Tiny pieces of plastic are everywhere, and no group of people might be more familiar with this reality than contact lens wearers. These plastics — roughly three inches or smaller — shouldn’t be tossed in with the rest of your curbside recycling. wapo.st/3QYdLPX

Climate change is likely causing dozens of river in Alaska to flow orange, and it could be disastrous for the state, researchers say. wapo.st/3Vbf0Or

Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker who chronicled a month of watching his body swell and his mood sink from eating only McDonald’s meals in 2004 Oscar-nominated “Super Size Me,” died May 23 at age 53. wapo.st/4dSA6II

Dozens of World Central Kitchen staffers and volunteers, including Palestinian American chefs, push for it to call for a cease-fire in Gaza, despite neutrality rules. wapo.st/4aB6jS2

A group representing Black residents in Tyrrell County of North Carolina has filed a federal lawsuit against local officials demanding that a 122-year-old monument outside a courthouse that honors “faithful slaves” be removed. wapo.st/3UWzAR7