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Health workers at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Kailahun wear protective clothing when treating Ebola patients. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Health workers at the Doctors Without Borders facility in Kailahun wear protective clothing when treating Ebola patients. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Has An Ebola Corner Been Turned? One Perspective: 'No, No, No, No'
Ali Daud Omar will repair your cell phone for $6. He's one of the refugees benefiting from the Ugandan government's right-to-work policy. Gregory Warner/NPR hide caption
Retailers are optimistic about back-to-school sales because the job market has been strengthening and gas prices have been falling. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Alex Landau and his mother, Patsy Hathaway, on a visit to StoryCorps. StoryCorps hide caption
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A family swims in Lake Nicaragua, which will encompass nearly half of the proposed canal's 172-mile route. Environmentalists worry that oil spills, pollution and dredging will destroy the country's largest supply of fresh water. Carrie Kahn/NPR hide caption
A Chinese Man, A $50 Billion Plan And A Canal To Reshape Nicaragua
Mary Lou Longworth has set most of her mysteries in Aix-en-Provence, a small city in Southern France. "I liked the idea of this beautiful, beautiful place having a dark side," she says. Ben Bowes via Flickr hide caption