A woman farmer makes hay bales in Kashmir, India. In India, women comprise about a third of the agricultural labor in developing countries. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Employees from Ivory Coast's health ministry raid a shop selling counterfeit drugs at the Adjame market in Abidjan earlier this year. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Watmon and Ogen Rwot sit next to his mother in the yard of his family's compound. Julian Hattem for NPR hide caption
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Building a highway into Brazil's Acre State helped bring dengue fever. Universal Images Group/via Getty Images hide caption
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Douglas Ng'ang'a in his home, which he has converted into a community library. Kelsey Timmerman for NPR hide caption
Jared Haley, general manager of the C-Axis plant in Caguas, Puerto Rico, says computer-operated milling machines like this one can cost more than a half-million dollars. Heat and humidity in the plant after Hurricane Maria left many of the machines inoperable, Haley says. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
Puerto Rico's Medical Manufacturers Worry Federal Tax Plan Could Kill Storm Recovery
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Fousseni and Foussena, age 4 Anush Babajanyan hide caption
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Graciela Garcia, 19, married her high school friend, Jaime, when she was 15. Natasha Pizzey hide caption
This 3-foot-long tuber, in a picture tweeted earlier this month, is a threatened edible wild yam from Madagascar called bako. Mamy Tiana Rajaonah hide caption
Lucy Nabiki Takona of the Masai community is a female safari guide in a male-dominated profession. Men don't always think she can handle the job, but she just forges ahead. Ginanne Brownell Mitic for NPR hide caption
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These solar panels were set up by Tesla at the San Juan Children's Hospital after the island was hit by Hurricane Maria. Alvin Baez/Reuters hide caption
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Patou Izai stands on the roof above the office of the radio show he produces in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, for the LGBTI community. Christopher Clark for NPR hide caption