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Allison Begalman, a student at the University of Southern California, wears goggles and headphones to experience a virtual mortar strike on civilians in Aleppo, Syria. James Delahoussaye/NPR hide caption
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President Obama used the word "crisis" 11 times when he addressed a joint session of Congress in 2009. Since then, he's had a hard time hitting the right note when talking about the economy. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Eddie Huang speaks on stage during the "Fresh Off the Boat" panel at the Disney/ABC event last week. "I held off signing my contract all the way until they were shooting the pilot," he says. Richard Shotwell/Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption
CSIT-In-3 students Daniel Diaz (left) and Brian De Anda map out options for reducing the size of a mobile app their team is building. Krista Almanzan/KAZU hide caption
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Emergency workers transport a patient to the Accident and Emergency ward at St. Thomas' Hospital in London. Recently released figures suggest the NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time target, with performance dropping to its lowest level for a decade. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Syrian refugees have fun in the flakes at a U.N.-run refugee camp in Lebanon. Heavy snow and rain hit the region last week. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Protective gloves dry out at a treatment center for Ebola patients in Lunsar, Sierra Leone, about 60 miles from the capital of Freetown. Although the Ebola epidemic is leveling off, new cases are still being reported. Courtesy of Joel Selanikio hide caption
Selma residents, many with firsthand connections to the city's civil rights movement, file into the Walton Theater for a free screening of Selma. Andrew Yeager/NPR hide caption
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Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, speaks during a news conference in November. He had met with city Police Chief Anthony Campos and protest organizers after a Ferguson, Mo., grand jury chose not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
La Roca restaurant in Nogales, Mexico, draws a mix of American tourists and locals. It used to have an American bank account and credit card until the bank closed the account. Jude Joffe-Block/KJZZ hide caption
Rev. John Harmon preaches at Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Courtesy of Rod Lewis hide caption
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A Thalidomide victim leaves a Spanish court in a wheelchair while a protestor holds a sign reading "Thalidomide, Justice!" during a trial in Madrid in October 2013. Thousands of babies across Europe were born with abnormalities including missing limbs when expectant mothers were prescribed thalidomide in the 1950s and later. Andres Kudacki/AP hide caption
Military Children from WAMU's Breaking Ground project sheds light on the challenges of being the child of soldiers. Kavitha Cardoza/WAMU hide caption
Kale and Brussels sprouts got together and conceived a new vegetable, kalette. Look for it on menus in 2015. Rain Rabbit/Flickr hide caption
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