Police officers guard a street in Odessa, Texas, in this image made from video provided by Dustin Fawcett. A suspect killed and injured multiple people in a mass shooting on Saturday. Dustin Fawcett/AP hide caption
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg waves to the crowd at the Library of Congress National Book Festival on Saturday. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
A view of Mobile, Alabama's Ladd-Peebles Stadium, where nine people were shot at a high school football game Friday night. Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images hide caption
This Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, image provided by NASA shows a view of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station as the hurricane churned over the Atlantic Ocean. NASA/AP hide caption
Police shoot pepper spray as they try to detain protesters inside a train at Prince Edward station in Hong Kong Saturday. Ring Yu/HK01 via AP hide caption
UK Biobank, based in Manchester, England, is the largest blood-based research project in the world. The research project will involve at least 500,000 people across the U.K., and follow their health for next 30 years or more, providing a resource for scientists battling diseases. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images hide caption
UK Biobank Requires Earth's Geneticists To Cooperate, Not Compete
This cube of uranium metal came from a reactor that was built by the Nazis during World War II. Hundreds of others like it are now missing. John T. Consoli/University of Maryland hide caption
An Indian paramilitary soldier asks a Kashmiri couple on motorcycle to leave at a temporary checkpoint during restrictions in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Friday. Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption
Nearly 4 Weeks Into India's Clampdown, Kashmiris Describe Protests, Jail, Uncertainty
Jasmine Cho's cookie portrait of Afong Moy, who is often cited as the first Chinese woman to step foot in the United States. Beginning in the 1830s, Moy was put on display before crowds as a curiosity. Jasmine Cho hide caption
Much of the fleet of electronic voting machines in the United States was designed without security in mind, in response to the last big national flap over an election in 2000. Marcus Marritt for NPR hide caption
Tents at a temporary holding facility for migrants in El Paso, earlier this year. Under President Trump, the Department of Homeland Security focus has shifted increasingly towards immigration and border enforcement. Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
A San Francisco Police Department booking photo shows Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, a homeless undocumented immigrant who was acquitted of killing Kate Steinle on a San Francisco pier in 2015. AP hide caption
Riot police fire tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong on Aug. 25. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption