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Top global TikToks of 2021: Defiant Afghan singer, Kenya comic, walnut-cracking elbow

What did the world watch on TikTok last year? We round up some favorite videos — including a mukbang ASMR Thai star (don't worry, we explain it) and a potato chip-crunching Kenyan comedian.

The dollar orchid (<em>Prosthechea boothiana</em>) is among the native species soon to be planted in South Florida trees.

Bringing A 'Million Orchids' To Florida's Trees

The state's once-abundant orchid population has dwindled. Conservationists hope to change that by planting lab-grown flowers in urban areas throughout South Florida.

The burned-out administrative building in Kazakhstan's capital, Almaty, shown on Friday. The country's president has rejected calls for talks with protesters after days of unprecedented unrest, vowing to destroy "armed bandits."

There's chaos in Kazakhstan. Here's what you need to know

A New Year's Day doubling of gas prices sent shock waves through the country, sparking deadly unrest that has engulfed the Central Asian nation. But the origins of discontent run much deeper.

Protesters and fans of Novak Djokovic gather outside the Park Hotel, used as an immigration detention hotel where Djokovic is confined in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday.

Djokovic's lawyers say he had COVID last month, grounds for vaccination exemption

If he fails to have his visa cancellation overturned and gets deported, Novak Djokovic risks missing more than one Australian Open and could be barred for up to three years.

The White House Coronavirus Task Force Gives Its 1st Public Briefing In Months

The White House coronavirus task force gave its first public briefing in months on Friday after daily COVID-19 case numbers have reached record levels.

President Trump's Attempts To Define And Disqualify Biden Are Having Mixed Results

President Trump's campaign is hard at work, trying to define and disqualify presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden. But so far, it has had mixed results.

Technicians lift the mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope using a crane at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., in April 2017. On Saturday, the telescope completed its final deployment in space.

NASA's James Webb telescope completes its final unfolding in space

Considered the most powerful telescope in space, the James Webb telescope has completed its deployment process. It will still be five months before it will start picking up images.

Ventura County firefighters respond to a fire aboard the Conception dive boat in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Southern California on Sept. 2, 2019.

Coast Guard issues new safety rules stemming from 2019 boat fire that killed 34

The fire aboard the Conception off Santa Barbara marked the deadliest marine disaster in modern state history and led to criminal charges and calls for tougher regulations for small passenger boats.

A boat navigates on the Furnas reservoir on Sunday after a massive slab of rock broke away from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters on Saturday, killing at least 10 people near Capitolio city, Brazil.

Death toll rises to 10 after a wall of rock fell on boaters in a Brazilian lake

A towering slab of rock broke from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall in a Brazilian lake Saturday. Dozens were injured.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called the teachers' refusal to work in-person amid the recent COVID-19 surge an "illegal walkout."

Classes for Chicago students are in limbo as teachers, mayor wrangle over omicron

Teachers began refusing to show up for their jobs in person on Wednesday amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, prompting the cancellation of classes for more than 300,000 public school students.

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