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Children who survived Bucha's horror press on

Bucha, Ukraine, witnessed some of the ghastliest scenes of Russia's invasion, and almost no children have been seen in its silent streets. But beside an apartment building spray-painted "CHILDREN," Bucha's fragile renewal can be seen.

Once a retail giant, Kmart nears extinction

The familiar sights and sounds are still there: the scuffed and faded floor tiles, the relentless beige-on-beige color scheme, the toddlers' clothes and refrigerators and pretty much everything in between. Many of the shelves are bare, though, at the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, picked over by bargain hunters as the store prepares to close its doors for good. Once it shutters, the number of Kmarts in the U.S. — once well over 2,000 — will be down to three in the continental U.S.