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The devastation on Bucha's Vokzal'na Street in early April, just after the Russian troops left. The photo below shows the cleaned up street on Monday.

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In two photos, see how Bucha is erasing the scars of Russia's invasion

1:18pm May 31, 2022

First came the battle for Bucha. Now there's the battle to rebuild Bucha. This town was a scene of devastation in the early days of the war. Today you hear pounding hammers and screeching buzzsaws.

Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week.

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A Uvalde coroner is haunted by identifying the bodies of children and an old friend

12:31pm May 31, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Because Uvalde is so small, a local Justice of the Peace had the horrible task of identifying slain kids after the deadly shooting at Robb Elementary School. He says the images will stick with him.

A drawing of Bobby Everson done by his cousin.

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How the newest federal prison became one of the deadliest

10:37am May 31, 2022

Federal prisoners said to be the most dangerous are sent to a special unit at an Illinois penitentiary. NPR and The Marshall Project have uncovered violence, abuse and a string of inmate deaths there.

"This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian Cabinet," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said of his leadership picks. He's seen here last week, speaking alongside (from left) Finance Minister Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minster R

Australia's new prime minister appoints a record 10 women to his Cabinet

9:23am May 31, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Australia's new government will look more like its country, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has named 10 women to his incoming Cabinet.

Two people walk down a small street in New York's Chinatown.

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VIDEO: Amid the rise in anti-Asian hate, these pairs feel safer walking together

5:15am May 31, 2022

In response to an increase in violence against people of Asian descent, some people have started regularly walking with loved ones due to safety concerns. Watch our latest NPR short documentary.

A floral arrangement honors a victim of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

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Neighboring florists step in to help provide flowers for Uvalde funerals

5:00am May 31, 2022

by Karen Zamora

A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.

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Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, speaks to people while on an election campaign, in Holbaek, Denmark, Saturday, May 28, 2022.

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Denmark will hold a referendum on EU defense amid Ukraine war

4:46am May 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

Danish voters are being asked to choose whether to abandon the country's decision three decades ago to opt out of the bloc's common defense policy.

Delivery men sort out their parcels outside a community on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in Beijing.

Shanghai eases into gradually reopening from its COVID-19 lockdown

3:06am May 31, 2022

by The Associated Press

China's largest city and global financial hub plans to restore mass transit and gradually reopen schools

This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a missing tabernacle and damaged angel statue in St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood in New York, which was stolen between Thursday and Saturday.

A $2 million relic was stolen and an angel statue was beheaded at a Brooklyn church

10:11pm May 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The incident happened between 6:30 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. Saturday at St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, known as the "Notre Dame" of Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood.

Villagers gather outside the residence of Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known around the world by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, in a village near in Mansa, India on Monday.

Indian rapper Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead at 28

9:27pm May 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, also known around the world by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was killed Sunday evening while driving his car in Mansa, a district in northern India's Punjab state.