A new study finds that front yards with friendly features, such as pink flamingos or porch furniture, are correlated with happier, more connected neighbors and a greater "sense of place." ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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San Francisco is one of many U.S. cities that has thrown out its parking minimums in recent years. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
From Austin to Anchorage, U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums
India is number 1 in global population. This clock board outside the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai keeps track of the numbers. The photo is from June 2, 2023. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
India's population passes 1.4 billion — and that's not a bad thing
In urban areas, redlining has continuing effects on wildlife as well as people. Ali Majdfar/Getty Images hide caption
Los Angeles city workers working to remove the unauthorized crosswalks painted at the intersection of Romaine Street and N. Serrano Avenue. Crosswalk Collective LA hide caption
Data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows 128 pedestrians were killed in the City of Los Angeles in 2021, an increase of 6% over 2020. Crosswalk Collective LA hide caption
The sun sets behind power lines in Los Angeles in September. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus walks next to commercial buildings in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on April 14. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An view of Washington, D.C. through a thermal camera. Becky Harlan/NPR hide caption
A cyclist by Lake Michigan shore in Chicago. Biking to work is associated with higher levels of well-being. Amanda Hall/Robert Harding/Getty Images hide caption
Kelli Walker wasn't able to get into her family's home, on the other side of the brick wall, because of the depth of the rising floodwater in Houston on Tuesday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Ming lives in this mud brick home, three miles outside Beijing city limits. Anthony Kuhn/NPR hide caption
Beijing Mega-Region Plan Aims To Alleviate Poverty, But Some Are Wary
A midwife cuts the umbilical cord of a newborn baby in a hospital in South Sudan. JM Lopez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption