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Abdul Jabbar's Boli Khela, a century-old traditional wrestling competition in Chittagong, draws thousands of eager spectators annually. In this picture captured in Chittagong, Bangladesh on April 24, 2023, two individuals are seen wrestling on a sandy stage in front of a street audience.

Wow! These amazing drone's-eye views of our world are up for best drone photo

Here's a selection of finalists for the Siena Drone Photo Award competition of 2024: a wrestling match, an awesome bridge, a snow-covered village and pelicans!

Grace Bisch holds a picture of her stepson Eddie Bisch, who died from an overdose, while protesting during oral arguments Dec. 4 at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The Supreme Court's ruling on June 26 upended a proposed nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of OxyContin. Members of the Sackler family, who owned the company, will have to negotiate a new settlement for lawsuits over the impact of opioids.

Supreme Court overturns opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma that shielded Sacklers

Relatives of overdose victims felt uncertainty and frustration after the Supreme Court overturned a controversial settlement with Purdue. It could delay funds for communities battling addiction.

Daniel Robinson, 24, was last seen leaving a job site in Buckeye, Ariz., on June 23, 2021. Three years later, his father, David, continues the search for him.<br/>

Daniel Robinson vanished 3 years ago. His father still hopes for his safe return

Despite leads from the public that have poured in over the last three years, there have been no solid answers regarding the 24-year-old geologist’s disappearance in Arizona on June 23, 2021.

An Iranian man casts his vote at a polling station in Tehran during the country's presidential election on Friday.

Iran will hold a runoff election between a reformist and a hard-liner

Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian received the most votes in Iran's snap presidential elections. But it wasn't enough to avoid a runoff with the second-place contender — a hard-line conservative.

Aid trucks of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) deliver aid to Salah al-Din Street on the fourth day of Eid al-Adha in the east of Gaza City, Gaza on June 19, 2024.

Aid workers in Gaza are fighting for survival too

Almost no aid is getting into Gaza right now. Humanitarian groups continue to sound alarm bells, as deliveries of aid have been stalled because of rising security concerns in the Gaza Strip.

Niko Peterson and Zoe Ramsey worked to change local school policy and Colorado law after losing a friend to an opioid overdose.

A friend's overdose death turns high school students to activists

The Colorado teens lobbied the school board for permission to carry and administer Narcan on school grounds and worked with a state representative on a bill to give that right to students statewide.

We break down the overturning of the Chevron doctrine

In a momentous decision that will affect vast swaths of American life, the Supreme Court made it far more difficult for federal agencies to issue rules that carry out broad mandates from Congress.

This ultra-distance swimmer became the first to take 24-mile route up Chesapeake Bay

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Katie Pumphrey, who recently completed a goal to swim across the Chesapeake Bay.

Megan Thee Stallion and Omar Apollo lead the pack in a busy week of new music

NPR Music's Anamaria Sayre and Stephen Thompson round up the week's newest music, from artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Omar Apollo and more.

3 women say Kentucky’s abortion laws are at odds with their Jewish faith in lawsuit

A group of Jewish women is challenging Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban, saying it violates their religious beliefs. Similar lawsuits are advancing in Indiana and Missouri.

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