Zsa Zsa, an English Bulldog, won the World's Ugliest Dog competition in Petaluma, Calif., this weekend. She's seen here with her owner, Megan Brainard of Minnesota. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The sun flares in the camera lens as it rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. J. David Ake/AP hide caption
The Pentagon plans to build temporary camps for detained immigrants. Here, children of detained migrants are seen at a tent encampment near the U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry in Tornillo, Texas. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters hide caption
Harley-Davidson motorcycle engines are assembled at the company's plant in Menomonee Falls, Wis. Tariffs from the European Union are prompting the company to shift production of some motorcycles for the European market overseas. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
If you are bitten by a Lone Star tick, you could develop an unusual allergy to red meat. And as this tick's territory spreads beyond the Southeast, the allergy seems to be spreading with it. Robert Noonan/Science Source hide caption
A vaccine given during pregnancy protects the baby against whooping cough, but only about 50 percent of pregnant women get it. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption
Children and workers are seen at a tent encampment on June 19, 2018 in Tornillo, Texas. The Trump administration is using the tent facility to house immigrant children separated from their parents. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Donald Hall, former poet laureate of the United States and author of numerous poetry books, poses in 2006 in the barn of the 200-year-old Wilmot, N.H., farm that has been in his family for four generations. Hall died on Saturday at age 89. Jim Cole /AP hide caption
Leonissa Duarte, 18, left, and Freddy Tijerino, 18, star in director Anali Cabrera's film Luna at Moonlight, set at the Moonlight Rollerway in Glendale, CA. Courtesy of Anali Cabrera hide caption
To Answer Hollywood's Diversity Problem, California Program Hands Kids The Camera
A view inside the Up Stairs bar following a fire that left 32 dead and several more injured, seen on June 25, 1973. Most of the victims were found near the windows in the background. Jack Thornell/AP hide caption
In 1973, An Arson Killed 32 People At A Gay Bar. For Years, It Was Forgotten
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Beavers are known as "ecosystem engineers," species that make precise and transformative changes to their lived environment. Larry Smith/Flickr hide caption
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Dr. Vinay Prasad is 35 and an assistant professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, where he researches health policy, the high cost of drugs and evidence-based medicine. He has more than 21,000 followers on Twitter. Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
The owner of The Red Hen in Lexington, Va., asked White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked to leave Saturday night. It is not the first time politics has played a role in Trump aides' public dinner plans. Daniel Lin/AP hide caption