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These two photos, taken in 2014 by scientist Eddie Holmes, show raccoon dogs and unknown birds caged in the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market. GPS coordinates of these images confirm that the animals were housed in the southwest corner of the market, where researchers found evidence of the coronavirus in January 2020. Eddie Holmes hide caption

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WHO calls on China to share data on raccoon dog link to pandemic. Here's what we know

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Wednesday

A quake survivor spends a night outside in Idlib, Syria on Feb. 9, 2023, following 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes centered in neighboring Turkey. A doctor in Syria says it's still difficult to get needed medical supplies. Muhammed Said/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they've had Guinea worm. A raised hand is a yes. Louise Gubb/Carter Center hide caption

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Tuesday

A woman tends to lentil soup at a municipal soup kitchen in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the first day after the quake, the kitchen's director says they distributed soup to more than 200,000 people. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Lentil soup comes to the rescue in quake-ravaged Turkey

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Sunday

Rescue workers in Turkey and Syria are turning to lentil soup to feed thousands of people

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Friday

Yasin Pinarbasi walks into a building he inspected that suffered some earthquake damage, west of Antakya, Turkey. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Is it safe to go home? With hard hats and phone apps, Turkey's engineers seek answers

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Wednesday

A funeral ceremony is performed at a mass grave site in Kahramanmaras, Turkey, where thousands of bodies from the earthquake are already buried and more graves are still being dug. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Turkey buries its earthquake dead in small cemeteries and mass graves

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Monday

Families are working to bury those who died in the Turkey-Syria earthquake

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Peter Pan, a dog that is part of a USAID rescue crew in Turkey, scrambles over piles of debris, sniffing for the scent of any survivors stuck inside. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Sniffer dogs offer hope in waning rescue efforts in Turkey

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Turkish officials ask how shoddy construction might have led to collapsed buildings

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Sunday

In Turkey, a U.S. rescue team helps recover the dead while respecting local customs

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Thursday

In Turkey, the focus shifts from rescuing earthquake survivors to recovering bodies

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Friday

A mother and her son play in the sea at Liido Beach in Mogadishu, Somalia. Despite decades of conflict and ongoing security threats, some Somalis are carving out a middle-class lifestyle in the Somali capital. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption

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Friday at the beach in Mogadishu: Optimism shines through despite Somalia's woes

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Thursday

Somalia faces a major food crisis driven by a historic drought.

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Friday

A girl poses for a portrait in a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Dec. 14. As people flee their homes because of drought, famine and fighting, camps have sprung up this year around the Somali capital and other cities. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption

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This is what displaced Somalians want you to know about their humanitarian crisis

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Saturday

Mariam Kasim sits with her grandson, who she says is suffering from measles and malnutrition, at a camp on the outskirts of Baidoa, Somalia, on Tuesday. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption

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The U.N. says parts of Somalia may experience famine within months

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Monday

Somalia faces what could be its worst drought in 40 years

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Fahir Mayow holds her nephew, eight-month-old Ahmed Noor, at Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu on Monday. Ahmed arrived at the hospital one week ago, weighing 3.5 kilograms, just under 8 pounds. Luke Dray for NPR hide caption

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Friday

A burned cot in a police station in Kherson on Wednesday. Kherson residents say Russians used the police station to detain and torture violators of curfew and people suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian authorities. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption

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Screams from Russia's alleged torture basements still haunt Ukraine's Kherson

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Thursday

Local people react to a volunteer from Odesa distributing aid on the main square in front of the Regional Administration Building in Kherson on Wednesday. Pete Kiehart for NPR hide caption

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Tuesday

Hanna Malyar, Ukraine's deputy defense minister (center), signs a Ukrainian flag belonging to a local resident in Kherson on Monday. "Ukraine's success depends on two points," Malyar told NPR. "First our strength, our ability to fight. And second, the weapons that we receive from our partners," referring to the United States and other Western nations. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

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Ukrainians dance in Kherson's streets at the end of Russia's months-long occupation

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