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Sunday

Even with visits to the local food pantry, many families struggle to get enough to eat. Food banks say rethinking our donations could help them stretch their money. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post/Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Computers use algorithms to do everything from adding up a column of figures to resizing a window. iMrSquid/Getty Images hide caption

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Algorithmic Intelligence Has Gotten So Smart, It's Easy To Forget It's Artificial

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Thursday

President Trump, shown here with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Group of 20 meeting in Buenos Aires last November, will be meeting the Indian leader again at the Osaka G-20 on Friday, amid rising trade tensions. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP hide caption

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Saturday

Bianey Reyes (center) and others protest the separation of children from their parents in front of El Paso Processing Center, an immigration detention facility, at the Mexican border on June 19, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The 'Filthy And Uncomfortable Circumstances' Of Detained Migrant Children

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Thursday

The U.S. Navy says a limpet mine put a hole in this Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned tanker anchored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The limpet mines used to attack the tanker near the Strait of Hormuz resemble mines displayed by Iran, a Navy explosives expert said Wednesday. Iran denies being involved. Fay Abuelgasim/AP hide caption

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Saturday

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Opinion: Here's A Dad Joke! What Does The Buffalo Tell His Son In The Morning?

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Friday

Saturday

Author and former prosecutor Linda Fairstein is facing backlash and calls to boycott her books after the portrayal of her in a new Netflix series about the Central Park Five. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Ex-Prosecutor Faces Harsh Criticism After 'Central Park 5' Netflix Series

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Friday

Zahra Noorbakhsh is a comedian and co-host of the #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast. Her one-woman show, "On Behalf of All Muslims: A Comedy Special" premieres June 21 in San Francisco. Andria Lo/Zahra Noorbakhsh hide caption

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'See You Tonight!' 'I Needed This!': How A Ritual Friday Gathering Brought Healing

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Wednesday

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People of different faiths wear the Jewish kippah during a demonstration against anti-Semitism in Germany in April. Jens Meyer/AP hide caption

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Opinion: To Fight Anti-Semitism, German Tabloid Prints Cutout Kippah

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Wednesday

Tuesday

Family members of inmates wait and pray in front of the Puraquequara prison in the city of Manaus, the capital of northern Brazil's Amazonas state, on Monday. Dozens of inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Sunday and Monday, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and dangerous prison system. Sandro Pereira/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Daisy, the only dog Scott Simon's kids will get, runs on the beach in France. Elise Simon hide caption

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Opinion: Want Another Dog, Kids? Let's 'Have That Conversation'

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