Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu applauds President Trump during a speech at the United Nations during the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
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A man casts his vote at a polling station on Sunday in Tetovo, Macedonia. Macedonians all across the country went to the polls to vote in a referendum to change the country's name to the Republic of North Macedonia and end a long running dispute with Greece. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
American Blues musician Otis Rush at the Petrillo Band Shell, Chicago, Illinois, June 3, 1995. Paul Natkin/Getty Images hide caption
Otis Rush, Chicago Blues Legend, Dies At 84
Nereida locks up after finishing a Wednesday shift at the Los Angeles optometry shop where she works full time. Despite her job, Nereida and her two kids are unable to find a home in LA and are living with friends. David Wagner/KPCC hide caption
Working While Homeless: A Tough Job For Thousands Of Californians
The Peregrine Fund recently released four California condors over high cliffs in Northern Arizona. In 1982, there were only 22 of these giant birds left in the wild. George Andrejko/Courtesy, Arizona Game and Fish Department hide caption
Björn Höcke (center), a politician from the Alternative for Germany party, participates in a march in Chemnitz, eastern Germany, on Sept. 1, after several nationalist groups called for marches protesting the killing of a German man allegedly by migrants. Jens Meyer/AP hide caption
Members of New F4, a popular Chinese boy band, perform during Chinese Central Television's annual back-to-school special. cassette. film via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Staff at the National Zoo are mourning the loss of Muneca, a 51-year-old white-cheeked gibbon who was euthanized on Friday. Mehgan Murphy/Smithsonian Institution hide caption
Matt Damon played Brett Kavanaugh on the 44th season opener of Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Saturday
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday. Melina Mara-Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has agreed to step down as chairman of the electric-car company as part of a settlement to resolve a securities fraud charge lobbed by the SEC on Thursday. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
An Iraqi protester stands flashing the victory gesture outside the burning headquarters of the Iranian Consulate in Basra on Sept. 7. Haidar Mohammed Ali/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Justice Department attorneys are trying to stop Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and DOJ official John Gore from having to testify under oath for the lawsuits over the citizenship question Ross added to the 2020 census. Education Images/UIG via Getty Images hide caption
This aerial picture shows the remains of a 10-story hotel in Palu in Indonesia's Central Sulawesi on Sunday. Azwar/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Balin performs at the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, Calif., on June 17, 1967. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption