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Falun Gong demonstrators have been plentiful in the area around the White House this week, often standing in silence while holding banners. The signs spell out their grievances and detail the tortures the group says have been used against it in China.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki takes the oath of office for a second term amid protests. Kibaki claims a dramatic, come-from-behind victory over challenger Raila Odinga in the tightest presidential race in Kenya's history. Fewer than 300,000 votes separated the two candidates.

Some of Hong Kong's most high-profile political activists went on trial Monday. The 16 defendants could face up to life in prison if convicted under the controversial national security law.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life Joseph Kromelis, Chicago's famous "Walking Man", and the harsh conditions that many unhoused people live with every day.

Botanist Walter Judd has created a book that tests the limits of The Lord of the Rings fandom. It's an examination of the many plants and trees that J.R.R. Tolkien used in his novels.

Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin has died. We remember him as the man who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union. He served nine years as the first freely elected president of Russia.

Actor, businessman and philanthropist Paul Newman died Friday at the age of 83. He played men who had courage, or just as often, men who struggled to find it. Some of the characters he played included, a pool hustler, a convict, a spy behind the Iron Curtain and a cop in one of the worst neighborhoods in New York City.

The Bishop of Durham, Justin Welby, has been appointed as the next archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the Church of England. The former oil executive has only a year's experience as a bishop. Philip Reeves has the story.

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program took to the streets of Washington, D.C., and New York on Tuesday to demonstrate against President Trump's move to end the program.

In a presidential debate, the split screen shot of the candidates — with one candidate speaking and the other reacting non-verbally — can easily become the story of the debate.