Sales surged for guns, such as these seen at a show in Kenner, La., in late 2012, after the mass shooting in Newtown, Conn. Julie Dermansky/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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A man evacuates a child from building destroyed by airstrikes in Douma, Syria, in January 2016. Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The death rate for African-Americans dropped 25 percent over 17 years, but most of that was among people ages 65 and older. Dutchy/Getty Images hide caption
Death Rate Among Black Americans Declines, Especially For Elderly People
Smog blankets Cairo, Egypt, in 2012. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
A special hearth (left) for "green" cremations uses less wood and takes less time than traditional cremations. The new cremation method cuts down on air pollution. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Philip Seymour Hoffman poses at the premiere of the film A Most Wanted Man during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival last month in Park City, Utah. Danny Moloshok/Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP hide caption
Sir David Frost arrives at London's Downing Street in April 2009. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Actor Cory Monteith on June 8 in Los Angeles. He died Saturday in Vancouver, Canada. Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for Chrysalis hide caption