Luis Armando Albino was kidnapped as a child from a park in Oakland, Calif., in 1951. Seven decades later, his niece took an online DNA test that led authorities to his home on the East Coast. Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Tuesday
A shattered father recounts his kidnapping and the struggle to negotiate with the kidnappers for the release of his children. Terna Iwar for NPR hide caption
For one Nigerian family, freedom after a kidnapping hasn't ended their terror
Wednesday
In this undated photo provided by El Roi Haiti, Alix Dorsainvil, right, poses with her husband, Sandro Dorsainvil. Alix Dorsainvil, a nurse for El Roi Haiti, and her daughter were kidnapped July 27, the organization said. El Roi Haiti via AP hide caption
Friday
Carlee Russell, the Alabama nursing student who falsely said she was kidnapped, was charged with two misdemeanors in connection with the hoax, police announced Friday. Hoover Police Department hide caption
Monday
Owen Burns, center, holds up the slingshot he used to fend off a boy who was attacking his sister earlier this month. Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Monday
Matamoros, Mexico, is a stronghold for various criminal organizations, particularly the Gulf Cartel. U.S. and Mexican officials say four U.S. citizens were abducted at gunpoint in the city on Friday. Alfredo Estrella/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Sherri Papini leaves a federal courthouse Monday after Judge William Shubb sentenced her to 18 months in federal prison for faking her own kidnapping in 2016. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Armed forces secure the area where Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, placed a bouquet of flowers in front of a memorial to independence hero Jean-Jacques Dessalines in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Sunday. Haitian police are working with U.S. officials and are in contact with the kidnappers who abducted a group of U.S.-based missionaries on Saturday. Odelyn Joseph/AP hide caption
Sunday
North Korean Kang Ho-Rye (second from left), 89, hugs her South Korean relative at a resort at Mount Kumgang, North Korea, in August 2018. Almost 100 South Koreans crossed the armed border to the North to meet their separated families. The U.S. bars citizens from entering North Korea, but some Korean Americans hope the Biden administration will lift the ban and let them visit again. Lee Su-Kil/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Americans Can't Visit North Korea. Some Who Have Family There Hope Biden Changes That
Friday
Wednesday
An image from the book Bring Back Our Girls. The families of these missing girls sent photos of them to photographer Glenna Gordon. Glenna Gordon hide caption
Tuesday
A man stands in the deserted school dormitory after gunmen invaded and took away more than 270 girls in Jangebe in northwest Nigeria, on Feb. 26. The girls have all since been returned. Habibu Iliyasu/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Joe Montana and his wife, left, Jennifer walk onto the field at Levi's Stadium before an NFL football game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Detroit Lions in Santa Clara, Calif., in 2018. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption
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A mural showing a teacher leading a young girl to school is riddled with bullet holes after an attack by Boko Haram militants last month. They attacked the Dapchi Government Girls Science and Technology College in northeast Nigeria. Jide Adeniyi-Jones hide caption