A man carries a mattress past damaged residential buildings following an earthquake in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, about 30 km northwest of Caracas, on June 25, 2026. Federico Parra/Getty Images hide caption
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Rick Brunson and Jalen Brunson of The New York Knicks celebrate winning the 2026 NBA Championship with a ticker tape parade at City Hall. Elias Wlliams for NPR hide caption
Agam Singh Brar, 7, plays with Kermit the Frog alongside his cousins behind his grandfather at their home in Twinsburg, Ohio. Agam's father moved to the United States several years ago seeking better opportunities, raising his children in a space where two worlds meet: American life outside the home and Sikh values within it. Through play, imagination and family connections, these children navigate dual identities, embracing their heritage while engaging with the world around them, balancing tradition and modernity in a uniquely American Sikh experience. Akash Pamarthy/ hide caption
An exterior view of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Lucy Hewett for NPR hide caption
A scene showing the aftermath of the overnight attack on Kyiv, Ukraine. Anton Shtuka for NPR hide caption
Russian drone and missile strikes hit Kyiv, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured
The father of Hussein Jaber, who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nabatieh, in southern Lebanon, on May 12, cries during the funeral ceremony in Sidon the following day. Diego Ibarra Sánchez/for NPR hide caption
With Mount Merapi, an active volcano, looming in the background, local farmers in Tlogolele Village, Indonesia attend to their crops. Joshua Irwandi for NPR hide caption
Life on the edge: why Indonesians living near volcanoes won’t leave
Beyoncé arrives for the 2026 Met Gala celebrating "Costume Art" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Armed Secret Service agents stand on stage during a shooting incident at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at the Washington Hilton on Saturday in Washington, D.C. According to reports, President Donald Trump, along with other government officials, were rushed from the Washington Hilton after reports of gun shots. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption
Distraught girls cling to their father, Luis, as ICE detains him following an immigration hearing in New York City on Aug. 26, 2025. Luis was his family's sole breadwinner. Carol Guzy/ZUMA Press, iWitness for Miami Herald hide caption
Various species of sharks — some of which are endangered, while others are listed as vulnerable — are hauled on shore at dawn at the Tanjung Luar port on June 9, 2025, in East Lombok, Indonesia. Tanjung Luar is one of the largest shark markets in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, from 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
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. ET on April 6 during the Artemis II crew's flyby of the moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upward during the crater's formation. NASA hide caption
Home to just 221 people, Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the only settlement on Tristan da Cunha, the world's most remote inhabited island. Nick Schönfeld for NPR hide caption
A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026. NASA's Artemis II mission will take Wiseman, Glover, Koch, and Hansen on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back aboard their Orion spacecraft. Reid Wiseman/NASA via Getty Images hide caption
This is the remains of an abandoned mine in the Nopah Range near Death Valley, California on Sunday March 22, 2026. Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption
A botanist searches for the seeds of the rare Death Valley Sage
TOPSHOT - Demonstrators walk across the Memorial Bridge from Arlington, Virginia into Washington, DC, during the "No Kings" national day of protest on March 28, 2026. Nationwide protests against US President Donald Trump are expected Saturday as millions of people vent fury over what they see as his authoritarian bent and other forms of cruel, law-trampling governance. It is the third time in less than a year that Americans will take to the streets as part of a grassroots movement called "No Kings," the most vocal and visual conduit for opposition to Trump since he began his second term in January 2025. (Photo by Ken Cedeno / AFP via Getty Images) KEN CEDENO/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
Girls sit on a wall to get a good vantage point of people walking up the mountains with flaming torches and fireworks for Nowruz in Akre, the Kurdish region of Iraq on Friday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness
Palestinians gather in Gaza City to mark the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting, with Eid prayers. Israeli airstrikes prevented such gatherings last year and the year before during the war on Hamas. Anas Baba/NPR hide caption
Jessie Buckley at the 98th Annual Oscars held at Dolby Theatre on March 15, 2026 in Hollywood, California. Lexie Moreland/WWD hide caption
Actors gaze up to the sky during JJ'88's "ROOT" in the hip-hop artist and former inmate's documentary and visual album Songs from the Hole. Before the song starts, protagonist and producer James "JJ'88" Jacobs describes meditating on his and others' redemption while incarcerated and in solitary confinement. Courtesy of Netflix hide caption