We Need Diverse Books has launched the Unbanned Book Network to counteract book bans in schools and libraries.

Mourners have gathered at a church in Kyiv to honor two Ukrainian journalists killed last week by a Russian drone strike.

Despite years of congressional hearings, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the harms of Instagram, Meta's wildly popular app, has failed to protect children with its "woefully ineffective" safety measures, according to a new report.

In this family handout photo, a person shows the blood-stained camera that freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, was carrying when she was killed in a double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (Family Handout via AP)

Mariam, who reported this story, was killed today.

Palestinian relatives mourn over the body of 13-year-old Karim Qdeih, who was killed along with others in overnight Israeli strikes, during his funeral outside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)

Alaa Hassanein carries the body of his 4-year-old niece, Sara Hassanein, who was killed in an Israeli military strike on a school used as a shelter, outside Al-Shifa Hospital, in Gaza City, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

another week, another good gallery. @anitabaca.bsky.social

great gallery! @anitabaca.bsky.social

An entire news crew working for Al Jazeera was killed by Israel as they sought to bring the world firsthand reporting from #Gaza. Among them was prominent journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who had been previously smeared and threatened by the IDF. #NotATarget Full statement: cpj.org/2025/08/isra...

Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.

great photos by Natacha Pisarenko

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica and his legacy.

no power, no problem.

Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Britain's Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by financier Jeffrey Epstein, has died.

apnews.com/article/trum... Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for her plastic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer

BREAKING: Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard after the university defies its demands over campus protests.

a really nice gallery of Comic-Con Prague with pictures by Mr. Josek. don’t miss it.

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

A teenage boy described by his family as autistic, nonverbal and intellectually disabled remains in critical condition after being shot in his backyard by Idaho police last weekend.

The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.

Visual storytelling at its best. I found each photo to be quietly magnificent.

European countries resist US push to scrap diversity and inclusion initiatives

Transgender Day of Visibility.

Police officers use pepper spray during clashes with people as they protest against the arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Ella Osama Abu Dagga, 25 days old, is held by her great-aunt Suad Abu Dagga, after she was pulled from the rubble earlier following an Israeli army airstrike that killed her parents and brother, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana )

BREAKING: Gaza Health Ministry says Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 200 Palestinians. Follow AP's live coverage.

Palestinians Ali Marouf and his mother Aisha cook on fire on the roof of their destroyed house by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A woman cries after her friend, Valérie Saint-Fort, behind, fell dead from a bullet wound after soldiers fired their guns into the air as a tribute during the funeral of two soldiers in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

A photo of a dog in India on a scooter, its forehead daubed with colored powder, is a potent symbol of how many households treat pets as family and include them in festivities, including Holi.

nice one! with photos by @emiliomorenatti.bsky.social

A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake

apnews.com/article/roma... Andrew Tate, who faces rape and trafficking charges in Romania, has left for the US

apnews.com/article/trum... White House says it 'will determine' which news outlets cover Trump, rotating traditional ones

The northern lights appear over homes in Nuuk, Greenland on Tuesday, Feb 18, 2025.

President Trump said he will continue to restrict The Associated Press’ access to his events and news conferences until the outlet goes along with his renaming of the Gulf of Mexico in its reports. He acknowledged that the move was a presidential retaliation against AP's editorial policy.