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Traffic crawls on the northbound lanes of the Henry Hudson Parkway leading out of Manhattan on Friday. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption
Tourists walk along a beach in Malay town, on the Philippine island Boracay, last week. President Duterte's decision to close Boracay has rocked the island. The Philippines is set to deploy hundreds of riot police to keep travelers out and head off potential protests before its six-month closure to tourists. STR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
As Philippines Shuts Down A Popular Tourist Island, Residents Fear For Their Future
United Airlines planes parked at a terminal at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Cherry blossom trees, known as sakura, flourished in Japan. Fairchild imported several dozen trees for his own property in Chevy Chase, Md., and after seeing how much people liked them, he helped negotiate a larger shipment of trees to be planted around the Tidal Basin near the Washington Monument. David Fairchild/Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden hide caption
Like Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your Plate
Shawareb the cat reclaims his place on NPR correspondent Diaa Hadid's bed hours after he arrives in Islamabad. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
A man gazes out at the water during a four-hour journey from Bali to Lombok. The public ferries are a key link for a nation spanning some 17,000 islands. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
The number of luxury hotels that employ concierges has dropped nearly 20 percent since 2014, according to the American Hotel and Lodging Association. Lindsay Lazarski/WHYY hide caption
In The Age Of Concierge Apps, Real-Life Concierges Tout The 'Human Element'
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Emirates passenger planes at Dubai International Airport. The airline announced it is now exempt from the laptop ban imposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in March. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
AAA says this will be the busiest Fourth of July travel period ever, with most people taking to the road to get to their destinations. Ditto/Getty Images/Image Source hide caption
Visitors and medical personnel enter a transport plane carrying Otto Warmbier at a Cincinnati regional airport Tuesday. Warmbier, who was released and medically evacuated from North Korea, has been in a coma for months, his parents said. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
After Otto Warmbier's Release, Will U.S. Ban Travel To North Korea?
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted its last Zika travel advisory for Miami-Dade County last week, residents and visitors to Miami's popular South Beach neighborhood were relieved. Still, doctors say, pregnant women should continue to take extra precautions. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Michelle Flandez's son Inti Perez — pictured at home in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in 2016 — was born with microcephaly linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Carlos Giusti/AP hide caption
Heading someplace where you could get traveler's diarrhea? Try packing some prophylactic pills containing bismuth subsalicylate, such as Pepto Bismol. Meredith Rizzo/NPR hide caption
Shanghai pedicurist Ju-wen Zu and NPR's Aarti Shahani talk, aided by a translation app that may change the way we travel abroad forever. Aarti Shahani/NPR hide caption
The window seat may be a safer spot for small children than along the aisle. Plus there's the view. Todd Burandt/Getty Images hide caption
Alnwick Castle in England houses a garden of poisonous plants. Design Pics RF/Getty Images hide caption
People line up to buy groceries outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, on July 13. The State Department issued a travel warning for the country on July 7. Four other countries have been the subject of U.S. travel warnings since July 1. Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Often Issues Travel Warnings, But Lately The Tables Are Turned
Crowds gather to watch the Fourth of July fireworks show last year at Kailua Beach on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. Julie Thurston Photography via Getty Images hide caption
Prime Minister David Cameron's cat, Larry, sits on the steps of No. 10 Downing St. in London on June 24, the day Brexit voting results were announced. If the Cameron family wants to take Larry along on holiday to France, a Brexit could complicate plans. It's possible that traveling to and from the EU with pets will grow more cumbersome. Alastair Grant/AP hide caption
Travelers go through the TSA PreCheck security point at Miami International Airport on June 2. The number of TSA PreCheck applicants has more than doubled owing to record security wait times. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Would the threat of Zika lead you to rethink a scheduled trip to Ipanema beach or the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil? You'd need the right kind of travel insurance to cover the cost of a canceled trip. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption