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On a journey to six cities across the country over the course of seven years, a photographer captured images of the roads ...

Leah L. Jones is lead photographer at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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A team trekked for two weeks and collected the sounds of birds, frogs, a jaguar and whales in order to make the song ...