Still from the short film Phosphôros, one of the finalists in the WHO Health For All Film Festival Süsy Serrano/Screengrab by NPR hide caption
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A child learns to swim in a pond in a rural area of Bangladesh. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Showers feel fabulous — but how frequent is too frequent for skin ecology? www.boelke-art.de/Getty Images hide caption
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Architects say making the office more like the outdoors — with filtered air and good ventilation — will be a priority post-pandemic. This living wall in the Danielle N. Ripich Commons at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, is one such approach. Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images hide caption
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This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like. NIAID-RML/NIH/Flickr hide caption
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Doctors are performing pelvic exams and Pap smears on girls and young women that may be unnecessary. Vladimir Nenov/EyeEm/Getty Images hide caption
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We all struggle with healthy habits — including experts. They just have science-tested tips to get them back on track. Michael Driver for NPR hide caption
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Gulalai Ismail, the Pakistani activist who fled the country after being threatened for taking a stand against sexual violence perpetrated by security forces. She was photographed in Brooklyn, where she is now seeking asylum. Tim McDonnell/NPR hide caption
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Russell Ledet, a second-year medical student (top row, third from left) organized an outing for 14 of his fellow African American classmates to a former plantation that had slave quarters. Ledet says he would caption this photo "Our Moment of Resiliency." Brian Washington Jr. hide caption
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A menstrual shed sits among trees in the village of Narsi in western Nepal. Poulomi Basu/VII hide caption
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Lual Mayen, CEO of Junub Games, says that before he taught himself how to code at a refugee camp, "I never thought video games were made by people. I thought they just fall from heaven." Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
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A food allergy, sensitivity, or intolerance can make the difference between passing the mashed potatoes — and passing on them. JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images hide caption