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1 AUGUST 2025

A glass frog perched on a leaf. Image from Underdogs.

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2 AUGUST 2025

Mariana van Zeller poses on a boat. Image from Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller.

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3 AUGUST 2025

Bruce Anderson, Pima County Medical Examiner's Office, and Stephanie Bourgeois, Crime Scene Technician, Apache Junction PD, pinpoint the spot where the body of Jane Doe was discovered in 1992. Image from Naming the Dead.

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4 AUGUST 2025

An FDA officer is holding and inspecting two vials of possibly counterfeit Botox, found in a shipment. Image from To Catch a Smuggler.

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5 AUGUST 2025

A family of meerkats stand in front of the setting sun. Image from Underdogs.

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6 AUGUST 2025

Image from Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols.

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7 AUGUST 2025

Coroner Scott McCord and Chief Deputy Heidi McCord return to the site where the body was discovered in 1983. Image from Naming the Dead.

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8 AUGUST 2025

AMO Agent Smith stands on a boating vessel, looking out at the open water in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Image from To Catch a Smuggler

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9 AUGUST 2025

A portrait of a dusky langur. Image from Underdogs.

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10 AUGUST 2025

Mariana van Zeller stands with El Gato, co-founder of the Black Cat Rifle Group. Image from Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller.

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11 AUGUST 2025

Scientists at Astrea Forensics attempt to extract DNA from a sample of Tyler Jane Doe’s hair. Image from Naming the Dead.

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12 AUGUST 2025

A CBP officer is wearing protective gloves while counting pills, found on a passenger's person, on an inspection table. Image from To Catch a Smuggler.

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13 AUGUST 2025

Image from Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols.

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14 AUGUST 2025

Jose watches as Mariana van Zeller aims a gun at bullet-proof glass in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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15 AUGUST 2025

Detective David Turner of Smith County Sheriff's Office lays out Jane Doe's skeletal remains. Image from Naming the Dead.

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16 AUGUST 2025

The Secret History Of The Mongols is the oldest surviving literary work in a Mongolian language. Written for the Mongol royal family sometime after the death of Chinggis Khan in 1227, it recounts his life and conquests, and also the reign of his successor Ogedei Khan. Image from Genghis Khan: The Secret History of the Mongols.

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17 AUGUST 2025

Mariana van Zeller looks at one of Fidelity's helicopters for combatting cash-in-transit heists in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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18 AUGUST 2025

The body of a John Doe found with a fractured skull is laid out by the coroner. Image from Naming the Dead.

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19 AUGUST 2025

A CBP officer is holding a possible pest after discovering it in a shipment of celery. Image from To Catch a Smuggler.

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20 AUGUST 2025

Two females of the elephant seal colony sound the alarm to a sneaker male intruding. Image from Underdogs.

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