South African actress Khanyi Mbau, one of the stars of Netflix's new original reality show set in Africa, Young, Famous & African. Mosa Hlophe/Netflix hide caption
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The nominees in this year's two "global music" categories for the Grammys include (from left): Burna Boy and WizKid (both from Nigeria), Benin superstar Angelique Kidjo, Hawaii's Daniel Ho and Femi Kuti (he's also Nigerian). Kevin Winter, Tristan Fewings, Ilya S. Savenok, Jason Merritt and Kristy Sparow/Getty Images hide caption
The International Space Station in orbit on May 23, 2011. Paolo Nespoli - ESA/NASA via Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gestures as he speaks during a press conference in Kyiv on March 3, 2022. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Michael Jordan, No. 23 of the Chicago Bulls, is seen in a game in 1984. An unused ticket from his first game as a Bull, Oct. 26, 1984, has sold for $468,000. Rick Stewart/Getty Images hide caption
Ukrainian citizens hold posters and national flags during a demonstration in support of Ukraine outside the Russian Embassy in Lima, Peru, on Friday. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Paul Farmer (right) and Dr. Sriram Shamasunder on the Butaro hospital campus in Rwanda on Feb. 17. Farmer died on Feb. 21. Courtesy of Chandler Villaverde hide caption
A film premiere at the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice, Italy. Chris Jackson/Getty Images hide caption
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a joint news conference with Germany's chancellor following their meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, on Tuesday. That day the Kremlin said it pulled back some Russian troops but the U.S. and NATO have rejected the claim. Mikhail Klimentyev/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Scott Simon's cufflinks, gifted from his mother to his father one Valentine's Day, after they had divorced. Scott Simon hide caption
A worker at a San Francisco Chronicle printing plant arranges stacks of freshly printed newspapers in 2007. Its digital version, like that of so many newspapers', is behind a paywall. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
A hamster sits in a cage after being adopted by volunteers who stopped an owner from surrendering it to the government outside the New Territories South Animal Management Centre on January 20, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Louise Delmotte/Getty Images hide caption
Terry Teachout in 2012. Charles Giuliano hide caption
15th September 1980: Sidney Poitier , the American actor and film director. Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
Two men dressed as Santa Claus ride a jet ski on the Mediterranean sea at Villeneuve Loubet, near Nice, southeastern France. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau) LIONEL CIRONNEAU/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption