awards

Winner, The Bigger Picture, Wetlands: The Swarm of Life by Shane Gross, Canada. Western toad (Anaxyrus boreas) tadpoles swim among lily pads in a lake on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Shane Gross/Wildlife Photographer of the Year hide caption

Post Malone, Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter laugh backstage at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday in Elmont, N.Y. John Shearer/Getty Images for MTV hide caption

Jelly Roll performs "Need A Favor" at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas. Evan Agostini/Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption

Barry Keoghan poses for photographers with the Supporting Actor award for 'The Banshees of Inisherin' at the 76th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA's, in London, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023. Vianney Le Caer/Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption

Mary J. Blige receives the Icon Award during the Billboard Music Awards ceremony on Sunday, May 15, 2022, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

The National Book Foundation released its annual book award longlists on Friday. Pornsawan Sangmanee / EyeEm/Getty Images/EyeEm hide caption

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is seen inside of the defendant's cage in a military courtroom on July 27, 2015. He is currently serving a 20-year sentence. Sergey Venyavsky/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

In one segment of this year's Oscar telecast, host Chris Rock introduced three Asian children who emerged onstage as PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants, invoking a tired stereotype about Asians being good at math. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

2013 NPR Calendar NPR hide caption

StateImpact Pennsylvania developed this interactive map to show which natural gas operators are drilling, and where; find active wells in a county or municipality; and see whether the drillers have been cited for violating state environmental regulations. StateImpact hide caption