Lufthansa airplanes parked in front of an airport in Munich, Germany, in November 2016. Lufthansa is among the airlines that have announced they will resume boarding travelers affected by President Trump's executive order. Christof Stache/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump speaks on the phone with Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, during the first official phone talks in the Oval Office last Saturday. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Can the presence of more black police officers reduce police violence? Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
An employee delivers new passports at the main Baghdad Passport office in the Iraqi capital in 2015. Hadi Mizban/AP hide caption
In today's hyper-fast media climate, who has time to wait for the Super Bowl to actually see the commercials? Audi USA, 84 Lumber, Bud Light/Screenshots by NPR hide caption
The podium where Donald Trump would take the Oath of Office is covered on Jan. 19. Trump promised to govern transparently, but open-government advocates are seeing troubling early signs. Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The American Widow Project provides retreats for groups of military widows. Gloria Hillard /Gloria Hillard for NPR hide caption
In her written responses to Senate Democrats, Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos used inflated graduation rate figures for virtual charter schools. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Mike McCloskey, his cousin Manuel Perez (left), and one of their co-workers on a beach at the edge of their new farm in Puerto Rico. McCloskey and Perez played on this beach as children. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption
Eager to defend a counterterrorism raid that killed civilians and one U.S. sailor, the Pentagon found it was touting a decade-old video. But it insists the operation was still worth launching. Daniel Slim/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Snap Inc. has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public stock offering to raise about $3 billion. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Caltech aerospace professor Soon-Jo Chung holds the 'Bat Bot' flying robot, which mimics the flight patterns of the actual animal. Caltech hide caption
Beyoncé, Bob Dylan and Bandcamp: Highlights of the week in music news. Instagram/Courtesy of the artist/Courtesy of Bandcamp hide caption
Johnstown, Pa., nestled in the Allegheny mountains, has more registered Democrats than Republicans, but has voted Republican in the last two presidential elections. Acacia Squires/NPR hide caption
Reba McEntire focuses on family and faith with her new album Sing It Now: Songs of Faith and Hope. Justin McIntosh/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
With Congress vowing to repeal the Affordable Care Act, health insurance executives are looking at a very uncertain future. And they don't like uncertainty. Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption
President Trump waits to sign an executive action directing the Treasury secretary to review the Dodd-Frank financial oversight law in the Oval Office on Friday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Escaping artificial light even for a winter weekend can reset sleep patterns for the better, researchers say. One good place to do it: Heliotrope Ridge near Mount Baker in Washington state. Christopher Kimmel/Aurora Open/Getty Images hide caption
