What does a soldier look like before, during, and after war? Photographer Lalage Snow's series We Are the Not Dead has answered that question with high-resolution clarity. Using British soldiers, Snow captured their faces before deployment to Afghanistan, during their tour, and once they'd returned home. Her images are as striking as they are revealing. The soldiers' physical transformation over the short year is palpable, if not their emotional one, as well.

As if we hadn't been facing enough horrors in this country already lately, here comes a breaking story about the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the longtime Philadelphia abortion provider accused of killing four babies and one patient, among numerous other charges. After initially splitting on two of the over 200 counts in the case -- including racketeering and conspiracy charges, as well as abortion law violations -- the jury reached a verdict today and found Gosnell guilty on three of four counts of first-degree murder. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the drug-overdose death of a patient who had undergone an abortion. However, the doctor was cleared in the death of a fourth baby.

The jury will return May 21 to hear evidence on whether Gosnell should get the death penalty, which almost doesn't seem like it should be much of a question given the atrocities carried out by this man and described by authorities.

In addition to the three women and child held captive and tortured in an Ohio House of Horrors, there may two others that were harmed by the actions of accused kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro -- his own brothers. Pedro and Onil Castro were originally detained along with him for their suspected involvement. Now, however, it seems they may have known nothing at all. 

The men -- who are currently in hiding along with other family members -- were released by police, and authorities say there's no evidence they had anything to do with the abduction or torture of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight. Despite that, however, their lives have been forever altered, and they've been the targets of much hate.

The three women who were rescued from that Cleveland house of horrors have endured unfathomable pain at the hands of Ariel Castro, and for 32-year-old kidnap victim Michelle Knight, the road ahead to relief is still uncertain. We've seen the joyful reunion Amanda Berry had with her family; Gina DeJesus was welcomed home with balloons and cards and "immediately bonded" with her loved ones; but Michelle Knight continues to shun her family since her rescue.

Last week I was sitting at a table with my friend who is a doula and two mamas who had natural births. Over dinner, we were discussing breast milk. Wonderful, amazing, incredible breast milk. Great for babies, of course. It's sweet, we unanimously decided. And it cures everything.

Rashes, yeast, ear infections, pink eye, acne, cuts, diaper rash, sunburn, dry skin ... you name it. Wonder milk. Nature's cure made just by mama. It even kills 40 different types of cancer cells. It's amazing. We are amazing creatures for being able to make something that cures so much. Breast milk is medicine. And if you needed further proof, it was just discovered that it helps reverse antibiotic resistance and protects people from pneumonia and staph infections. Here we were for so many years throwing antibiotics at every little thing making the drug less effective, when we could have just done a few shot's of mama's milk and saved the antibiotics for when it's really needed.

Sam Poueu and Stephanie Anderson had one of reality television's most heartwarming romances. After meeting on The Biggest Loser, Poueu proposed on the show in 2010, and they married in April 2012. This January, they announced they were expecting a baby, and it looked like had found their happily ever after. So today's news that they are divorcing is especially shocking.

They've been through some of life's biggest ups and toughest downs together, many of which we watched play out before our very eyes. They literally went through thick and thin together (they lost a combined total of almost 250 pounds), and even sickness and health as Anderson had to nurse Poueu back to health after he fell from a 54-foot high roof deck.

So what could it be now that's so serious that they are going to split when their baby's arrival is just weeks away?

Jodi Arias has been found guilty of first-degree premeditated murder. The verdict comes with the potential of the death penalty. Jodi seemed to have little reaction to the verdict other than her lips falling open slightly. Now comes her punishment. The second phrase of the trial will concentrate on whether there was aggravated cruelty in the murder and whether Jodi knew that her lover, Travis Alexander, would suffer. Considering that she shot him in the head, stabbed him 27 times, and slashed his throat, there will probably be a lot of gruesome testimony in the second phase of the trial that will decide Jodi's fate.

Where do you think the U.S. ranks in terms of maternal and childhood care in the world? If you said number one, you would be wrong. By 30 spots actually. The Save the Children foundation released its 14th annual State of the World's Mothers Report and that global distinction goes to Finland, where mothers have greater overall health, education, and economic and political status.

The report ranks 176 countries in terms of maternal and infant health. This year, the U.S. lost five spots from last year’s 25th-place ranking. Still, we are lucky compared to so many other mothers across the world.

The reality is that, while globally, the number of children dying has declined by more than half, we still have a long, long way to go before newborn infants aren't at risk for dying from preventable illnesses and mothers aren't in danger just because they have given birth. The report highlights so much progress and also so many places we still have to go. See below: