Australia as seen from a satellite image shot by Japan Meteorological Agency. Japan Meteorological Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Must Reads : The Two-Way Some stories are just too weird, too funny or too sad to ignore. They may not be "serious news," but are so fascinating you must read them. NPR correspondents are on the watch for such tales. We pass along the best, from NPR and other news outlets.
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Marines participate in an exercise during the Infantry Officer Course in August at Quantico, Va. The first female Marine to complete the course graduated on Monday. Master Gunnery Sgt. Chad McMeen/Office of Marine Corps Communication hide caption
Friday
The skeleton of what is believed to be a Neanderthal boy was recovered from the El Sidrón Cave in Asturias, Spain. Paleoanthropology Group MNCN-CSIC hide caption
Employees from dining services stock bottles of Coca-Cola and other caffeinated sodas in the Cougareat at the Wilkinson Student Center on BYU's Campus. This marks the first time caffeinated sodas have been available at campus eateries since the mid 1950's. Jaren Wilkey/BYU hide caption
Thursday
Equifax is facing criticism because after the security incident it chose to create an entirely new domain for customers to check whether they were affected. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
A duck-billed dinosaur skeleton, which the researchers think ate crustaceans, on display in 2009 at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Rescue workers search for earthquake survivors in Mexico City on Wednesday. Miguel Tovar/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Equifax was hit with a cyberattack before the one revealed earlier this month, and the hackers seem to have had many months of access to consumers' information. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption
Hurricane Maria has already left the streets flooded in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, on Tuesday. Andres Martinez Casares/Reuters hide caption
Friday
The Vatican's diplomatic mission in Washington, D.C. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
Matthew Rockloff and Nancy Greer give their acceptance speech after winning the Ig Nobel Economics Prize during ceremonies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on Thursday. The pair won for their experiments to see how contact with a live crocodile affects a person's willingness to gamble. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
Thursday
Two snow leopard cubs play in their enclosure at the Los Angeles Zoo on Tuesday during their public debut. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption
Ken Catania of Vanderbilt University lets a small eel zap his arm as he holds a device he designed to measure the strength of the electric current. Ken Catania hide caption
It's Like An 'Electric-Fence Sensation,' Says Scientist Who Let An Eel Shock His Arm
Wednesday
City workers wash down streets and sidewalks Monday in an effort to control a hepatitis A outbreak in San Diego. Susan Murphy/KPBS hide caption
Tuesday
The 130-ton fatberg formed underneath London's Whitechapel area and is said to be among the largest on record. Thames Water says the "rock-solid" mass is composed of cooking fat and wet wipes. AP hide caption