Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf speaks during a 40-day commemoration ceremony for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei at the Imam Hassan Mosque in Karbala, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Hadi Mizban/AP hide caption
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National Guard troops patrolling outside the Kennedy Center on June 28. The entryway of the Washington, D.C. arts complex continues to be covered with a tarp after a federal judge ordered the organization's board to remove signage that included President Trump's name. Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Ian Stamy, 38, a sixth-generation cash crop soybean and grain farmer at Stamy Farms, walks into his field on August 12, 2026 in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Stamy pivoted to soybeans and grain because he says dairy farming was no longer turning a profit. Michelle Gustafson for NPR hide caption
Ian Stamy, 38, a sixth-generation cash crop soybean and grain farmer at Stamy Farms, walks into his field on August 12, 2026 in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Stamy pivoted to soybeans and grain because he says dairy farming was no longer turning a profit. Michelle Gustafson for NPR hide caption
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Yahya Abdul-Mateen II poses for a portrait on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, in New York. Abdul-Mateen is nominated for a Tony Award for lead actor in a play for his role in "Topdog/Underdog."
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A trailer of wild mustangs are transported to the temporary holding facility during the Bureau of Land Management wild mustang round-up in Piceance-East Douglas Herd Management Area in Rio Blanco County, Colo., on Aug. 5, 2026. McKenzie Lange/CPR News hide caption
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FILE - Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., appears at a town hall meeting in Sacramento, Calif., April 7, 2026. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
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Duane Davis appears in court during his murder trial, related to the 1996 killing of rapper Tupac Shakur, in Clark County District Court at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026. Steve Marcus/POOL Las Vegas Sun/ AP hide caption
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Dr. Heidi Overton speaks during a Aug. 10 press conference during which President Trump signed an executive order about the childhood vaccination schedule. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
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The federal debt topped $40 trillion for the first time this week. Investors who buy government bonds are demanding higher interest rates to finance that growing debt load. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption
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Shakesha Coleman tries some of the samples of Jollof at the festival at Union Market in Washington, D.C. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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Cattle feed on the Fimbres family ranch in Sonora. They're stuck in the state, as the Mexico-U.S. border remains closed to livestock. Nina Kravinsky/KJZZ hide caption
Hind Rajab poses in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, with a photo of her granddaughter, Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed alongside her family in Gaza in February 2024. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption
Hind Rajab poses in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, with a photo of her granddaughter, Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed alongside her family in Gaza in February 2024. Jehad Alshrafi/AP hide caption
President Trump is joined by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who oversees the Census Bureau, as he speaks in the White House's Oval Office in 2025. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
An automatic license plate reader (ALPR) camera monitors traffic on August 19, 2026 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
An automatic license plate reader (ALPR) camera monitors traffic on August 19, 2026 in Silver Spring, Maryland. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Wildfire experts have found that homes with dense vegetation are at higher risk of burning, like in the Palisades Fire in 2025. New regulations in California require homeowners to manage plants within five feet of a structure. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Wildfire experts have found that homes with dense vegetation are at higher risk of burning, like in the Palisades Fire in 2025. New regulations in California require homeowners to manage plants within five feet of a structure. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
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Shells, composed mostly of invasive zebra mussels pile up at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species Control and Prevention Act of 1990 and the United States Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database were created in response to this mussel.
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Shells, composed mostly of invasive zebra mussels pile up at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in Michigan. The Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species Control and Prevention Act of 1990 and the United States Geological Survey's Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database were created in response to this mussel.
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Painting, Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1801. The work shows the so-called "Cort" process in use. Specifically, it depicts night work at the Bedlam furnaces in Madeley Dale (i.e. Coalbrookdale) along the river Severn, Shropshire.
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Painting, Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1801. The work shows the so-called "Cort" process in use. Specifically, it depicts night work at the Bedlam furnaces in Madeley Dale (i.e. Coalbrookdale) along the river Severn, Shropshire. Courtesy of The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum hide caption
Painting, Coalbrookdale by Night by Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, 1801. The work shows the so-called "Cort" process in use. Specifically, it depicts night work at the Bedlam furnaces in Madeley Dale (i.e. Coalbrookdale) along the river Severn, Shropshire.
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Former Meta engineer Arturo Bejar leaves the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building & United States Courthouse as Meta is on trial over social media addiction in Oakland, California, on August 19, 2026. KARL MONDON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
