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Teenage boy with his arm over a girl's shoulder as they walk down a school hallway. Text over the image reads, Carnel ranks in the nation's top 5% of public high schools in academics. Caption. People talking and laughing.

Woman wearing a white blouse and black vest sits behind a desk and gestures at camera. Title card below reads, "Olga Block, Co-Founder and CEO of Basis". Caption. They wanted to get rid of me in kindergarten.

Black and white portrait of Thomas Jefferson. Caption. Among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Wide shot of a dense residential area with hills in the distant background. Caption. That prisoners are a part of society.

Educator Sandra Graham, a woman with medium-length brown hair, is in front of tall, brightly lit skyscrapers in the background. Caption. "And friendships are related to better attitudes."

Educator Sandra Graham, a woman with medium-length brown hair, is in front of tall, brightly lit skyscrapers in the background. Caption. "And the idea was that if you go to an integrated school."

Psychologist Kristina Olson talks in front of a blackboard background with math symbols, globes, pencils, letters, charts, and other graphics drawn in white chalk on it. Caption. "So, categories influence all of the major decisions."

Stacked shipping containers, 1 colorfully painted with scenes in foreground. Caption. Chile is a stunning example of what can happen.

Child crouches down over a basket of fruit. Text below reads, Cesar's Early Life.

Black and white photo of people holding ceremonial banners attached to poles. Caption. The processions with the lighted candle.

Closeup of a young woman smiling off to the right and a male with his back to camera facing her in foreground. Caption. Female number 4 as narrator. Students have the right to go to school.

Person wearing a striped hoodie, blue jeans, and dark backpack walks towards a yellow school bus. Caption. Narrator. Every day 160,000 students stay home from school.

Thousands of North Korean soldiers standing in formation in perfectly straight lines. Caption. Narrator. In the late 1990s, a series of unprecedented floods.

Woman wearing a white blouse sits on a bench and gazes at camera. Young girl sits next to her and smiles broadly.

Industrial smokestack releasing pollution into the air as seen from below. Caption: And most people worry about environmental pollution

Korean man dressed in black looking off camera. Caption. Norberg as narrator. In desperation, Dae Sung Kim fled North Korea.

Teenage girl and boy look down at a smartphone. Caption. Or posting something sexual online.

Closeup of man with harbor and skyscrapers behind him, speaking. Caption. Hong Kong was leased to Britain as a colony.

Closeup of glass containers of water with visible particulate matter. One is labeled 1/18/16. Caption: "This is safe." That's what they told us.

A large landfill. Caption: Dylan, Landfills have become huge mountains of trash.

A flooded neighborhood. Caption: living here, in the future's past.

Crowd of people looking in 1 direction with distressed expressions on their faces.

Man sits in front of bookshelves in a private office as he gestures with 1 hand while speaking and looking to the side of camera. Caption. Brands can be more interactive in digital space.

Bearded man sits with the back of 1 hand resting on the other hand in front of his chest. Title card reads, "Gabe Zimmerman, Author of title, "Gamification by Design." Caption. In this context brands have flocked to new techniques.

Blurred image of 2 men standing in an bus stop enclosure with signs posted behind them. Marketing word and phrase overlays on the image with a title card that reads, "Marketing."

3 Asian women smiling with 1 waving. Caption. Toward a better life is undeniable.

Closeup of a smiling teenage girl with rosy cheeks. Title card reads, "Danielle, age 13. Caption. But, I mean, I love everyone.

Closeup of a smiling teenage girl who glances to the side. Caption. Do you believe in God? Caption. Yes.

Black and white illustration of a wedding with a Black groom and White bride. The pastor marrying them is Black and wearing a long dark robe. Caption. Among free blacks and whites.

Young middle eastern boy sitting outside smiles at camera. Caption. And I am from Philadelphia.

Cartoon of a blue spider with a blue wizard hat talking while standing on its web in front of a white pillow. Caption. Because not all the countries are as well off as ours.

Black and white photo of woman wearing a scarf over her head and tattered sari.

Woman in black turtleneck tucks head slightly and purses lips. Caption. Was to hope to push the jury to decide the death penalty.

Camera of a woman sitting in the rear seat of a car looks at camera with a surprised expression. Caption. I feel I have to go back.

Closeup of a woman with a taut smile looking off camera with greenery in the background. Caption. About the original sin.

2 children approach water on a beach with their backs facing camera. Caption. Male as narrator. Jack and June are from the same mother and father.

Young woman speaks to camera with an emotional expression. Next to her, images of a swastika and woman wearing a burka. Caption. It means being respectful of everyone's point of view.

Bearded middle-aged man in a brick-walled room with large steel frame windows. Caption. Acting as a sort of global policeman.

Sepia-toned photo of smiling early twentieth century women holding a banner with a headline that reads, "We protest against continued disenfranchisement of women."

Patchwork wall hanging, each square unique and handmade. Caption. A wish flower that's half bloomed.

Wide shot of a white religious building surrounded by a grass lawn and mature trees.

Several privacy booths used for voting in U, S elections are lined up. They have American flags with the word "vote" in blue painted on them. Caption. Our most important right as citizens.

Waves at sunset looking towards an industrial platform held above the water. Caption: Worldwide, it makes up about a third of the energy supply.

Aerial shot of Hillary Clinton speaking on stage in front of a crowd of people, her image projected on 2 jumbotron screens. Caption. As being affected by money in politics.

Teenage girl and boy sit on a bench outside with serious expressions on their faces. They appear to be sitting for an interview. Caption. For me, being bullied, it hurts, it changes you.

Man with his lips pursed and eyes looking up to his right sits in front of black background. Caption. No, I consider myself to be a, serial litigator.

Sepia-toned illustration of eighteenth century people working at a printing press. Caption. The invention that arguably began the Information Age.

Teenage boy in a red sweater with longer dark hairs talks next to another teen boy, with eyes closed, short dark hair, glasses, and a green polo shirt. They sit in the shade outside in front of a red wooden wall. Caption. "I sleep, point to him, and get working."

Teenage boy with black hair and a gray hoodie sweatshirt sits and turns to his right while talking. Another teenage boy in a red tee-shirt with dark hair sits behind him. Caption. It's a way they act how they've been treated.

Closeup of a female teenager with long blonde hair wearing a multicolored sweater and gold hoop earrings. She sits on a step in front of a building and appears to be speaking. Caption. Try to get international friends.

Abstract background of green lines intersecting in a grid, with some of the lines turning pink in places. Yellow text on screen reads, "Lies and deception." Caption. But first, let's talk about lying and deception.

Sepia tone image of a police officer in uniform leaning on his squad car near the right rear passenger door as he talks to a small crowd of teenagers. Caption, narrator talking. We'll cover why belonging to a gang.

Closeup of woman with short brown hair, red lipstick, hoop earrings, and a white collared shirt talking in front of several papers hanging from a cork board. Caption. School, or their parents.

Closeup of a younger woman with curled, dark brown hair and a patterned shirt talking in front of a blurred bookshelf. Caption. My dad tried to use them so I would learn.

Light yellow strokes radiate outward in concentric circles against an orange backdrop. White word bubble in center reads, "Say Something! By Peter Hamilton Reynolds."

Teenage girl with a concerned expression talks to a boy in the school hallway next to a row of lockers. Caption. Should I have told someone?

2 teenage boys sit at a table in a computer lab. They hold a container lid top at the edge of a container to form a ramp for a small robotic vehicle to go down.

Young woman wearing headphones speaks into a microphone and faces away from camera in a darkened foreground. A young man and young woman watch her through a window in the background.

Closeup of a computer screen displaying a spreadsheet of labeled rows, some highlighted in green.

Girl sits with her elbows on a desk and turns toward a woman who bends down to sit next to her. Caption. To report they've been victims of sexual harassment.

Blurry image of a teenage girl clutching a book to her chest while teenage boys look toward her. Title card over image reads, "Sexual harassment. An unwanted sex-related advance that makes a person feel uncomfortable and unsafe."

Young woman wearing an orange jumpsuit looks down from behind bars. Caption. You can't explain crime just by looking at the statistics.

Guatemalan family huddles around a table with a cake, smiling and looking towards the man standing in front of the cake. Caption. Man speaking Spanish. One knows that one day, the family will have to separate.

Woman wearing a leather jacket and sitting in front of a lake. Caption. I chose infantry because it was the opposite of a desk job.

Man in beige ranger-style hat, wearing white collared shirt and necktie. Caption. And it's an amazing experience, teaching people about nature.

Young girl wearing a white hoodie raises her hand slightly and looks up. Behind her are a few colorful posters. Caption. Just a little rope across a house to house.

Closeup of Black person wearing glasses and looking downward. Caption. Were shocking.

Illustration of a Black woman in front of a fence with patterned clouds and houses in background. Caption. Her skin a creamy caramel.

Man wearing a tan bucket hat with floppy brim looks down at yellow chili peppers on display at a farmers market. Caption. At the Downtown Berkeley Farmers' Market.

Black and white illustration of girl holding a spoon and smiling at a man who sits across a table from her. Caption. We don't have money to feed all the street people.

Twilight shot looking down a city street with multi-story buildings. Text below reads, "The United Nations ranks Finland #1 in the world in education". Caption. For Finland being on the top in all these rankings.

Young woman wearing a green t-shirt sitting in front of a building smiles and looks off camera. Caption. Let's move on here, please.

Female inmates wearing glasses looks slightly off camera. Title card below reads, "Andrea. Life sentence". Caption. I mean, everybody has a story... you know.

Indigenous person sitting in the bow of a canoe on the water with the jungle in the background. Caption: And that's when the whole thing started getting bigger and bigger,

Watercolor painting of a child standing with 1 foot up on a fence, houses in the distant background. Caption. Each morning she climbed up on the fence.

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Closeup of a teenage girl looking away from camera with a distressed expression as if she is about to cry. Her forehead and eyebrows are furrowed and her eyes appear anxious. Caption. I would feel bad.

Closeup angle view of a teenage girl standing against a white concrete block wall. She looks directly into camera with her mouth closed. Caption. I can be sweet, but I can also be tough.

Askew view of a police officer leaning against a police car bumper with the driver's door open. The car is parked in a parking lot. Caption. Why don't they do something that makes their life better?

Closeup of a teenage boy seated and looking towards camera. A table filled with trophies against a wall is behind him. Caption. Basically anybody can get a gun now.

Teenage boy seated in a bedroom. He faces camera and wears a spiked mohawk hairstyle. Behind him are wall posters, a drum set, and a chest of drawers with a blue ribbon hanging from a knob. Caption. Me and a couple of friends decided to have a party.

Closeup angle view of a teenage girl standing against a white backdrop. She looks to the side of camera with her eyebrows arched and her mouth slightly closed. Caption. You lied and you hurt me.

Closeup of an Indian woman wearing a gold head scarf and gold jewelry. She is smiling and looking off to her left. Caption. I might have rice for 1 meal, but not another.

Color illustration. Black woman on hands and knees, eyes closed. A spiral behind her. Caption. I can make the wind play hide and seek.

Cropped image of women in headscarves entering a building labeled, "Baltimore Resettlement Center."

Man seated on a stool speaks directly to camera against an orange stage backdrop like he is giving a lesson as a subject expert. Caption. Cooler climates, less land, and the flourishing.

Fisheye lens shot of the Pointe à Callière Museum of Archeology and History showing a tall cylindrical building with a decorative glass fan sticking out midway. A narrow rectangular building with vertical windows hugs the other building on 1 side.

Woman smiles and speaks directly to camera against a white backdrop like she is giving a lesson as a subject expert. Caption. This unequal relationship.

Teenage girl looks at camera, speaking. Caption. From government power.

Closeup of a yearbook page with side-by-side images. 1 is a picture of 3 young men by a school bus and the other is a young man in a household setting. Text above reads, "Junior Class." Caption. Boy as narrator. I want to see Americans, New York.

Woman with short brown hair sits in a chair. Title card reads, "Lisa Reid's mom." Caption. And I know the warmth of the family.

Man seated in a classroom desk chair speaks to camera. Caption. Cause you know, what teacher's like, "I want the troubled kid?"

3 teenagers sit around a table, leaning in to talk to each other with focused expressions. Caption. To fit in with a certain crowd?

Black and white photo of a man and 4 small children smiling for camera. Caption. Who was a psychologist and an inventor.