Emmanuel Kwame, who lost his sight to river blindness, in his cashew grove. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption

Wilbur Sargunaraj sings about shadism in his new video, "Mirror Mirror." Courtesy of Wilbur Sargunaraj hide caption

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Becoming a father made Dr. Namala Mkopi appreciate why parents worry so much. He's been a leading advocate for childhood vaccines in his native Tanzania. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption

Onlookers come to admire the self-proclaimed "Miracle on 34th Street" in the Baltimore neighborhood of Hampden. But not every country has as much electricity as America does. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

Google pays tribute to yoga master Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar. Google hide caption

A woman in Nairobi attends a concert in honor of the victims of the terrorist attack that took 147 lives at Garissa University College in April. Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Kennedy Odede has gone from street boy to social activist. He says: "When you do kindness that you don't expect to come back to you, you are spreading the light in the world." Courtesy of Shining Hope For Communities hide caption

Goats and Soda Editor Marc Silver tried to interview the rescued hen, but she wouldn't make a peep. Akash Ghai/NPR hide caption

A nutritionist fetches a carton of Plumpy'Nut for malnourished patients at a hospital in Burkina Faso. Michael Zumstein/Agence VU hide caption

Fatmeh (left) fled Syria with her family and now lives in Lebanon, where she works in the fields instead of attending school. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption