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People gather on Lake Mendota near an inflatable Statue of Liberty crown and torch at the 2026 Winter Carnival on Feb. 7 in Madison, Wis. Kayla Wolf for NPR hide caption

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Residents of the isolated village of Mphooko wave as a team from the Lesotho Flying Doctor Service departs after a day treating patients. Mphooko is inaccessible by road and relies on the LFDS for basic medical care. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption

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The Tin Soldier, one of Nicolas Coppola's marionette puppets, is the main character in The Steadfast Tin Soldier show at Coppola's Puppetworks theater in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood. Anh Nguyen for NPR hide caption

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Cookie Jones (left) sits with her mother, Valerie (right), in Cookie's home on June 4, 2025, in Bridgeport, Conn. Cookie Jones quit her job to care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's disease. She is one of thousands of unpaid family caregivers in Connecticut navigating financial and access barriers to treatment. Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public hide caption

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"So what's my name? Watch out! I'm Black Freddie, and I'm blaaaack. Ha ha ha ha ha. Even as we get older, there's an inner child … that lies within us. They are us, you know. We're still them because the inner child lives in us," said Antwone Coward, who was dressed as Freddy Krueger at New York Comic Con in 2024. Isaac Campbell for NPR hide caption

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Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos. Karla Gachet hide caption

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Cachitas Now!, una banda disidente, le canta a un público universitario y queer en La Plata. La vocalista es Melissa Lobos Cachitas Now!, a dissident band, sings to a university and queer audience in La Plata. Their singer is Melissa Lobos. Karla Gachet hide caption

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Karla Gachet

Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of indigenous rythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos played and danced to during the celebrations, and Colombian cumbia. Karla Gachet hide caption

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Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of indigenous rythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos played and danced to during the celebrations, and Colombian cumbia. Karla Gachet hide caption

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Karla Gachet

Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio en Lima on October 21, 2025. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. These colorful posters still cover the grey city of Lima and other cities advertising upcoming concerts. Some say the florescent colors were inspired by the the clothing worn by the women in the indigenous communities. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption

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Ivan Kashinsky

Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio en Lima on October 21, 2025. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. These colorful posters still cover the grey city of Lima and other cities advertising upcoming concerts. Some say the florescent colors were inspired by the the clothing worn by the women in the indigenous communities. Ivan Kashinsky hide caption

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Ivan Kashinsky

Fans, many of them wearing pink and cowboy hats, get off of the streetcar at Union Station before the show. Chappell Roan, who exploded in popularity last summer, only picked three cities on her recent pop-up American tour: New York City, Los Angeles and Kansas City, which is in her home state of Missouri. Katie Currid for NPR hide caption

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El grupo de tecnocumbia Tierra Canela se presenta en el Mapogo Club, un bar LGBTQ en Quito, Ecuador, el 9 de diciembre de 2023. El grupo femenino, icono del movimiento, ganó popularidad viral en todas las clases sociales ecuatorianas con sus canciones y pasos de baile. Karla Gachet hide caption

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