AP hide caption
Neighborhoods are separated by barriers as part of lockdown measures in Shanghai to prevent the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. Hector Retamal /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Activists hold Ukrainian flags as they protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine during a rally at Lafayette Square, across from the White House, in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 25. New U.S. sanctions Sanctions are being enacted on top Russian officials and family members, including President Vladimir Putin's adult children. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People who fled the war in Ukraine and members of the Ukrainian diaspora pray in an Orthodox church in Krakow on Sunday. Omar Marques/Getty Images hide caption
Krakow, Poland's second-largest city, strains to accommodate Ukrainian refugees
Musician Ed Sheeran arrives at the Rolls Building, High Court in central London, last month. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona delivers remarks in Washington, D.C., in January. The department has extended the freeze on federal student loan payments several times since the pandemic began in March 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
In this photo taken from video footage released by the Roscosmos Space Agency, three Russian cosmonauts sport yellow spacesuits upon arriving on the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut now says it was not in support for Ukraine, but for the Russians' university school colors. Roscosmos/AP hide caption
Maurice Miller lies in bed in his room at a nursing home in Takoma Park, Md., on Thursday. The Biden administration is planning to establish a federal minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes as part of a broader push to improve care for seniors and people with disabilities. Eric Lee for NPR hide caption
Nursing home residents suffer from staffing shortages, but the jobs are hard to fill
Hundreds of workers at Howard University Hospital say they are planning a one-day strike on April 11 to protest low paying wages. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A man walks his bike through a parking lot littered with broken glass in Bucha, Ukraine. Becky Sullivan/NPR hide caption