U.S. President Joe Biden's dog, Commander, is walked on the south side of the White House before a signing ceremony for the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 on August 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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A high school boys' soccer game. Jon C. Hancock/AP hide caption
A West Point archeologist and museum curator take part in the opening of a lead box placed in the base of a monument by cadets almost two centuries ago. Michael Hill/AP hide caption
This booking photo, provided by Fulton County Sheriff's Office, shows former President Donald Trump after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta this week. Trump is accused by District Attorney Fani Willis of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters. AP hide caption
Fans and spectators walk to the entrance of Chicago's Comiskey Park on April 9, 1990, for the opening day of the final Major League Baseball season there. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images hide caption
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In 2022, a man in Kabul covered his face to protect his identity, as he showed his harmonium musical instrument. The Taliban have begun to burn these instruments, and others. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption
Vice President Mike Pence speaks alongside President Donald Trump in 2020. As Trump was being arraigned in Washington on yet another round of criminal charges this week, his former runningmate-turned-rival Mike Pence unveiled merchandise that quotes "Too Honest," a reference to Trump's response when Pence rebuffed his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
A sign warning of extreme heat danger in Death Valley National Park on July 15, 2023 David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Singer Tony Bennet performs at the Royal Albert Hall in London on April 29, 2007. Jo Hale/Getty Images hide caption
People look at a lowland gorillas at the Bronx Zoo's Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit on July 8, 2003, in New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
A woman holds a picture of Victoria Amelina, as pallbearers carry the writer's coffin at the end of her funeral ceremony in Mykhaylo Gold Domes in Kyiv on July 4, 2023. Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In patients with Alzheimer's disease, a substance called beta-amyloid can form toxic clumps in between neurons. Drugs like lecanemab are designed to remove amyloid-beta from the brain. National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health. hide caption
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Wade Goodwyn reported on his home state of Texas and the Southwest for NPR since 1993. Kate Mackley Media/NPR hide caption
Mountaineers make their way to the summit of Mount Everest, as they ascend on the south face from Nepal on May 17, 2018. Phunjo Lama/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tina Turner sings during her performance at the Macy's Passport '97 fundraiser and fashion show in San Francisco. Monica Davey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chonkasaurus the snapping turtle rests on a pile of rusty chains along the Chicago River. Joey Santore hide caption
These books have been banned in several public schools and libraries across the U.S. amid a wave of book censorship and restrictions. Ted Shaffrey/AP hide caption
Royal fans wearing masks picturing Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort are pictured on The Mall, near to Buckingham Palace in central London, on May 5, 2023, ahead of the coronation weekend. ODD ANDERSEN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Calypso singer and actor Harry Belafonte performs in concert at London's Kilburn National Ballroom on Aug. 10 1958. Alan Meek/Getty Images hide caption
Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza stands in a cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court. AP hide caption
The snow-covered soya fields at the Belfontaine Holstein farm are pictured in Saint-Marc-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, on Dec. 9, 2021. Canadian Super Pigs were bred to survive the winter. Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Pictures of the victims killed in a mass shooting on Monday at the Covenant School in Nashville, Tenn., are fixed to a memorial by Noah Reich (left) and David Maldonado, from the nonprofit Classroom of Compassion, near the school on Wednesday. Seth Herald/Getty Images hide caption
Pro-democracy activists tear a placard of Winnie-the-pooh that represents Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against a proposed new security law outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020. ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images hide caption