"It's hard to walk away from gas chambers and ovens without a sober feeling of commitment ... to make damn sure that the United States of America is protected from the evils of the world," Rep. Clay Higgins says in the video filmed at Auschwitz. NOLA.com/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
A vineyard in Napa Valley, Calif. Getty Images hide caption
The Frederick Douglass Statue in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol in 2013. On July 3, the National Archives hosted a reading of Douglass' essay about the Fourth of July. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
The Grenfell Tower apartment building in London, after it was badly damaged in a fire last month that killed dozens of people. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
The indirect fire attack occurred in Helmand province. Its capital is Lashkar Gah, shown here in February. Noor Mohammad /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Shawn Carter, aka Jay-Z, left, with Recording Industry Association of America chairman and CEO Cary Sherman, accepting a platinum certification plaque for 4:44. Jeff Kravitz/Courtesy of RIAA hide caption
In 2015 Aspen, Colo., reached 100 percent renewable energy powering of its electric utility. "Getting the last 25 percent was a huge challenge for us," says Aspen Mayor Steve Skadron. Grace Hood/Colorado Public Radio hide caption
Opposition lawmakers brawl with pro-government militias trying to force their way into the National Assembly in Caracas on Wednesday. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
Greta Elliott, who manages a health clinic in Canby, Calif., says she didn't buy health insurance for herself because she thinks it's too expensive. April Dembosky/KQED hide caption
North Korean state media reported that Kim Jong Un "personally ordered" an ICBM test this week, a milestone for the country's nuclear program. AP hide caption
Republican guards carry the flag-draped coffin of Simone Veil during a funeral ceremony in Paris on Wednesday. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
President Trump boards Air Force One before departing from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., on July 1. Trump is meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, among other heads of state, at the G-20 summit. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney play a couple making their way through parenthood, marriage and their careers in the Amazon comedy series Catastrophe. Mark Johnson/Amazon hide caption
A prototype Moby Mart is being tested in Shanghai, China. Per Cromwell, the project's lead designer, says four to six additional mobile supermarkets are planned in the coming year. Moby Mart hide caption
Indiana State Health Commissioner Dr. Jerome Adams is President Trump's nominee for U.S. Surgeon General. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption
Emirates passenger planes at Dubai International Airport. The airline announced it is now exempt from the laptop ban imposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in March. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption
Numbers mark a crime scene near the site where a police officer was fatally shot in the Bronx early Wednesday. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Archaeologists working at the Templo Mayor site of Aztec ruins in Mexico City, in August 2015. Scientists say the remains of women and children are among those found at a main trophy rack of human skulls, known as "tzompantli." Hector Montano/AP hide caption
Members of the neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement (Nordiska Motstandsrorelsens) demonstrate in central Stockholm in November. Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
