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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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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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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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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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The tecnocumbia group Tierra Canela performs at the Mapogo Club, an LGBTQ bar in Quito, Ecuador, on Dec. 9, 2023. The female group, an icon of the movement, gained viral popularity across all Ecuadorian social classes with its songs and dance steps. Karla Gachet 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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Sally Mann at her home studio in Lexington, Va., on August 16, 2025. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption

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Photographer Sally Mann warns of 'new era of culture wars' after her art was removed

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Members of Calling All Brothers welcome the students of Dr. Martin Luther King School of Social Justice and Breakthrough Magnet School to their first day of school in Hartford on August 17, 2024. Tyler Russell/Connecticut Public hide caption

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The photo exhibit Sahy Rano, on display at the Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York, through this weekend, draws its title from a Malagasay phrase translated in a wall label as meaning "someone who is not afraid to dive into the water, even if there is a strong current." The photographer wants to bring attention to female genital schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease caused by a waterborne parasitic infection, whose symptoms can be stigmatizing because they resemble symptoms of sexually transmitted diseases. From left to right: former patients Rahama Abdallah, Sylvia Razanaparana and Suzanie Yolandrie. They were photographed in September 2024 in the district of Ambanja in Northern Madagascar. Miora Rajaonary/The End Fund hide caption

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Margarita Rojas Mena stitches up a torn photo of the local school, where armed groups had a confrontation — part of a healing ritual for residents. She's a healer in Mojaudó, a community in Alto Baudó, Chocó, Colombia. Fernanda Pineda/MSF hide caption

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Spatial ecologist Emma Vogel photographed biologist Audun Rikardsen as they tracked whales in a fjord in northern Norway. Emma Vogel hide caption

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Scientist Photography Contest

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Custom suits and mannequins on display for the current exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style." Adrianna Newell for NPR hide caption

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New designers take on the 'Black Dandy'

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