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The 25 Best Albums Of 2019

We listened, voted and argued our way from more than 250 nominated albums down to just 25. And there was a clear No. 1.

In this photo provided by the Myanmar State Counsellor Office, Aung San Suu Kyi, center, departs from Naypyitaw International Airport in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Sunday.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi In Hague To Defend Against Rohingya Genocide Charges

The de facto leader of Myanmar will testify in front of the International Court of Justice to answer charges that her country carried out genocide against the Muslim minority group.

A sweet view along one of the many canals of Venice, which in this case are filled with blue jellybeans.

Candy Canals: Architects Craft Gingerbread Replica Of Venice

A competition brought hundreds of architects, designers and engineers together to build a mini version of the Italian city out of Snickers, Mars bars, Jellybeans, cereal, gummy bears and more.

Geoff Babb (seated) hasn't walked since he suffered two brainstem strokes 14 years ago. That prompted him to focus on helping people with serious disabilities access trails, and an outdoor lifestyle.

Hiking Wheelchair Opens Up Outdoor Lifestyle To People With Serious Disabilities

Geoff Babb — a stroke survivor — found that most wheelchairs couldn't take him where he wanted to go. So, he invented a new way to hike with friends and family: an all-terrain wheelchair.

Evgeny Pobozhiy, winner of the Herbie Hancock International Jazz Guitar Competition, performing at the Kennedy Center on Dec. 3, 2019.

Evgeny Pobozhiy, Russian Prodigy, Wins International Jazz Guitar Competition

The guitarist, who hails from a small town on the edge of the West Siberian Plain, competed against two Americans for one of, if not the, most prestigious prizes available to younger jazz artists.

Writer Milan Kundera has had Czech citizenship restored, 40 years after it was revoked and his books banned. Kundera is seen here in 2010 in Paris, where he has lived since leaving Czechoslovakia in 1975.

Milan Kundera's Czech Citizenship Is Restored After 40 Years

The author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being saw his books banned and citizenship revoked in 1979. Exiled in Paris, Kundera began writing his novels in French.

Milan Kundera is seen with his wife Vera Hrabankov in Prague in 1973, two years before they emigrated.

Milan Kundera's Czech Citizenship Is Restored After 40 Years

The author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being saw his books banned and citizenship revoked in 1979. Exiled in Paris, Kundera began writing his novels in French.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus: The Mark Twain Prize

Airs Monday, Nov. 19, 2018 at 9 p.m. & Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Vocalist, songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer Sheléa performs in a concert taped in Los Angeles.

Quincy Jones Presents: Sheléa

Airs Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m. on KPBS 2

Carrying her baby in a pouch on her back, Susan Enoogoo, 39, hunts for ringed seal on the sea ice near Arctic Bay, Nunavut. Inuit mothers often carry their baby when hunting. If a seal surfaces, Enoogoo tries to snag it with the hook she's holding and drag it out of the water.

PHOTOS: How Families Eat In The Arctic: From An $18 Box Of Cookies To Polar Bear Stew

In the Canadian Arctic, food that's shipped in can be costly. People still hunt as their ancestors did — for seal, polar bear and narwhal.

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