The Pic of the Day: Warsaw remembers the 1944 Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupiers

Warsaw residents stand with national flags and flares to observe a minute of silence for the fighters and victims of the 1944 Warsaw Rising against the Nazi German occupiers, on the 74th anniversary of the revolt, in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski See colorized footage of the fighting for Warsaw […]

The Pic of the Day: US Navy dolphins train to identify mines

U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program (NMMP) MARK 7 Marine Mammal System bottlenose dolphin places a marking device in the vicinity of an exercise sea mine in Southern California during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, July 18. Twenty-five nations, 46 ships, five submarines, about 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June […]

The Pic of the Day: American remains returned from North Korea

Vice President Mike Pence, left, Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. Phil Davidson, center, and Rear Adm. Jon Kreitz, deputy director of the POW/MIA Accounting Agency, attend at a ceremony marking the arrival of the remains believed to be of American service members who fell in the Korean War at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, […]

The Pic of the Day: The Syrian civil war rages

Smoke and explosions from the fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels in southern Syria as seen from the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, Wednesday, July 25, 2018. AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Watch the United States launch Tomahawk missiles at targets associated with Assad’s use of chemical weapons against the Syrian people below:

The Pic of the Day: Protester charged after climbing the base of the Statue of Liberty

Therese Patricia Okoumou, bottom left, takes part in a demonstration calling for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, to be abolished and an end to mass incarceration, Friday, June 29, 2018, in New York. Okoumou pleaded not guilty Thursday, July 5, 2018, to misdemeanor trespassing and disorderly conduct for climbing the base of the […]

The Pic of the Day: The business end of a rocket

An Orbital ATK rocket rolls out to Launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on May 17, 2018, in advance of a May 21 launch from Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo delivery […]

The Pic of the Day: Israeli airstrike in Gaza City

Smoke rises in the background following an Israeli airstrike on a governmental building in Gaza City, Saturday, July 14, 2018. The Israeli military carried out its largest daytime airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war as Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel, threatening to spark a wider conflagration after weeks of tensions […]

The Pic of the Day: Selfies in space

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (@astro_ricky) took this selfie during the May 16, 2018, spacewalk to perform upgrades on the International Space Station, saying in a tweet “An amazing view of our one and only planet. #Spacewalk #EVA50.” Arnold and fellow spacewalker Drew Feustel donned spacesuits and worked for more than six hours outside the station to finish upgrading […]