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This former NPR intern shows off our mosquito costume. He'd no doubt rather bite into candy corn than a human arm. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
Friday
Heman Bekele with the help of his 3M mentor, Deborah Isabelle (left), created a prototype soap to treat melanoma. Isabelle said of Bekele, "he's going to continue to inspire other young people to realize that science can make a positive difference." 3M hide caption
Q&A: This scientist developed a soap that could help fight skin cancer. He's 14.
This newborn at Gaza's Nasser Hospital was delivered after their mother was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Oct. 24. The doctor said the baby is now in stable condition. Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Giving birth amid Gaza's devastation is traumatic, but babies continue to be born
Wednesday
Left: A Palestinian woman cries at the garden of Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital after it was hit in Gaza City, Gaza on Oct. 18. Right: After an attack by Hamas on a kibbutz near the Gaza border, a swing is left intact while most of this family's house is in ruins. Five family members were kidnapped. Mahmud Hams / AFP via Getty Images; Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images hide caption
Joyce Mutisya, 71, outside her home in Wote, Kenya. For years she's struggled with symptoms of dementia. But she didn't realize it was a condition for which she could seek professional help. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Afghan residents clear debris from a damaged house after an earthquake in the Zendeh Jan district of Herat province on Oct. 7. Mohsen Karimi/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Corona virus Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Workers load the trucks with boxes after a planes carrying Turkish humanitarian aid for residents of the Gaza Strip landed at El Arish International Airport in Egypt, neighboring the enclave under intense Israeli blockade and bombardment on October 13, 2023. Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Ruth Infante (second from left), a single mother of three, and her classmates donned traditional flowing dresses for their Cumbia dance performance at a "care block" center in Bogotá, Colombia. The class is one of the free services offered to anyone in the neighborhood who is an unpaid caregiver for their family. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
How Bogotá cares for its family caregivers: From dance classes to job training
Friday
People injured from Israeli air strikes on Oct. 12 wait outside a hospital to be treated. The sheer volume of medical need is overwhelming the small and exhausted number of staff at Gaza's medical facilities, says Dr. Mohammad Mattar, head of the radiology department at Al Shifa Hospital, the Gaza Strip's largest medical complex. Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Doctors in Gaza describe the war's devastating impact on health care — and civilians
Wednesday
Sitlali Yovana Poot Dzib, 20 (left), captain of The Amazonas of Yaxunah, high fives her teammates after a home run in a game played on Sept. 10. The indigenous women on the team live in the small Maya community of Yaxunah in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. They wear traditional Maya garb when they play — and eschew shoes. Bénédicte Desrus hide caption
Sunday
Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton has studied Auschwitz survivors, Vietnam war veterans, survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and people who'd been subjected to repression by the Chinese government. He reflects on what he's learned in his new book, Surviving Our Catastrophes: Resilience and Renewal from Hiroshima to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Wolfgang Richter hide caption
Saturday
Boran Bumovich Hignio, a 7-year-old surfer, gets help with his wetsuit from Diego Villarán, who founded the local surf school, and other staffers. Peter Yeung for NPR hide caption