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Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion. The abortion bill will go to a vote in the lower house on June 13th.

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Viewfinder: Pro-Choice Activists Demonstrate in Front of the Argentine Congress

Dozens of pro-choice activists gather in front of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 3rd, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion.

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Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018, in National Harbor, Maryland. More than 500 spellers from across the country and around the world competed in the bee.

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Viewfinder: Students Compete in the Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee

Shifa Amankwah-Gabbey, 12, of Accra, Ghana, participates in the 91st Scripps National Spelling Bee at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center on May 30th, 2018.

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A plastic fork lies on a beach along the Spree River in the city center on May 29th, 2018, in Berlin, Germany. Europe is struggling to combat plastics pollution in its waterways and seas. It recently announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

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Viewfinder: Europe Struggles to Combat Pollution by Plastic

Europe announced it will seek to ban the use of certain common plastic items, including plastic cutlery, straws, plates, swabs, and fishing gear.

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The Lede, Issue #17: The Benefits of Depo-Provera, on the Frontlines of Extinction in the Gulf of California, What’s Next for Venezuela, and More

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Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Viewfinder: Breaking Ramadan Fasting in Istanbul

Turkish people break their fasting in Istanbul on May 28th, 2018, during the holy month of Ramadan.

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Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.

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Viewfinder: Voting for an Abortion Referendum Begins in Ireland

Maureen Ui Fhearraigh casts her ballot paper as voting takes place a day earlier than on the mainland, on May 24th, 2018, in Gola Island, Ireland.

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Charlie Mirsky (left), and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 23rd, 2018.

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Viewfinder: Stoneman Douglas Students Discuss Gun Violence at the U.S. Capitol

Charlie Mirsky, and Alfonso Calderon, students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, take part in a Gun Violence Prevention Forum at the House Visitor Center.

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Viewfinder: Trump Meets With South Korean Leader Moon Jae-in in Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in shake hands during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 22nd, 2018.

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A nurse working with the World Health Organization shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine at the town hall of Mbandaka on May 21st, 2018, during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign. The death toll in an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo rose to 26 on May 21st, 2018, after a person died in the northwest city of Mbandaka, as the government began vaccinating first responders against the dreaded disease.

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Viewfinder: An Ebola Vaccination Campaign Kicks Off in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A nurse working with the World Health Organization shows a bottle containing Ebola vaccine at the town hall of Mbandaka on May 21st, 2018, during the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign.

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The Lede, Issue #16: A Tool for Tackling Sexual Assault, Experiments in Biochar, Shrinking Bears Ears, and More

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