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Second Place: Three gravel workmen look through a window at their workplace in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dust and sand are everywhere. Faisal Azim/Courtesy of National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest hide caption
Wednesday
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who just turned 75, thinks of credit as a human right. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Monday
Trevor Noah will appear in Santa Monica on Tuesday, then head to the U.K. for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in late August. Don't worry, he'll be back in time for his debut as the Daily Show host. Michael O'Brian/Flickr hide caption
Thursday
Here's the group of "teen advisers" who spoke with Goats and Soda at the 2015 Girl Up conference in Washington, D.C. Top row: Amy Gong Liu, Janet Diaz, Janet Ho, Kennede Reese, Rebecca Ruvalcaba. Middle row: Ruhy Patel, Celia Buckman, Simone Cowan, Jessica Bishai. Bottom row: Sydney Baumgardt, Alexandra Intriago, Anna McGuire, Ishana Nigam John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
First lady Michelle Obama shares encouraging words at Girl Up Leadership Summit. Molly Riley/AP hide caption
Girl Up activists are in the nation's capital — and talking with NPR today on Periscope. Last year's participants in the annual conference included (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
Saturday
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
If your neighbors are getting on your nerves, here's what you'd say in Kukama: "They're living like dogs: one minute laughing, the next minute shouting, the next minute fighting."
Friday
Standing in their backyard in Cochas Grande, Peru, Katya and Blanca Cantos, hold the fruit of their labor. The gourd at left shows scenes from a potato harvest. The just-started gourd at right will tell the story of an ancestor's epic trek. Josh Cogan/Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archive, Smithsonian Institution hide caption
Thursday
This is a photo taken in the town of Smell No Taste, where a teenager died of Ebola this past week. The home where he passed away is now under quarantine. Abbas Dulleh/AP hide caption
Monday
Children in Bangladesh display their birth registration cards. Jannatul Mawa/UNICEF hide caption
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A little boy and his goat have an encounter with a painted lion in West Bengal, India. Courtesy of Partha Kar hide caption
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Vietnam is seeing an increase in soda drinking. STEPHEN SHAVER/BLOOMBERG NEWS hide caption
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Kenyan women visit an outreach team from Marie Stopes, a reproductive health organization that can screen for and treat cervical cancer. Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images hide caption