Professor emerita Henrietta Mann (Cheyenne), a pioneer in Native American studies, received a National Humanities Medal from President Biden in 2021. The White House citation honors Mann "for dedicating her life to strengthening and developing Native American education." Matika Wilbur hide caption
Elena Diachkova and her grandson Nikita, 3, in Poland. December 2022. Anastasia Taylor-Lind hide caption
Kwame Brathwaite, Self-portrait, African Jazz-Art Society & Studios (AJASS), Harlem, ca. 1964; from Kwame Brathwaite: Black Is Beautiful (Aperture, 2019) Kwame Brathwaite/Aperture hide caption
A sunset spectacle featuring two mitten-shaped rock formations crosses Monument Valley Tribal Park on Wednesday. Vyto Starinskas/AP hide caption
Joan Brown's Joan + Donald, 1982, Oil enamel on canvas, 72 1/4 x 60 in. (183.5 x 152.4 cm), collection of Adam Lindemann Venus Over Manhattan, New York hide caption
Donald Brown organizes postcards inside his home in Myerstown, Pa., on June 24, 2022. Evelyn Freja hide caption
A view of a section of Michael Heizer's City Ben Blackwell/Triple Aught Foundation hide caption
New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from a midwife. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds for NPR hide caption
People ice skate at a Christmas market at VDNG, the Expocenter of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Dec. 3. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption
Jennifer Hadley's overall winning photo of a 3-month-old cub tumbling out of a tree. Jennifer Hadley/Comedy Wildlife 2022 hide caption
A view of the glaciers and mountains from the Gerlache Strait on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula in February 2022. Tyrone Turner hide caption
Maya Lin, in 1988, examining inverted water table being fabricated for the Civil Rights Memorial she designed to be installed in Montgomery, Alabama. Adam Stoltman hide caption
Aerial view of the Jutaí River. Because of the extremely flat terrain, it winds through the forest in snake-like curves. State of Amazonas, 2017. Sebastião Salgado/California Science Center hide caption
Vanessa Williams recreates a scene from the 1963 historical drama Cleopatra, one of many such re-castings in the new photography book Black Hollywood: Reimagining Iconic Movie Moments. Carell Augustus/Sourcebooks hide caption
The devastation on Fort Myers Beach is clear in a view south of Matanzas Pass Preserve. Thomas James for WGCU/NPR hide caption