Plastic waste washes in from Manila Bay and the ocean, covering the beach and mangrove trees of Freedom Island, a protected area in the bay. Jes Aznar for NPR hide caption
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Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who oversees the Census Bureau, approved adding a question about U.S. citizenship status to the 2020 census. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
An employee of Tokyo Electric Power Co. works at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant to decontaminate the area after the 2011 nuclear meltdown. A Vietnamese laborer in Japan on a training program says he was also put to work cleaning up the site, but with inadequate gear. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption
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The China National Space Administration's lunar lander, seen on Jan. 11. China National Space Administration/Xinhua News Agency/AP hide caption
Kenyan security forces evacuate people after an explosion at DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday. Kabir Dhanji/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
William Barr, nominee to be Attorney General, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
American actress and singer Carol Channing starred in the musical "Hello Dolly!" in New York City in 1964. She died at 97. Archive Photos/Getty Images hide caption
Bidding Farewell To 'Hello, Dolly!': Actress Carol Channing Dies At 97
Newly elected House GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., has been a vocal critic of Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Anti-Brexit demonstrators react after the results of the vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal were announced in Parliament square in London on Tuesday. British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by a huge margin, plunging U.K. politics into crisis 10 weeks before the country is due to leave the European Union. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
Jeanine Mason as Liz and Nathan Parsons as Max in the CW's Roswell, New Mexico. Ursula Coyote/The CW hide caption
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy in the film Stan & Ollie. Sony Pictures Classics hide caption
John C. Reilly On The Comedy Of Laurel And Hardy: 'It's Almost Like A Ballet'
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo enters the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, where judges dropped the charges against him. Peter Dejong/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A migrant worker in a Connecticut apple orchard gets a medical checkup in 2017. A proposed rule by the Trump administration that would prohibit some immigrants who get Medicaid from working legally has already led to a lot of fear and reluctance to sign up for medical care, doctors say. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun (center) is welcomed by Canadian Minister for Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland as she arrives at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Ontario, on Saturday. The young Saudi woman who fled her family successfully harnessed the power of Twitter to secure asylum in Canada. Lars Hagberg /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, is under fire again for making controversial remarks. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
House GOP Leaders Move To Strip Rep. Steve King Of Committee Assignments
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, January 14, 2019, is seen following a snowstorm. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
'Barely Treading Water': Why The Shutdown Disproportionately Affects Black Americans
Unauthorized immigrants leave a court in shackles in McAllen, Texas. More than 40,000 immigration court hearings have been canceled since the government shut down. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Rick Romley, former Maricopa County Attorney, held a news conference on Monday, explaining his role in the internal investigation of management and security practices at Arizona's Hacienda Healthcare. Jacques Billeaud/AP hide caption
Jake Thomas Patterson is suspected of kidnapping Jayme Closs, 13, and fatally shooting her parents in Barron County, Wis. Barron County Sheriff's Department /AP hide caption
President Trump addresses the annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in New Orleans on Monday. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Federal workers wait for food distribution to begin Saturday at a pop-up food bank in Rockville, Md. The Capital Area Food Bank is distributing free food to government employees during the shutdown. Ian Stewart/NPR hide caption