Global Health

Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) try to evade a drone in Boboli Gardens in Inferno. Jonathan Prime/Sony PIctures hide caption

Plague doctors in the 1600s wore birdlike masks like these, which were thought to protect against disease. Manuel Velasco/Getty Images hide caption

The "Pink Bra" has pockets for money and raised pink areas as a guide for breast self-examination. Courtesy of Tonic International hide caption

A scene from the elevator's security video, which shows the assailant repeatedly hitting the woman after she says she had asked him to stop smoking. People's Daily of China via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

Thousands of Haitians were promised homes by aid groups like the American Red Cross in the wake of the earthquake in 2010. Instead, many were given temporary shelters without bathrooms, kitchens or running water. Marie Arago for NPR hide caption

A man in the Congo displays two of the mammals he shot for dinner: a greater white-nosed monkey and a baby lowland gorilla. George Steinmetz/Getty Images hide caption

Ratnaram Diwala, 70, colors traditional earthern oil lamps at Kumbharwada. She's part of the potters colony — some 500 families — living inside the Dhavari slum area in central Mumbai. Sebastian D'Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Dennis Ogbe practiced by throwing rocks and auto parts — and now is a world-class shot-putter among athletes with disabilities. Above, he competes in the Parapan American Games. Gerardo Zavala/LatinContent/Getty Images hide caption

In the new program, a rural health care provider in India consults online with a doctor about a patient. YouTube hide caption

China has been growing faster than the U.S. for years. But it started from a much lower baseline. Rob Smith/Getty Images hide caption

Dressed in Uganda-style garb, these women are featured in the video made by Luket Ministries, an Oklahoma-based missionary group that works in Eastern Uganda. YouTube hide caption