Watch out, Congress: Girl Up activists came to the nation's capital in June to lobby for issues affecting girls in the developing world. From left, Alexandra Leone (New Hope, Pa.), Grace Peters (Flemington, N.J.), Aklesiya Dejene (Chicago), Isabella Gonzalez and Erika Hiple (Stockton, N.J.) Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
You can't rush goat, says chef Kevin Onyona. To make the meat tender, you need to cook it a long time — but not too long. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption
Protective gear runs from goggles and head covering to gloves and boots. This health worker was photographed leaving the isolation area at the treatment center in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Saidu Kanneh speaks to the community in Koindu, Sierra Leone, about surviving Ebola. He spent 12 days in a treatment center and was released this week. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Construction workers repair the roof inside the isolation area at the Doctors Without Borders treatment center in Kailahun. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Ethiopian-born singer Meklit Hadero shows off her guitar chops and her perfect afro. Cody Pickens hide caption
Musa James died of Ebola on Monday. Staff from Doctors Without Borders prepare the body of the 70-year-old for burial. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Ebola precautions are taking hold in Sierra Leone. A man washes with disinfectant before entering a hospital in the capital city of Freetown. Youssouf Bah/AP hide caption
Nadine Gordimer visited Alexandra, the black township near Johannesburg, in 1986 to pay homage to victims of political unrest. Reuters /Landov hide caption
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On a hot day, a priest leads a goat to the shade of a tree at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters/Corbis hide caption
Workers with Doctors Without Borders prepare isolation and treatment areas for Ebola patients in Gueckedou, Guinea. Kjell Gunnar Beraas/AP hide caption
A UNICEF field worker talks to villagers in Liberia's Foya District about how to prevent Ebola disease. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA/Landov hide caption
Samples from Dry Soda, Spindrift, Q and Veri Organic, four small companies that are trying to win back soda lovers by lowering the sugar. Maggie Starbard/NPR hide caption
What's that salmon doing in the bike lane? Leif Parsons for NPR hide caption