Nandita Venkatesan, a TB survivor, spoke at the U.N.'s first high-level meeting on tuberculosis. "It's humbling," she says. "Not long ago I was just a girl lying in bed with a hopeless future." Selamawit Bekele/RESULTS hide caption
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The U.S. Department of Justice logo is seen on a podium in Baltimore, last year. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
A Myanmarese soldier guards an area at the Sittwe airport in Rakhine state last week. U.N. investigators last month released a damning and meticulous report detailing why six Myanmar generals should be prosecuted for genocide against the Rohingya Muslim minority. Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Relatives mourn before the funeral for family members who reportedly died by suicide at their home in Burari, India, this summer. Photo by Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty Images hide caption
British artist Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium sits in waters off the Maldives. Accor Hotels Group hide caption
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sits with baby Neve before speaking at the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit during the 73rd U.N. General Assembly in New York on Monday. Carlo Allegri/Reuters hide caption
In a surprise victory, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, center, ousted the president of the Maldives. On Monday, he celebrated with supporters in the capital, Malé. Eranga Jayawardena/AP hide caption
Aldi Novel Adilang's floating fishing hut was spotted by a passing cargo ship, the MV Arpeggio, after drifting at sea for more than a month. MV Arpeggio crew/Indonesian Consulate General in Osaka hide caption
In a photo taken at last year's U.N. General Assembly in New York, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a luncheon with President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Palace Hotel. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in April. The Vatican says it signed a "provisional agreement" with China on the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that for decades fueled tensions between the Holy See and Beijing. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption
Revelers in Mumbai hoist up a statue of the elephant-headed god Ganesh and parade it toward the Arabian Sea. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption
The U.S. is sanctioning China's military for buying equipment from Russia that included fighter jets and surface-to-air missiles. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) is show with Chinese President Xi Jinping, in Russia earlier this month. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
At 69, Kul Gautam has written his life story and won an award from the Peace Corps (which is fitting, since a volunteer was one of his early English teachers). John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly (right) records a standup with producer Becky Sullivan at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang ahead of a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding. David Guttenfelder for NPR hide caption
Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang shown during a meeting with Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the Presidential Palace during the World Economic Forum on ASEAN in Hanoi, Vietnam. Quang died Friday at age 61 due to illness. Kham/AP hide caption
A Jet Airways plane at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi earlier this month. Sajjad Hussain /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, first lady Kim Jung-sook, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju pose for beside the Heaven Lake of Mount Paektu, North Korea, Sept. 20. Pyeongyang Press Corps/Reuters hide caption