Emily Bogle

While the graphic image has news value, news organizations are concerned that its overuse will lessen its impact and unnecessarily upset the intended audience.

Photographer Winnie Au worked with a prop stylist to create sculptural cones for dogs for the series Cone of Shame. The images show a range of emotions dogs have while wearing cones.

NPR's list of memorable visual stories includes coverage of the 2018 midterm election, migrant caravans, Puerto Rico's hurricane recovery and, of course, a musical insect invasion.

Tuesday's meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un marks the start of a long negotiation process over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Here are highlights in photos from a momentous day.

Shah Marai with Agence France-Presse was among those killed in twin suicide blasts in Kabul. "Life seems to be even more difficult than under the Taliban because of the insecurity," he wrote in 2016.

These middle schoolers built a 200-pound human brain on wheels. Will it survive the eight-hour race through the streets of Baltimore?

These middle schoolers have been working after school for six months building their giant human-powered brain sculpture. Will their ideas hold up or come crashing down?

How do you pedal a 200-pound pink brain — made of rubber, foam and steel — up 45-degree hills, through thick mud and water without breaking? These middle schoolers have eight months to figure it out.

The fires near Fort McMurray, Alberta, have been burning all week, and responders are still far from containing them. Take a look at how the emergency has unfolded.

All this week, NPR Ed is focusing on questions about why people play and how play relates to learning.

Play is a part of healthy development, an integral ingredient in learning, a nostalgic pastime. It's good for your body and your brain.

There's something inherently youthful about play, ...

NPR staff photographer David Gilkey has spent the past few weeks documenting the presidential election campaign in Afghanistan, something that's still relatively new for the country.

President Hamid Karzai, who is barred from running for another term, won the polls in 2004 and 2009. This time around, three candidates appear ...

Revelers across the globe gathered to mark the day before Ash Wednesday, which is known by several names, such as Mardi Gras, Carnival and Fat Tuesday. While parades are the most common form of celebration, a few nations indulge in some twists.

The Carnival in Ivera, Italy, includes a large ...

Competitors in the women's skicross small final Switzerland's Fanny Smith (left), Australia's Katya Crema, Austria's Katrin Ofner, and Sweden's Sandra Naeslund take the final jump at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the Sochi Winter Games on Friday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

Fanny Smith was the world champion coming into ...

Norway's Magnus Hovdal Moan (from left), Joergen Graabak, Magnus Krog and Haavard Klemetsen dive as they celebrate winning the gold medal of the Nordic combined large hill cross-country team competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Thursday in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

The sport features two events: Each team member has ...

Britain's Claire Hamilton delivers the rock while her teammate Anna Sloan prepares to sweep during the women's curling semifinal game against Canada during the Sochi Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Canada won 6-4.

If the sport of curling feels like too much of a blur, we have a refresher in

Russia's Alexander Ovechkin fights for the puck against Norway's goalkeeper Lars Haugen during the men's hockey qualification game at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on Tuesday.

Despite Ovechkin's leap, he did not score a goal against Norway, and he remains scoreless in the last three games. ...

Austrians Simon Eder and Daniel Mesotitsch compete in the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon race at the Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on Thursday. The biathlon combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

For more Olympics coverage, go to The Edge.

Meghan Agosta-Marciano of Canada celebrates her goal during a hockey game Wednesday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. Looking at the puck are U.S. goalkeeper Jessie Vetter (right) and Kendall Coyne. Canada won, 3-2.

For more Olympics coverage, go to The Edge.

Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan compete in the pairs short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Tuesday in Sochi, Russia.

For more Olympics coverage, go to The Edge.