Anusha Gurung (left) and her friend Illa Gurung take part in a New Year's dance competition in Kathmandu, Nepal. Salim Ali/for NPR hide caption
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Thursday
The most-viewed Goats and Soda stories of 2015. NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Zubaida Ibrahim Fagge plays Halima, a 13-year-old who suffers from fistula, in the movie Dry. Courtesy of Next Page Productions hide caption
Tuesday
Medical workers surround 34-day-old Noubia, the last known patient to contract Ebola in Guinea, as she was released from a Doctors Without Borders treatment center in Conakry on Nov. 28. Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Actor John Boyega attends the world premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Hollywood. Boyega, the son of Nigerian immigrants, grew up in London. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Disney hide caption
Monday
Ayesha Mumtaz inspects food during a raid on a backyard sweets factory in Lahore, Pakistan. Her campaign to clean up the kitchens and food factories of Pakistan has earned her the nickname "The Fearless One." Philip Reeves/NPR hide caption
Lahore's Food Safety Czar Declares 'War' On Unhygienic Food
Mustafa Alnour Alhassan, 26, lost his leg to a flesh-eating fungal disease called mycetoma. Here, he sits beside his father, Alnour Alhassan, at the Mycetoma Research Center in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. Neil Brandvold hide caption
Sunday
Mame, 2014 by Omar Victor Diop. Omar Victor Diop/Courtesy Magnin-A Gallery, Paris hide caption
Saturday
The museum was inaugurated by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff this month as part of a revitalization program for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem was dusted with snow in February. Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Lucky Iron Fish for sale in Phnom Penh. Michael Sullivan for NPR hide caption
In Cambodia, 'Lucky' Iron Fish For The Cooking Pot Could Fight Anemia
Thursday
Each time a different natural dye is added to the fabric for a Good Earth pillow or quilt, it's rinsed, then laid to dry in the sun. Courtesy of Good Earth hide caption
Wednesday
In the Miss Universe parade of national costumes, Iroshka Lindaly Elvir, Miss Honduras, wore a skull on her headdress and had a train of skulls. What did they symbolize? Richard D. Salyer/Courtesy of Miss Universe Organization hide caption
In addition to the dancing devils, there's Old Man Beggar, who also parades around on Christmas. At right is a Liberian version of Santa. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
A pharmacist in Togo sorts medications. Pascal Deloche/Godong/Corbis hide caption