Goats and Soda
STORIES OF LIFE IN A CHANGING WORLD
At the State Department conference for people with disabilities, adviser Judy Heumann (center) is surrounded by admirers from around the world. Joseph Shapiro/NPR hide caption
Mark Kaigwa is a digital strategist in Kenya. He calls #KOT "the unofficial back channel for conversations, questions and commentary." Personal Democracy/Flickr hide caption
The hand-colored photo, titled "Reclining young lady," is of Stella Osarhiere Gbinigie when she was 16. Solomon Osagie Alonge/Franko Khoury/National Museum of African Art hide caption
Kenyan graffiti artist Bankslave created a mural of Barack Obama. The president himself will visit Kenya on Friday. One of the president's agenda items is to promote solar power. Ben Curtis/AP hide caption
Another pothole bites the dust in India, thanks to the efforts of Gangadhara Tilak Katnam. Courtesy of Gangadhara Tilak hide caption
Adebisi Alimi, an actor-turned-activist, was the first person to come out as gay on Nigerian television. Claire Eggers/NPR hide caption
One of the princesses of Kabul. David Fox/Courtesy of Humans of Kabul hide caption
Teddy Ruge — who goes by TMS Ruge — won a White House award for his efforts to bring change to Africa. Courtesy of TMS Ruge hide caption
On July 9, 2013, heavy floodwaters swept through Beichuan in southwest China's Sichuan province. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Ioanna Mattke holds Raven, one of six hens that her family owns. The Mattkes have raised Raven since she was a day old. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Eritrea's Daniel Teklehaimanot competes in a 13.8 km individual time trial, the first stage of the 102nd edition of the Tour de France cycling race, on July 4 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Eric Feferberg/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Saroj's teenage son watches her comb her hair before she heads to work. Rhitu Chatterjee for NPR hide caption
Sergio Pacheco learned the healing songs from his father at age 6 and went on to conduct his first healing ceremony at age 8. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Maria Nieves Nashnato Upari and Jose Manuel Huaymacari Tamani are teaching Kukama to children in hopes of keeping their "maternal language" alive. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Activists in Sri Lanka got an early start on the day of action, with a demonstration by 800 people in Negombo province on the Sri Lanka's western coast. Courtesy of action/2015 hide caption
Victorio Dariquebe Gerewa displays his bow and arrow at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Taking advantage of the post-earthquake chaos, farmers in the Kathmandu region are abandoning unwanted cattle in record numbers. Donatella Lorch for NPR hide caption
Daniel Majok Gai revisits the two-bedroom apartment in Denver where he lived with seven other Sudanese refugees in 2001. Kevin Leahy/NPR hide caption
Peru's alpacas are blessed once a year, during rainy season. The blessing declares: "Let there be a great abundance of alpacas, so that the alpacas should be like the condor and appear to fly from one mountain to another." Courtesy of the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco hide caption
Street children sleep on a discarded mattress on a center island near a road crossing in Manila, Philippines, in April. After 15 years of the Millennium Development Goals, Asia as a region has had the fastest progress, reports the U.N., yet hundreds of millions of people there remain in extreme poverty. Jay Directo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
"Monky" silk screens posters for some of Peru's top chicha bands. Joshua Cogan hide caption
Tibetan men living in Kathmandu, Nepal, danced Monday during celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of the Dalai Lama. Niranjan Shrestha/AP hide caption
