Firefighters at the London Zoo on Saturday, where an early morning fire killed at least one animal. Dominic Lipinski/AP hide caption
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A pot of rajma, a bean stew from the north of India, cooks on the stove. It's one of the recipes included in the new cookbook Bollywood Kitchen. Josh Loock/NPR hide caption
A new wave of Advent calendars offers adults a variety of foods and beverages, including Pringles, beef jerky, vodka and gin. Courtesy of Man Crates hide caption
A missile struck the Badr family home in Iraq in 2006. Rodney Nelson hide caption
Protesters hold signs near the White House during a protest about President Trump's immigration policies. A proposed presidential action would freeze immigration from mostly Muslim countries. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
After a long history of civil war and corruption, many Liberians didn't trust their government's attempts to control Ebola. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
An Army team at Dover Air Force Base, Del., carries a transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Hughton O. Brown on Nov. 16. Steve Ruark/AP hide caption
The Delicate And Draining Task Of Tending To America's Fallen Troops
U.N. Security Council Unanimously Tightens Sanctions Against North Korea
Myanmar Bans U.N. Official Investigating Human Rights Abuses Against Rohingya
Retired American photographer Tom Haley, 66, portrays Santa during a pageant in Normandy. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption
Caga Tiós, Catalan Christmas logs stacked up at a market in Girona, Spain. Lindsay Patterson hide caption
Luger Albert Demchenko is one of 11 Russian athletes whom the International Olympic Committee banned for life on Friday. He will be stripped of the two silver medals he won at the 2014 Sochi Games. Alex Livesey/Getty Images hide caption
It seems like every kid is online. But UNICEF's director of data, Laurence Chandy, observes: "It's a huge inequity between those who have access and those who do not." Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
People pray next to the coffin of slain journalist Gumaro Pérez Aguilando during his wake at his mother's home in Acayucan, Veracruz state, Mexico, on Wednesday. Felix Marquez/AP hide caption