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How do you take a picture of happiness? We asked photographers to surprise us

Monday, March 20 is International Day of Happiness — as proclaimed by the United Nations. The themes this year are gratitude and kindness. We asked photographers to send us images in that vein.

Dustin and Jaci Statton in an engagement photo from 2021. Jaci found out she had a partial molar pregnancy and couldn't get the abortion she needed in Oklahoma. They traveled to Kansas for care.

'I'll lose my family.' A husband's dread during an abortion ordeal in Oklahoma

Jaci and Dustin Statton didn't think Oklahoma's abortion bans would affect them. They were open to having more kids. They didn't imagine Jaci would face a life-threatening pregnancy, though.

<strong>Istanbul, Turkey:</strong> Muslim worshippers perform a night prayer called 'tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Hagia Sophia mosque on Friday, April 1, 2022.

See how almost a quarter of humanity ushered in Ramadan, their holiest month

From sun-up to sundown, physically able Muslims will fast — abstaining not just from food but also so much as a sip of water.

Pope Francis accompanied by Governor-General Mary Simon, right, arrives at the Citadelle de Quebec on Wednesday in Quebec City, Quebec City, Quebec.

The pope's apology to Indigenous people doesn't go far enough, Canada says

The pope apologized to Indigenous peoples for abuses in church-run residential schools. Canada's response suggests that reconciliation over the fraught history is still a work in progress.

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Signs are placed on the outside doors of city hall to advise visitors that the library as well as a restroom are closed because of meth contamination in the south Denver suburb of Englewood, Colo.

A Colorado library is closed after meth contamination. What will it take to clean it?

The Englewood Public Library is the second library in Colorado to have to close its doors due to meth contamination.

Tetiana Horobstova, 70, and her husband, Volodymyr, on the balcony of their home, where their daughter was talking on the phone when Russian soldiers came to arrest her in Kherson, Ukraine.

Kherson's underground resistance: How ordinary people fought Russia from the shadows

Residents of the Russian-speaking city became partisans who fought for the independence of Ukraine. The nine-month occupation is over, but Russia continues to shell the city.

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg (right) rides the train with U.S. Representative Mike Levin (center) and San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (left) in North County on Oct. 25, 2022. Buttigieg was in San Diego speaking at a trucking conference and inspecting emergency repairs currently underway on a stretch of track between Oceanside and San Clemente that is expected to halt rail travel until the end of the year.

US Secretary of Transportation tours San Diego's coastal rail lines

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took a ride on San Diego's coastal rail line Tuesday to learn more about cliff erosion threatening rail service.

Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., preside over a House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack hearing in October.

Jan. 6 panel meets to mull potential criminal referrals for Trump, others

The House Select Jan. 6 panel will wrap up its investigation on Dec. 31. It's now in a race to issue its final recommendations and findings in the coming weeks.

Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets drives against Marcus Smart of the Boston Celtics during Game 3 of the Eastern Conference first round in the 2022 NBA playoffs at Barclays Center.

The historical significance of Kyrie Irving's athletic dominance during Ramadan

The physical resolve needed to compete as an athlete while fasting for Ramadan cannot be overstated.

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