Rescue workers watch as a heavy machine dig through rubble searching for earthquake victims on Thursday in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Dita Alangkara/AP hide caption
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The ASPCA has a number of tips for how to keep pets safe during a storm. On the top of the list: Don't leave them behind. Carol Guzy for NPR hide caption
See that little brown critter and that little white critter? They're goats stuck on a bridge in western Pennsylvania. The white goat is facing in the wrong direction to walk off the beam, about 100 feet high, and return to solid ground. Todd Tilson/PA Turnpike Commission hide caption
An unmanned aircraft piloted by a lifeguard dropped a yellow floating tube to two distressed swimmers off Australia's Far North Coast in New South Wales. Arab News/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
The Iranian oil tanker Sanchi was ablaze Sunday after a collision with a freighter off China's east coast. One crew member is dead and 31 are missing, as rescue efforts are hampered by bad weather and the fire. AP hide caption
Lineman and Electricians train with the APA-5 Atlas Powered Ascender to recover rescue dummy prior to the onset of suspension trauma. Courtesy of Nate Ball/Atlas Devices hide caption
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In this aerial photo a boat motors between flooded homes on Saturday after heavy rains in the region in Hammond, La. Max Becherer/AP hide caption
A woman is carried away in a stretcher by medics Thursday after being trapped for six days in the rubble of a collapsed building, in the Huruma area of Nairobi, Kenya. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Lami Musa, 27, cradles her 5-day-old baby girl at a refugee camp clinic. One of the women rescued from Boko Haram, she says her husband was killed before she was abducted by Islamist extremists. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption