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Photos show Yayoi Kusama and artwork featuring her signature polka dots

Renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama has died at age 97 in a Tokyo hospital. Kusama's work was shown in museums around the world. Repetitive motifs in various shapes were her trademark, especially dots that danced on canvases or sparkled as balls or dots of light in her installations. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

27 Aug 2026 11:32 am

In Benin, malnutrition and misinformed views contribute to widespread stunting in children

In Benin, stunting affects a third of children under 5 due to malnutrition, despite abundant resources

21 Aug 2026 11:44 am

Moderna shares surge after it says its experimental mRNA cancer treatment passed a key test

Moderna shares more than doubled after announcing initial results from a study of an experimental cancer treatment

19 Aug 2026 11:10 pm

Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers' efforts to contain Ebola

Eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searches for gold at a mining site in eastern Congo to help feed his family

19 Aug 2026 11:19 am

Donor fatigue guts demining in Asia, as active conflicts draw away funding

Land mines and unexploded bombs from conflicts of the last century still plague parts of Southeast Asia, claiming lives and limbs each year

18 Aug 2026 10:14 am

Ex-fraternity member pleads guilty to hazing an Arizona university pledge to death

A former leader of a Northern Arizona University fraternity has pleaded guilty to hazing a pledge who died

11 Aug 2026 5:06 am