Global Health

Halima Aden wore a navy blue, embroidered burkini — a full-body bathing suit — during the swimsuit competition. Courtesy of Future Productions LLC hide caption

This month, the last four functioning hospitals in eastern Aleppo, including the one pictured above, were hit by airstrikes and ceased operations. Courtesy of Union of Medical and Relief Organizations hide caption

Dambara Upadhyay died alone inside this shelter. She was following the practice of menstrual exclusion that is common in parts of western Nepal: sleeping outside the home during menstruation. Courtesy of Shiva Raj Dhungana hide caption

Élahe, 29, in her bedroom in Tehran, Iran. She is a painter. John Thackwray hide caption

Child marriage is not always mentioned in textbooks of countries where it remains a fact of life, like Kenya (above). Hugh Sitton/Getty Images hide caption

Eric Aniva told the BBC that he was hired by families to have sex with more than 100 young women and children as part of a practice known as "ritual cleansing." Eldson Chagara/AP hide caption

A patient is pictured at a camp for diarrhea patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Among the past nominations for untold story: the need for vaccines to prevent "severe, deadly diarrhea" in this part of the world. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Barcroft Media via Getty Images hide caption

A mother and her 7-month-old daughter sit beneath a mosquito net at a hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

An image from a Save the Children Netherlands ad, one of the finalists for the Rusty Radiator Award. Save The Children/YouTube hide caption

Khoudia Diop didn't realize her skin color was special until she left Senegal. Courtesy of The Colored Girl Inc. hide caption