A pumpkin sits perched atop a bell tower on Cornell's campus, where a prankster placed it in Oct. 1997. Frank DiMeo/Cornell University hide caption
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New members of the Afghan special forces attend their graduation ceremony earlier this month at the Afghan Corp, on the outskirts of Kabul. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption
Jennifer Appel (left) and Tasha Fuiava are interviewed aboard the USS Ashland in the South Pacific on Oct. 25. They were rescued after reportedly drifting for months while trying to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti. Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Clay/AP hide caption
Catalonia's deposed leader, Carles Puigdemont (center), speaks at a news conference in Brussels on Tuesday with other members of his dismissed government. Aurore Belot/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A man gazes out at the water during a four-hour journey from Bali to Lombok. The public ferries are a key link for a nation spanning some 17,000 islands. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Anas Modamani speaks to the media Feb. 6 in Wuerzburg, Germany, after a court session about his lawsuit against Facebook. Modamani's suit, regarding the misuse of a selfie he took of himself with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was rejected, but his lawyer Lawyer Chan-Jo Jun, right, says that under a new law a lawsuit might not even have been necessary. Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images hide caption
With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (right), leaves U.S. District Court after pleading not guilty to federal charges, including "conspiracy against the United States," on Monday in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., (left) and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., holds a news conference Oct. 19 to introduce legislation designed to increase the transparency of political ads on Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Facebook's Advertising Tools Complicate Efforts To Stop Russian Interference
Women walk through Istiqlal Mosque, on a recent Sunday, in Jakarta, Indonesia. The fourth-largest country in the world is also one of the most diverse. Indonesia is a democracy, with a larger Muslim population than the entire Arab world combined. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., talk about their introduction of a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force against ISIS, al-Qaida and the Taliban during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on May 25, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Some people unfold a Spanish flag as another man waves a Catalan pro-independence flag in front of the Catalan government headquarters in Barcelona on Monday. Spain enters uncharted and potentially perilous territory today as Madrid moves to take over the running of Catalonia, in response to the region's parliament unilaterally declaring independence. Lluis Gene/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
When it can't wait until the game's over, what's a footballer to do? Vanessa Berberian/Getty Images hide caption
President Uhuru Kenyatta casts his vote during the general elections. Kenyatta was the declared the winner of the disputed rerun of Kenya's presidential election. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption