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Pope Francis salutes the crowd as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

Alessandra Tarantino/AP

The pope offered blessings for people affected by flooding in Western Europe, rioting in South Africa and protests in Cuba.

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Philip Fong/AFP via Getty Images

With the Tokyo Games less than a week away, the positive tests are the first among athletes inside the Olympic Village.

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Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP via Getty Images

The 22-year-old Slovenian powerhouse dominated the field over the last two weeks. Meanwhile, Mark Cavendish matched a record number of stage wins.

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Kiichiro Sato/AP

NPR's team of journalists has arrived in Tokyo. Their journey shows the challenges of just getting to the largest event in sports in the middle of a global pandemic.

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John Burnett/NPR

Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf Coast, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.

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Pooja Sharma

These are women who have lost a spouse — often the sole breadwinner of the family — during the pandemic. Now they are faced with hospitals bills and daily living expenses. Who will help them?

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Juana Arias/The Washington Post via Getty Images

For more than 200 years, the census was overseen by white leaders. Holmes' 1998 stint as acting director blazed a trail for Biden's pick, who may become the count's first permanent director of color.

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Juan Diego Reyes for NPR; JerSean Golatt for NPR; Michele Abercrombie/NPR

The National Association of Hispanic Journalists and Denver officials are calling for the firing of KUSA 9News leaders after three Latina on-air reporters were dismissed over the course of a year.

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