Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton listens during a town hall style campaign event Tuesday in Portsmouth, N.H. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
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Chicago police escort protesters demonstrating against police brutality and gun violence in Chicago on Thursday. Tannen Maury/EPA/Landov hide caption
Anne Frank's facsimile diaries, on display during a 2009 press conference at the Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Homes in Pacific, Mo., are surrounded by floodwaters on Wednesday. A rare winter flood threatened nearly two dozen federal levees in Missouri and Illinois on Wednesday as rivers rose, prompting evacuations in several places. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Armed German police on duty at the main railway station in central Munich on New Year's Eve. Sven Hoppe/EPA/Landov hide caption
Researchers have been studying the links between TV viewing and mindless eating for years. The news isn't good for our waistlines. iStockphoto hide caption
Anusha Gurung (left) and her friend Illa Gurung take part in a New Year's dance competition in Kathmandu, Nepal. Salim Ali/for NPR hide caption
Though congressional leaders and the president have said passing sentencing reform is a priority, there are only a few months to pass legislation before lawmakers begin a series of breaks and before the presidential campaign intensifies. Just One Film/Getty Images hide caption
Despite Bipartisan Effort, Window To Pass Sentencing Reform May Be Closing
A federal rule requiring background checks doesn't apply to some of those doing business online and at gun shows, like this one put on by the National Rifle Association in April in St. Louis. Changing that exception is one idea that has been floated to the president. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
A fire engulfs the Address Downtown Dubai, a luxury hotel in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday. Ahmed Jadallah/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz boasted of a big fundraising haul in the last three months of 2015: nearly $20 million. Nicholas Pilch/Getty Images hide caption
Ben Carson after this month's Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
NPR's audience were drawn to a wide range of topics in 2015, from music and politics to the lives of girls and the work of robots. Top, from left: Matt Rourke/Getty Images; Jane Greenhalgh/NPR; Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images. Middle, from left: Darren McCollester/Getty Images; Naftali Beder for NPR; Brad Barket/Getty Images for Comedy Central. Bottom, from left: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Claire O'Neill/NPR; Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Seeing double after toasting? Just wait for the hangover that's coming, thanks in part to those bubbles in sparkling wine. Chris Nickels for NPR hide caption