An aerial view shows damage from a tornadoon Saturday in LenaIll. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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People console each other as they gather at the scene of a mass shooting in ShreveportLa.on Sunday. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
Rajeshwari44grades the chiles she has picked in the fields. Her sharp eyes spot the pale white pods in the sea of red: "The ones with the rich red color are the bestbut even though the paler ones are of poorer qualitywe can still sell these at the market." Viraj Nayar for NPR hide caption
The sun rises behind a tanker anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm IslandIranon Saturday. Asghar Besharati/AP hide caption
Leslie Adams holds a photo of his motherShirleywho died after developing infected bedsores at a rehabilitation centeraccording to a lawsuit he filed. A court awarded the family $17 millionbut they are still trying to collect it. Taylor Glascock for KFF Health News hide caption
On Mondaythe U.S. Customs portal will start accepting refund requests from businesses that paid President Trump's tariffs before the Supreme Court ruled them unconstitutional. Nickolai Hammar/NPR hide caption
Principal Condra Allred visits a third grade class at Cleveland Elementary School in Cedar RapidsIowain April. SoonAllred expects to hear for certain if her school will close. Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption
In one Iowa citypublic schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?
Principal Condra Allred visits a third grade class at Cleveland Elementary School in Cedar RapidsIowa on WednesdayApril 12026. Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption
In one Iowa citypublic schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?
Principal Condra Allred visits a third grade class at Cleveland Elementary School in Cedar RapidsIowa on WednesdayApril 12026. Cliff Jette for NPR hide caption
In one Iowa citypublic schools compete in the free market. Are students better off?
FILE - This illustration provided by NASA depicts Voyager 1. NASA/AP hide caption
FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean governmentits leader Kim Jong Uncentervisits to observe the test launches of missiles at an undisclosed place in North Korea SundayApril 122026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. AP/KCNA via KNS hide caption
A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point flies over an overturned vessel offshore SaipanSaturdayApril 182026while searching for a missing vesselthe Marianathat experienced an engine failure April 15. AP/U.S. Coast Guard/Air Station Bar hide caption
FILE - The Titanic leaves SouthamptonEnglandApril 101912on her maiden voyage. AP/AP hide caption
Police officers are seen at the site where a gunman killed at least six people in the streets before being shot dead by policein KyivUkraineSaturdayApril 182026. Dan Bashakov/AP hide caption
President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Saturday in Washington. Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP hide caption
Various species of sharks — some of which are endangeredwhile others are listed as vulnerable — are hauled on shore at dawn at the Tanjung Luar port on June 92025in East LombokIndonesia. Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asiafrom where shark fins are exported to other Asian markets — primarily Hong Kong and China — and their bones are used in cosmetic products also sold to China. Nicole Tung/Fondation Carmignac hide caption
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An electric vehicle is seen at NIO battery swap station on March 92025 in YantaiShandong Province of China. Tang Ke/VCG via Getty Images/Visual China Group hide caption
Mariam Allawiya60 (left)and Kafa Wehbe67sit together in a vacant apartment building in central Beirut after they were displaced from southern Lebanon by Israel's current invasion. They both grew up in southern Lebanonand Allawiya's son married Wehbe's daughter. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
MaddyChristine Hope Brokopp weaves the bottom of a burial tray. Brokopp enlisted her friends to weave her tray after a cancer diagnosis. Nic Neves hide caption
A pair of blue and gold macaws visit Mabel Carnago's apartment in Caracas. Manuel Rueda/NPR hide caption
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press aboard Air Force One on April 172026 just prior to landing at Joint Base AndrewsMaryland. Win McNamee/Getty Images North America hide caption
A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 122026. The talksled by Vice President JD Vanceproduced no concrete movement toward a peace deal. Farooq Naeem/AFP via Getty Images hide caption