A student waits to walk across the stage to receive her diploma during a graduation ceremony at Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School in Bradley, Illinois. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
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Palù del Fersina's Mayor Franco Moar stands outside the town hall. The northern Italian village of 160 people is one of 21 villages across Italy that has been granted $20 million to combat population loss and boost the local economy. Palù del Fersina is one of three villages in the northern Trentino region where locals speak the Mòcheno language. Adam Raney/NPR hide caption
Italy is spending hundreds of millions to save dying villages. Will it work?
A hallway leads to a makeshift isolation ward for COVID-19 patients. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption
Calvin (right), who wouldn't give his last name, citing safety, says he's concerned about rumors of antifa activists coming to Missoula. But such rumors have been debunked. Nick Mott/Montana Public Radio hide caption
Sukup Manufacturing Co.'s thriving factory outside tiny Sheffield, Iowa, gives the town an economic anchor. But that hasn't stopped the population numbers from slipping. Frank Morris/KCUR hide caption
A road several miles north of Neligh, Neb. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption