A truck loaded with chickens arrives at a JBS meat processing plant in Samambaia, Brazil, in March. Evaristo Sa/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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In accordance with a court ruling, Amazon has begun offering refunds for certain unauthorized, in-app purchases made by children. LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A standard gauge rail locomotive carrying Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta pulls into the railway station in the city of Voi on Wednesday, during an inaugural ride on the railway from Mombasa to Nairobi. Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Purdue Pharma, which makes OxyContin, defended its efforts to combat opioid abuse after it was named in the Ohio suit. Toby Talbot/AP hide caption
Waad was one of the opposition groups that participated in a Sept. 2013 demonstration. Before a court ordered it to dissolve today, it was the only major opposition group still operating in the country. Hasan Jamali/AP hide caption
Jury selection began Wednesday in a defamation case over ABC News' 2012 reports on a South Dakota meat producer's lean, finely textured beef product, which critics dubbed "pink slime." Nati Harnik/AP hide caption
'Pink Slime' Trial Begins, But It's The News Media Under The Microscope
An artist's rendering of the newly named Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory hide caption
NASA Plans To Launch A Probe Next Year To 'Touch The Sun'
The Exxon Mobil shareholder vote is seen as a victory for environmental activists and one that is aimed at getting the company to consider "material risk," according to The Dallas Morning News. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Troizel Carr, "The Black Public," performed as part of EMERGENYC, New York City, 2017. The Hemispheric Institute hide caption
A truck burns behind a man perched near a traffic barrier in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday. In more than 60 days of unrest, at least 60 people have died in violence related to protests against President Nicolas Maduro. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
Goats climb an argan tree in Morocco to dine on its fruit. Jeremy Horner/Getty Images hide caption
Most of the people in a choir at Ryerson University in Toronto have joined a study testing how practicing music might help people with hearing loss handle noisy environments better. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption
'Like Brain Boot Camp': Using Music To Ease Hearing Loss
A Huajian shoe factory, which has been investigated by labor activists, makes Ivanka Trump-branded shoes, among others, in China. Greg Baker/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Kathy Griffin has apologized for images of her holding a model of President Trump's head covered in blood. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption
President Trump greets EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, a Paris accord critic, in March prior to signing an order that reverses the Obama-era climate change policies. Ron Sachs/Pool/Getty Images hide caption