The United Nations headquarters in New York City. The agency has released the results of a survey on sexual harassment experienced by employees, consultants and volunteers. Joseph Sohm/Getty Images hide caption
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An image, from a scanning electron micrograph, of Heterorhabditis megidis nematode worms (colored blue). These parasitic worms harbor a bacteria that repels mosquitoes. Steve Gschmeissner/Science Source hide caption
Kamal Hosen and Rahima Khartoum, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, hold a photograph of their 14-year-old son, Din Mohammad. A victim of human trafficking, he was eventually rescued from a camp in Thailand. Shazia Rahman/Getty Images hide caption
A resident at the Mother Teresa of Calcutta senior home in Caracas. The people at the home were not reluctant to be photographed, says photojournalist Wil Riera: "They want to share their history, to have a voice." Wil Riera hide caption
Students exercise at a weight-loss summer camp in China's Shandong Province. The government promotes physical activity as the solution to a growing obesity problem. Wang Zhide/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
A group of Honduran migrants are detained along the U.S.-Mexico border by Mexican police after attempting to cross the border barrier into the U.S. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) attends the opening of the 106th Indian Science Congress at Lovely Professional University on last week in Jalandhar, India. Pardeep Pandit/Hindustan Times via Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators ransacked this Ebola transit center in Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the struggle to control the disease — and the protests it has sparked — will be part of the global health landscape in 2019. Alexis Huguet /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Millions of women joined hands along a highway in Kerala to form a "women's wall" on New Year's Day. For participants, the goal is gender equality. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Villagers in Canchayllo stand by a reconstructed canal. Carlos Díaz Huerta (Tres Mitades)/UNDP hide caption
Arunachalam Muruganantham, inventor of a menstruation pad machine, tests the quality of the pads as local women, who are eager to learn how the machine works, look on. Anand Brian hide caption
Protective equipment for Ebola care is left on the ground next to ransacked tents by demonstrators at the Ebola transit centre in Beni, following a demonstration last week against the postponement of elections in the territory of the Beni and the city of Butembo. Alexis Huguet /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A girl is treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. There were more than 1 million cases of cholera in the country between April 2017 and April 2018. Hani Mohammed/AP hide caption
Children select a snack at St Claret's school in the southern Indian village of Karumathur. And then it's up to them whether to do the right thing and pay up. Kamala Thiagarajan for NPR hide caption
Ed Mabaya on his parents' farm in Zimbabwe. Courtesy of Ed Mabaya hide caption
From left: Man Kaur of India celebrates after competing in the 100-meter sprint in the 100+ age category at the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand; an illustration inspired by a list of global poverty thinkers being called a "Sausagefest"; Maryangel Garcia Ramos, 32, a disability activist from Mexico. From left: Michael Bradley/AFP/Getty Images; Hanna Barczyk for NPR; and Antonio Escobar hide caption
In the video game Darshan Diversion, avatars of women in red saris try to reach the top of a temple but are thwarted by Hindu priests if a red blinking light indicates that the women are menstruating. Screenshot by Padmini Ray Murray hide caption
Registered Nurse Miriam Nampil vaccinates 1-month-old Joy Nowai, as she is held by her mother, Julie Nowai. The island nation of Vanuatu has launched a drone-delivered vaccination program to reach children in remote areas. /UNICEF hide caption