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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel will enter Rafah, the city in southern Gaza where more than a million displaced Palestinians have taken shelter, "with or without a deal" to free the remaining hostages. Leo Correa/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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English actress Judi Dench at a dress rehearsal of 'Hamlet', making her London debut as Ophelia in 1957. Bob Haswell/Getty Images hide caption

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Judi Dench reflects on a career built around Shakespeare

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Aviva Siegel, who was held hostage in Gaza for 51 days, and whose husband Keith remains in Hamas captivity, spends time with her eight-year-old granddaughter Yali Tiv at her daughter's home on Kibbutz Gazit on March 26. Aviva has been staying with her daughter in northern Israel since being released in November. Tamir Kalifa for NPR hide caption

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A demonstrator protests outside the encampment established in support of Palestinians in Gaza at Columbia University on April 29, 2024. Columbia protesters are demanding their university sell off investments in a number of companies with business ties to Israel. Alex Kent/Getty Images hide caption

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Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump attends a news conference with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., on April 12, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption

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On Monday a morgue in Rafah filled up with the bodies of 25 people killed in Israeli airstrikes. Hospital records show 15 of them women and children. Anas Baba for NPR hide caption

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson are seen here attending a congressional tribute in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol for retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett Jr. on April 29. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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Presiding judge Nawaf Salam (fourth from left) arrives to read a decision at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday. Peter Dejong/AP hide caption

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The new guidelines were prompted by increased rates of breast cancer in women in their 40s. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40. izusek/Getty Images hide caption

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Mammograms should start at age 40, new guidelines recommend

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A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero. Andrés Ríos for NPR hide caption

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Donkeys take center stage at an annual festival in Colombia

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