Blac Chyna poses with her new face cream, Whitenicious, in a video ad on her Instagram. The ad creates a glamorous image to appeal to a high-end audience for the $250-a-jar product. blacchyna via Instagram/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
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Friday
A medical worker holds a measles-rubella vaccine at a health station in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A woman attends a march marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Asuncion, Paraguay, on November 25. Paraguay is one of the Latin American countries that has passed a law categorizing femicide — killing a woman because of her gender — as a specific crime. Jorge Saenz/AP hide caption
Thursday
Triptych of charity advertisements from (L-R) Save the Children, CARE, and Dubai Cares. Save the Children/CARE/Dubai Cares hide caption
American biologist David Baltimore criticized a fellow scientist who claims he has edited the genes human embryos during the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong. China News Service/VCG via Getty Images hide caption
Science Summit Denounces Gene-Edited Babies Claim, But Rejects Moratorium
Wednesday
Mehnaz sits inside her home in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan. She has one son and six daughters. She has also had three abortions, fearing she would have more girls. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
Why The Abortion Rate In Pakistan Is One Of The World's Highest
Researcher He Jiankui spoke Wednesday during the 2nd International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
Facing Backlash, Chinese Scientist Defends Gene-Editing Research On Babies
Tuesday
Life Expectancy Alice Goldfarb/NPR hide caption
Health workers gather outside a newly built treatment center earlier this month in Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo. John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
NPR producer Furkan Latif Khan doesn't like to leave her home in New Delhi without her breathing mask — although one doctor told her it might not help all that much. Furkan Latif Khan hide caption
Saturday
Liliana Czegledi holds a photo of her daughter, Ioana, at her home in the village of Sînandrei in western Romania. Ioana was just shy of her 10th birthday when she died of complications from measles. She could not be vaccinated because she had a compromised immune system. Joanna Kakissis for NPR hide caption
The Story Behind The Worst Measles Outbreak In The European Union
A farmer picks coca leaves in a field in Colombia. Joaquin Sarmiento/Getty Images hide caption
Colombia Tries To Get Farmers Away From The Cocaine Biz. How's That Going?
Wednesday
Sara, a 10-year-old at al Thawra hospital in Hodeidah, Yemen, is half paralyzed by diphtheria, an illness that can be prevented by vaccination. She subsequently had to leave the hospital because of the violence. UNICEF/Touma/Yemen/2018 hide caption
