Police tape blocks off a street where a 16-year-old was shot and killed and another 18-year-old was shot and wounded on the on April 25 in Chicago. Joshua Lott/Getty Images hide caption
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You obviously don't need to be tall to be an all-star. You can be 6-foot-6 like pitcher Chris Sale (L), 6-foot-2 like outfielder Mike Trout (C) or 5-foot-5 like second baseman Jose Altuve (R). Most societies have grown taller over the past century, but the rate in places with poor health and access to food has declined or plateaued. Dennis Poroy/Getty Images hide caption
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Students at St. Scholastica's College in the Philippines gesture the "No. 1" sign in a campaign to end discrimination and violence against women and girls. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and Democratic vice presidential candidate, Sen. Tim Kaine, wave to members of the audience as they stand on stage during the fourth day session of the Democratic National Convention. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
This image shows the galaxy MCS J0416.1–2403, one of six clusters targeted by the Hubble Frontier Fields program. The varying intensity of blue haze in this image is a mass map created by using new Hubble observations combined with the magnifying power of a process known as gravitational lensing. M. Jauzac, J-P. Kneib and the CATS collaboration/ESA/Hubble/NASA hide caption
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Melania Trump and former President Bill Clinton show off their patriotic wardrobes at the conventions. Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images; Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images; Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall meeting in Roanoke, Va. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Visitors pass outside the front of a replica Noah's Ark at the Ark Encounter theme park in Williamstown, Ky., in early July. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
President Obama and Hillary Clinton stand together on stage on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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Rob Refsnyder of the New York Yankees bats during the Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees regular season MLB game at Yankee Stadium on July 17 in New York City. Tim Clayton/Getty Images hide caption
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A chronic shortage of donor hearts places doctors in an ethical dilemma. Hero Images/Getty Images hide caption
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A crowd of over 4,000 people filled the Gospel Tabernacle in Fort Wayne, Ind., to hear Col. Charles Lindbergh address a rally of the America First Committee on October 3, 1941. AP hide caption