Wild Thang won first place at the World's Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, Calif., Friday, June 21, 2024. Nic Coury/AP hide caption
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A sweet view along one of the many canals of Venice, which in this case are filled with blue jellybeans. Pradipta Banerjee/Courtesy of David M. Schwarz Architects hide caption
Billie Mochow's gingerbread sculpture was among the top 10 winners. Mochow says she is a self-taught baker. Courtesy of The Omni Grove Park Inn hide caption
A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the past nominations for untold story: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Lariat Alhassan had lots of great paint to sell but no office where she could meet clients. And then she heard an ad on the radio that seemed too good to be true. Courtesy of Lariat Alhassan hide caption
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Ukraine's Jamala performs the song "1944" during the semifinals of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday. Michael Campanella/Getty Images hide caption
First-grader Anaya Ellick was born with no hands. But that didn't stop her from winning a national penmanship contest. Courtesy Greenbrier Christian Academy hide caption
A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the nominations for untold story last year: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
Jockeys ride wooden plows in the traditional sport of buffalo racing in Bali. Bram Paulussen/2015 National Geographic Photo Contest hide caption
Oxford Dictionaries added new words including "manspreading," "rando" and "awesomesauce." Caleb Jones/AP hide caption
"This is Stevie the Wonder Dog taking pledges at his favorite NPR station, KCPW in Salt Lake City. Since Stevie is blind, he depends on NPR more than most for all of his news and information." Courtesy of Jen McDonald hide caption
#3: "Burt the Turt loves listening to NPR on 88.9 WFSU in Tallahassee, FL." Courtesy of Jaime & David hide caption
Punkin, who belongs to NPR Senior Publicist Emerson Brown, decides whether to get moving or not based on news from local station WAMU. Good or not, she usually sleeps in. Emerson Brown hide caption
