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President Biden speaks to graduating students at the Morehouse College commencement Sunday, May 19, 2024, in Atlanta.
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Ed Dwight poses for a portrait to promote the National Geographic documentary film "The Space Race" during the Winter Television Critics Association Press Tour, Thursday, in February.
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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media during NFL football Super Bowl 58 opening night on Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend.
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Karen McDonough sits inside her home in Quincy, Massachusetts.
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Supporters of Niger's ruling junta gather for a protest in Niamey, Niger, on Aug. 3, 2023.
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Sean "Diddy" Combs is pictured at the CBS Radford Studio Center in 2018 in Los Angeles. On Sunday, Combs apologized for his actions in a video that appears to show him beating his former singing protege and girlfriend Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
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New Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te waves during Lai's inauguration ceremonies in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, May 20, 2024.
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Paramedic Papinki Lebelo waits for a police escort before responding to an emergency call-out in the Red Zone neighborhood of Philippi East in Cape Town, South Africa. Due to a rise in attacks on paramedics, large parts of the city are only accessible to ambulance crews when they have a police escort. This severely delays response times.
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Farida Azizova-Such inside the nursery rocking her son to sleep. "He was 5 weeks when we started coming. It's just my husband and I taking care of him, so I was alone at home. I wanted to find new moms to connect with and a safe space to be able to come and learn about how to take care of a baby, and also my identity shifted when you become a mother."
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Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., questions Columbia University president Nemat Shafik during a House committee hearing on antisemitism in higher education last month.
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Disney characters lead a parade to celebrate Mickey Mouse's 90th birthday at Disneyland in November 2018.
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Benny Gantz speaks at the Pentagon in December 2021 in Arlington, Va. Gantz, a former army chief and current minister in Israel's three-member war cabinet, said he would quit the government in three weeks if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not advance a plan to replace Hamas in Gaza.
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An airstrike kills 20 in central Gaza as Israel's leaders air wartime divisions
In Europe, sunscreens are often made with ingredients that do a better job at protecting against UVA rays.
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White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024.
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Former President Donald Trump addressed the National Rifle Association on Saturday. Gov. Greg Abbott also spoke at the NRA's Leadership Forum. Trump picked up the NRA's endorsement.
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David DePape (left) listens as his guilty verdict is read aloud in a San Francisco federal courtroom on Nov. 16, 2023, as U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley watches.
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New Zealand Department of Conservation staff assess the remains of a deceased sperm whale.
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Robert Downey Jr. (left) and Hoa Xuande (right) in the HBO adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer .
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This new show gives a little heard perspective on the Vietnam War
Lionel Messi #10 of Inter Miami smiles in the game against CF Montréal during the first half at Saputo Stadium on May 11 in Montreal, Canada.
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Jaime Torres, atop Seize The Grey, reacts after crossing the finish line to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in Baltimore.
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Palestinians receive medical care at the European hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Friday.
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A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'
Basil Rodriguez was arrested linking arms outside Hamilton Hall, but said the arrest had strengthened their resolve to continue protesting. The trespassing charge Rodriguez faced was dismissed this week.
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Georgia's President Salome Zurabishvili delivers her annual address to Parliament in Tbilisi on Feb. 6.
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Pedestrians pass through The Ohio State University's student union.
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Ohio reviewing race-based scholarships after Supreme Court affirmative action ruling
Boeing's Starliner capsule atop an Atlas V rocket is seen at Space Launch Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on May 7, a day after its mission to the International Space Station was scrubbed because of an issue with a pressure regulation valve.
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Hold on to your wishes — there's a 'Spider in the Well'