Greg David, a 24-year-old employee at Urban Outfitters in Washington, D.C., says he has masculine days and feminine days. Jimmy Page III/Greg David hide caption
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Pro-democracy protesters set up a new roadblock close to the chief executive office in Hong Kong late Sunday. Tyrone Siu/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Outgoing Uruguay President Jose Mujica's face illustrates a T-shirt supporting his new law legalizing marijuana. Uruguay's citizens are voting for Mujica's replacement on Sunday, and the expected winner is a candidate from his party. Matilde Campodonico/AP hide caption
Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Friday — one of several in recent days that appears to signal a major upsurge in Taliban violence in the city. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Shoppers Manuel Orellano, middle, with his daughter Marcela, left, and her son Manuel, 6, shop for children's clothing at JCPenney at Glendale Galleria shopping mall in Glendale, Calif, on Friday. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Anti-Mubarak protesters shout slogans against the government and military on Saturday, after murder charges against former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak were dismissed. Ambr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters/Landov hide caption
A man is arrested by police after kneeling in the street during a protest outside the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Kwame Ajamu grabs his brother Wiley Bridgeman's beard after his release in a gesture that dates from their boyhood. John Kuntz/The Plain Dealer/Landov hide caption
After Wrongful Conviction, Three Lifetimes Spent With Hope In Check
A University of Virginia student looks over postings on the door of Peabody Hall related to the Phi Kappa Psi gang rape allegations at the school in Charlottesville, Va., Monday, Nov. 24, 2014. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
An Iranian national shops at a popular market in the holy Iraqi Shiite city of Najaf. Recently, the city — where millions of international pilgrims visit every year — has been spared the worst of Iraq's violence. Haidar Hamdani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
With Shopping, Holy Sites, Najaf Offers Respite From Iraq's Violence
Leaburn Alexander works two jobs and does not have health insurance. It takes him three hours to commute home from the job he works as an overnight hotel janitor. Lisa Morehouse/KQED hide caption
Saturday
Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, shown during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown, has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, the AP reports. Wilson has been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting. AP hide caption
'The Banh Mi Handbook': A Guide To A Viet-French Sandwich
Mike (left) and Matt (right) Gragnani are 25-year-old identical twins. Together, they've been able to buy an apartment and start a business before many of their peers. Courtesy of Mike Gragnani hide caption