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Tens of thousands of people watched as dozens of colorfully decorated boats toured the Dutch capital's historic canals Saturday, Aug. 5, 2023, in the most popular event of a six-day Pride Amsterdam festival that attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the city. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption
The grass pea — Lathyrus sativus — is hardy and drought resistant. It tastes like a sugar snap pea, although if that's all you were to eat its natural toxin could make you sick. But breeders might be able to address that issue. Sadasiba Behera/Getty Images hide caption
What are 'orphan crops'? And why is there a new campaign to get them adopted?
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London to announce a new London Growth Plan to boost economic growth on April 3. Jordan Pettitt /PA Images via Getty Images hide caption
People watch as fire and smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen. Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP hide caption
Members of European Parliament participate in a series of votes as they attend a plenary session at the European Parliament in Brussels, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Geert Vanden Wijngaert/AP hide caption
Dancers wearing Chechen national costumes perform to celebrate the reelection of Chechnya's regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured in the background) in Grozny, Russia in September 2021. Musa Sadulayev/AP hide caption
President of the European Court of Human Rights Síofra O'Leary, center, speaks Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Jean-Francois Badias/AP hide caption
People demonstrate outside the European Court of Human Rights Tuesday, April 9, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France. Jean-Francois Badias/AP hide caption
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's largest, is seen in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse, in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine, on June 27, 2023. LIBKOS/AP hide caption
Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini smiles at his headquarters after a presidential runoff in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Pellegrini is a close ally of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico known for his pro-Russian policies. Denes Erdos/AP hide caption
Members of the public join a walking vigil through the streets of Falmouth, England, for British aid worker James Henderson, organized by Palestine Solidarity Cornwall, April 3. Three British men working for World Central Kitchen were killed along with four colleagues when their clearly marked vehicles were targeted by Israeli military strikes. Hugh Hastings/Getty Images hide caption
Serhii Chaus, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar, arrives at a bread delivery location on the outskirts of town. Chaus goes daily into the embattled town to deliver supplies and meet residents who choose to stay there as Russian forces are approaching the area. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Reading glasses are easy to come by in Western countries. But getting a pair in the Global South can be a challenge. A new study shows the surprising benefits that a pair of specs can bring. Maica/Getty Images hide caption
Glasses aren't just good for your eyes. They can be a boon to income, too
Republican People's Party, or CHP, supporters gather to celebrate outside City Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 31, 2024. Khalil Hamra/AP hide caption
In Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta, oil bunkering — the practice of siphoning oil from pipelines — has transformed parts of the once-thriving delta ecosystem into an ecological dead zone, according to the U.N. Environment Programme. Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco / Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto hide caption
Mercy me: Photos show what humans have done to the planet in the Anthropocene age
Students leave the underground school built in a Kharkiv subway station to board a bus home. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Ukraine's Kharkiv moves classrooms underground so kids survive Russian attacks
A demonstrator holds a placard, after Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption
A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.
Servers take off for the "Course des Cafes" in front of City Hall in central Paris on Sunday. Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saidakrami Murodali Rachabalizoda, a suspect in the Crocus City Hall shooting on Friday, is escorted by police and FSB officers in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
ISIS-K claimed responsibility for an attack on the city of Kerman, Iran, southeast of the capital Tehran in 2024 that killed more than 90 people. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
What is ISIS-K, the group that claims it carried out the Moscow concert attack?
A woman mourns at a makeshift memorial in front of the Crocus City Hall on Saturday, a day after a gun attack in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, killed at least 133 people. Olga Maltseva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Catherine, The Princess of Wales announced her cancer diagnosis on Friday. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption