July 1, 2025. Sirajganj, Bangladesh Mothers who lacked birth certificates for themselves and family members hold up the newly obtained documents after a drive in Dhamainagar Union, part of a campaign to get people to register so they are eligible for social safety new programs. Juan Arredondo hide caption
This photo, from a series of pictures by two anonymous cousins, is entitled "The Music of Poverty and Violence." The subject is playing an automatic weapon as if it were a string instrument. Mahnaz Ebrahimi|January 2026 hide caption
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
Isabel Leonard as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo and Carlos Álvarez as her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera perform in a scene from Gabriela Lena Frank's El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego at New York's Metropolitan Opera. Marty Sohl/Met Opera hide caption
Pussy Riot and FEMEN activists protest Russia's presence after its absence following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine in front of the Russian pavilion at the 2026 Art Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, on May 6, 2026. Luca Bruno/AP hide caption
A man fishes next to shipping equipment in Indonesia's Morowali Industrial Park in December 2025. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
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
The White House ballroom, reflecting pool resurfacing, Kennedy Center renovations and a triumphal arch are among the many changes Trump wants to make in D.C. Tom Brenner, Rahmat Gul, Mark Schiefelbein, Jon Elswick/AP hide caption
Zendaya attends the 2025 Met Gala in New York City. Savion Washington/Getty Images hide caption
A private security officer stands next to a closed Russia's pavilion at the 59th Biennale of Arts exhibition in Venice, Italy, on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Antonio Calanni/AP hide caption
Workers paint a corner of the reflecting pool blue on Monday morning. Rachel Treisman/NPR hide caption
Young dancers from the Joburg Ballet School backstage at the Soweto Theatre prepare for their year-end performance. Soweto, South Africa. December 7, 2025. Ihsaan Haffejee for GroundUp hide caption
Nancy Breslin's double self-portrait taken on Worldwide Pinhole Photo Day 2019. 4 minute pinhole exposure. Nancy Breslin hide caption
A rendering from Refik Aandol's Machine Dreams: Rainforest, the inaugural exhibition at Dataland. The museum dedicated to AI art is scheduled to open on June 20. Refik Anadol/Dataland hide caption
A photo provided by the Kennedy Center shows staining on the exterior of the building. "Improper installation traps moisture behind stone panels, causing staining and internal corrosion," the Kennedy Center says. "Panels and granite paving slabs will be replaced with corrected drainage systems." The Kennedy Center hide caption
Dacian gold items, a 2,500-year-old helmet and wristbands, stolen from a museum in the Netherlands and then recovered by Dutch authorities, are presented during a press conference after being returned, at the National Museum of Romanian History, in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Andreea Alexandru/AP 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
Michaela Coel and Ian McKellen star in The Christophers. Claudette Barius/NEON hide caption
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shows a rendering of the planned triumphal arch to be added to Washington, D.C.'s National Mall at a meeting on Wednesday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Flames from the Palisades Fire reach the grounds of the Getty Villa Museum on the Pacific Coast Highway amid a powerful windstorm on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. The museum was forced to close for around six months, causing a major drop in annual visitorship numbers for 2025. Apu Gomes/Getty Images 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
"Good taste" is earned, not given. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption