U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power had her temperature taken as she arrived in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Reuters /Landov hide caption
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Friday
Children play in the West Point neighborhood of Monrovia last week. West Point has been hit hard by Ebola. So local leaders formed their own Ebola task force, which goes door to door looking for cases. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
How Liberia Is Starting To Beat Ebola, With Fingers Crossed
North Korean medical workers wore protective suits at Pyongyang's Sunan International Airport this week. Wong Maye-E/AP hide caption
A nurse uses a diagram of the female reproductive system to explain the do-it-yourself careHPV test at the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala. Will Boase/PATH hide caption
Stringy particles of Ebola virus (blue) bud from a chronically infected cell (yellow-green) in this colorized, scanning electron micrograph. NIAID/Science Source hide caption
Thursday
Mary Mallon, known as "Typhoid Mary," was immune to the typhoid she carried. Working as a cook, she spread the disease in New York and ended up quarantined on Brother Island (above) for more than two decades. Bettmann/Corbis hide caption
Dallas-area resident James Faulk turned his yard into an Ebola treatment center for Halloween. But he has a serious side: His Twitter account raises funds for Doctors Without Borders, a group active in the fight against the virus. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption
Domitilia, 57, is a diabetic patient in the Dominican Republic who contracted tuberculosis. She's now cured of TB after two years of treatment. Javier Galeano/The Union hide caption
A protester outside the White House demands a halt to all flights to the United States from West Africa. Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Mumadou Traore says the Ivory Coast's French bureaucracy is a "blessing" when it comes to Ebola. Gregory Warner/NPR hide caption
No Ebola, S'il Vous Plait, We're French: The Ivory Coast Mindset
NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo, 33, contracted Ebola in Liberia, arrived in Nebraska for care on Oct. 6 and was released from the hospital Oct. 22. Taylor Wilson/Courtesy of Nebraska Medicine hide caption
Anders Kelto's suitcase took its chlorine wipes on a detour to Paris. Anders Kelto/NPR hide caption
Tuesday
NPR producer Rolando Arrieta approaches the Ebola screening station at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia. Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR hide caption
Magnified 25,000 times, this digitally colorized scanning electron micrograph shows Ebola virus particles (green) budding from an infected cell (blue). CDC/NIAD hide caption
An Ebola health alert is displayed at the entrance to Bellevue Hospital in New York City, where Dr. Craig Spencer was quarantined after showing symptoms consistent with the virus. Bryan Thomas/Getty Images hide caption