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A firework display is seen during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics at the Beijing National Stadium on Friday.

The Winter Games have begun. See photos and highlights from the opening ceremony

The Winter Games kicked off Friday night in Beijing with an eye-catching but scaled-back opening ceremony. The city has made history as the first to host both the Summer and Winter Games.

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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Marco Storel
A woman walks towards the only crossing right now between the rest of Ukraine and the northernmost occupied territory, manned by guards on both sides who check documents in Stanytsia Luhanska.

The world worries of a Russian attack. But for these Ukrainians, war is already here

NPR travelled to the "temporarily occupied territories" on the Ukraine-Russia border, where the people who live there are in limbo – cut off from Ukraine, cut off from Russia, cut off from the world.

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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf,
  • Claire Harbage,
  • and 2 more

Grant-winning portraits of Black women fracture the mythical monolith

Photographer Tiffany J. Sutton challenges the one-dimensional perception of Black women through her award-winning portraits.

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By:
  • Grace Widyatmadja and
  • Photos By Tiffany J. Sutton
Volcanic ash covers rooftops and vegetation in an area of Tonga last week. Thick ash on an airport runway was delaying aid deliveries to the Pacific island nation, where significant damage was reported.

Satellite images show the aftermath of Tonga volcano's eruption

The images show populated areas in the archipelago with heavily damaged or destroyed buildings and homes and at least one island covered with ash.

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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Marco Storel
Fatta (left) and Buratti grew up to have different interests and personalities but that only brought them closer.<em></em>

She asked best friends to pose for her. The result is a moving study of sisterhood

From her apartment's rooftop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, photographer Lucía Vázquez documents the meaning of long-time friendships that have become as close as sisters.

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By:
  • Lucía Vázquez and
  • Estefania Mitre
Vogue editor and fashion icon André Leon Tally attends The CW: It's A Reality at Simyone Lounge on February 23, 2010 in New York City.

A treasure of the fashion world, André Leon Talley was impossible to ignore

André Leon Talley was a towering figure in fashion who spoke up about Black representation and the fashion industry's toll on Black people. He passed away on Jan. 18, 2022.

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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
Vogue editor and fashion icon André Leon Tally attends The CW: It's A Reality at Simyone Lounge on February 23, 2010 in New York City.

A treasure of the fashion world, André Leon Talley was impossible to ignore

André Leon Talley was a towering figure in fashion who spoke up about Black representation and the fashion industry's toll on Black people. He passed away on Jan. 18, 2022.

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By:
  • Neda Ulaby
A man cries over his mother's grave in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 29, 2020. Iris Gonçalves Alves died at age 54 the previous day from COVID-19, according to the information on her burial record. During the worst times of the pandemic in Manaus, only three relatives could attend a burial in its cemeteries.

What happens when isolation goes beyond a pandemic

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

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By:
  • Raphael Alves and
  • Marco Storel
A man cries over his mother's grave in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery, in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, on Sept. 29, 2020. Iris Gonçalves Alves died at age 54 the previous day from COVID-19, according to the information on her burial record. During the worst times of the pandemic in Manaus, only three relatives could attend a burial in its cemeteries.

What happens when isolation goes beyond a pandemic

Photographer Raphael Alves documented how socioeconomic issues worsen the COVID-19 pandemic in the state of Amazonas, Brazil.

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By:
  • Raphael Alves and
  • Marco Storel
A police car on fire during a protest in Almaty on Wednesday.

Photos: Dramatic scenes from Kazakhstan's massive protests and crackdown

Here are some of the images of the unrest this week in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where the authoritarian government is fighting to quash large public protests.

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By:
  • Marco Storel
Capitol Police officers try to hold off the crowds from inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. At the end of the day, windows and doors were smashed, trash littered the building and several people were dead.

Photos: A look back at the Jan. 6 insurrection

One year ago on Jan. 6, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's electoral vote win.

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By:
  • Catie Dull and
  • Virginia Lozano
Blend, a Kurd from Iraq, considers himself lucky. He has only spent 14 days in a camp on the Belarusian side of the border and five days in the woods after crossing to the Polish side. When his kidney problems started to become unbearable because of lack of food and water for the last days, and he couldn't walk longer, volunteers from Polish aid organizations arrived to help.

This photographer captured how activists helped migrants at the Poland-Belarus border

Polish-based photographer Kasia Strek documented what it was like for migrants and people in Poland as the crisis evolved at the border in November.

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By:
  • Kasia Strek and
  • Marco Storel
Dec. 30: Broomfield, Colo. — Homes burn as a wildfire rips through a development near Rock Creek Village.

Photos: Wildfires engulf 1,000 homes in suburban Denver

The Colorado wildfires follow an unusually dry fall and winter in the state. Officials suspect the blaze was caused by downed power lines.

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By:
  • Eric McDaniel and
  • Nicole Werbeck
Sheridan MacKnight holds a photograph of her grandfather John B. McGillis. In the photograph, McGillis wears a hand-made beaded buckskin suit and a U.S. army cap from his service in WWI.

He fought for self-determination in a time of assimilation. Here are objects he left.

A documentary photographer reflects on Indigenous identity using the items her great grandfather collected throughout his storied life.

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By:
  • Nīa MacKnight and
  • Elizabeth Gillis
Fire crews manage a back fire in Sly Park, Calif., fighting the Caldor Fire on Aug. 23. <a href="https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/08/25/photos-caldor-fire-leaves-destroyed-homes-difficult-firefight-in-el-dorado-county/">Full Story</a>

NPR member station photographers share memorable photos from 2021

Photographers from NPR's member stations across the country share memorable images from 2021. There are stories that document grief to ones that spread joy in a tumultuous year.

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By:
  • Emily Bogle and
  • Grace Widyatmadja