Jane Goodall grooms the coat of a chimpanzee as he eats a banana in this photo from 1974. Hugo Van Lawick/National Geographic hide caption
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Friday
A mosquito bed net keeps the bugs out. The photo was taken in Pailin province, Cambodia. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
A mosquito lurks, eager to score some Halloween candy. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Zanele Themba (on the left with the pink backpack strap) admires American teens because they "know what they want and go for it." She's posing with classmates from the Sapphire Secondary School who participated in a model U.N. in Johannesburg. Courtesy of Youth@SAIIA hide caption
Wednesday
Meet some of the nightmarish parasites that live in London's Natural History Museum. Fortunately, they reside in jars. Rich Preston for NPR hide caption
Fleas Are Great! But Watch Out For A Worm That Looks Like Vermicelli
A nurse organizes the files of deceased patients at a TB hospital in Togliatti, Russia. Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is a huge problem in the former Soviet Union. Misha Friedman hide caption
Tuesday
Some of the 70 students at the Veerni Institute gather in the courtyard, waiting for the first bell to ring. Poulomi Basu/VII Mentor/for NPR hide caption
The Libromat, which combines laundry and literature, results in brighter brights and brighter kids. Justin Woods/Courtesy of Libromat hide caption
Monday
Nimmu, 15, on the terrace of the Veerni Institute. To stay in school, she needs to pass a national test this March. The problem: "I'm not a great student," she says. Because child marriage is illegal in India, we can't use her full name. Poulomi Basu/VII Photo hide caption
Sunday
Fatmeh (left) fled Syria with her family and now lives in Lebanon, where she works in the fields instead of attending school. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Saturday
Who's ahead in the baby tally these days — boys or girls? Newborns are ready to be counted in a Florida hospital. JOHN STANMEYER/National Geographic hide caption
The Girl Who Broke Free: Building A New Life In America #15Girls
Friday
A woman breast-feeds her child as she waits to donate milk to a milk bank in Lima. The donations are used for babies whose mothers can't provide breast milk. Ernesto Benavides/AFP/Getty Images hide caption