Mamuedeh Kanneh (right) was married to the man who brought Ebola to Barkedu, Liberia, a village of about 6,000. He died of the virus. She now cares for her children as well as children who lost their parents to the disease. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Beijing has awful traffic jams and heavy pollution. Its new subway system can only help. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A world in light and dark: This satellite view shows where electric lights are in high usage. Buyenlarge/Getty Images hide caption
Garmai Sumo is a nurse featured in the documentary, Body Team 12. In one scene, she shares her religious views: "When they die, the righteous will resurrect on the day of the trumpet. But everyone remain in their grave for now." Body Team 12 hide caption
A goat locked in a car in a Massachusetts parking lot got its moment of YouTube fame courtesy of a passerby's video. YouTube hide caption
A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the nominations for untold story last year: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption
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
Dayo Okeniyi Corey Nickols hide caption
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