Demonstrators dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale at the Texas Capitol in May 2017 to protest SB8, a bill restricting abortions and fetal tissue donations. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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Waynetta Lawrie (left), of Tulsa, Okla., stands with others at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City in 2007, during a demonstration by several Cherokee Freedmen and their supporters. AP hide caption
Whitlee Hurd, the mother of five children, walks through her damaged home in northeast Houston. "This is my child's room but I can't have them sleep here now because the window is open," she says. "We told the maintenance man but he won't help us." Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
(Left) Flooded neigborhoods can be seen in New Orleans in 2005. (Right) Flooded homes are shown near Lake Houston following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30. Kyle Niemi/U.S. Coast Guard;Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Kelli Walker wasn't able to get into her family's home, on the other side of the brick wall, because of the depth of the rising floodwater in Houston on Tuesday. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Ronald Vitiello speaks to reporters about choosing four contractors to build the first prototypes of the border wall. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
People in Richmond, Texas, line up to gain entrance to a grocery store after it opened for the first time in several days due to Tropical Storm Harvey. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption
Vice President Pence helps clear brush during a visit to Texas on Thursday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Nebraska's state flag, billowing beneath the U.S. flag. Overduebook/Flickr hide caption
(Left) Mabel Rozier, 78, has been in Houston for 2 1/2 years. The night the hurricane hit, she had planned to stay in her apartment. She was on the third floor and was eventually rescued by boat. (Right) Samina Kasin is from Pakistan and is vice principal of the mosque's weekend school. She has been volunteering by organizing donations, cooking and cleaning. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption