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When disaster struck in 2001, New York City hadn't had a comprehensive city planning vision in decades. An exceptional flurry of urban strategizing — beyond ground zero — ensued.

To get to school, the children must trek as many as four hours up and down a 2,600-foot mountainside, relying on rickety ladders. Their families see their education as a way out of poverty.

More than a million Muslims have embarked on the yearly hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, after last year's holy event was marred by a deadly stampede that killed hundreds and stoked regional tensions.

Opponents of President Nicolas Maduro were marching in Caracas, seeking a recall election. The country's economy has been collapsing, with massive inflation and food and medicine shortages.

Handmade poppies and take-home tips are hallmarks of this year's Chelsea Flower Show. The Royal Horticultural Society wants to use the show to promote the benefits of digging in the dirt.

The National Park Service is racing to record soundscapes of each park that capture nature for the ear. "If we start to lose sounds of wilderness, we start to lose a piece of us," one scientist says.

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

One child dressed up as President Obama.

Trump supporters in New York City were jubilant as results rolled in. Mere miles away, Clinton fans hugged one another and cried.

A Vietnamese woman looks as if she's swimming in a sea of green fire — one of many striking images from the Siena International Photo Awards.