In the past decade, freshwater and sediment diverted from the nearby Mississippi River have turned what once was an open bay into a thriving wetlands area. Local environmental groups have planted thousands of cypress trees, attempting to create a marsh that will help absorb storms that pass through. Weenta Girmay for WWNO hide caption
Migrants from Africa receive instruction in French in the port city of Calais. Some 3,000 migrants live in a makeshift camp known as "The Jungle." Most are seeking to travel on to Britain, while some are seeking asylum in France. Ari Shapiro/NPR hide caption
James Holmes, seen during his initial court appearance after the theater shooting spree in 2012, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. RJ Sangosti/AP hide caption
Can you guess which eyes belong to what animal? Top row, from left: cuttlefish, lion, goat. Bottom row, from left: domestic cat, horse, gecko. Top row: iStockphoto; bottom row: Flickr hide caption
Workers for the Safe Streets violence interruption project including Gardnel Carter, center, talk with Baltimore residents in 2010. Kenneth K. Lam/MCT via Getty Images hide caption
The crowded streets of Kolkata, India, are only going to get more crowded. Randy Olson/National Geographic hide caption
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington, D.C. The Fed's next meeting is set for Sept. 16-17. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
A sample Confederate battle flag license plate in Virginia. Wayne Scarberry/Getty Images hide caption
Turning to over-the-counter supplements to get ripped can contribute to physical and psychological issues. iStockphoto hide caption
In this July 19 photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a crew removes some of the 12,000 pounds of cocaine seized from a semi-submersible vessel in Pacific waters south of Mexico. LaNola Stone/AP hide caption
Sumo wrestlers serve up chanko-nabe at Musashigawa Sumo Stable in 2007 in Osaka, Japan. Junko Kimura/Getty Images hide caption
Brian Bwembya Kasoka (also known as B Flow) sings and raps about women's issues. Justin T. Gellerson for NPR hide caption
Donald Trump talks to reporters after Thursday's debate. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Nursing attendant Tracie Bell helps manage patients at the ophthalmology clinic at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. The clinic created a color-coded system to reduce wait times for patients. Anna Gorman/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Sasha Vitalis (left) talks to job seeker Omar Delgado about employment opportunities during a job fair last month in Miami Lakes, Fla. Alan Diaz/AP hide caption
Jon Stewart leaves the studio Thursday after taping his final episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in New York. MAXA/Landov hide caption
Sure, seeing a cockroach on your fries would turn you off eating them. But what about seeing a photo of a cockroach flash by before you see a photo of fries? Flickr hide caption
The Clinton campaign's debate watch war room was actually just a conference room with a big-screen TV at the front. Fifteen or so staffers huddled over their laptops ready to pounce. Tamara Keith/NPR hide caption
Ashamoni, wife of blogger Niloy Chakrabati, cries at her house in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Friday after her secular activist husband was hacked to death by suspected Islamist extremists. A.M. Ahad/AP hide caption
Visitors look at a miniature map of the Korean Peninsula at the Odusan observatory in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, on Friday. North Korea is set to push back its clocks by half an hour to mark the end of Japanese occupation after World War II. Jeon Heon-Kyun/EPA/Landov hide caption
