Producer Melissa Berton (center) and director Rayka Zehtabchi (right) accept an Oscar for their documentary 'Period. End of Sentence.' Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
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A female Anopheles gambiae mosquito feeds on human blood through a mosquito net. Emily Lund hide caption
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FEMA disaster relief trailers in storage. FEMA hide caption
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A medical worker puts on protective gear at an Ebola treatment center in Beni in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Officials want to train workers at all health facilities to take precautions. John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Why Does Ebola Keep Spreading In Congo? Here's A Major Clue
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The freckles on the face of model Li Jingwen, visible on this digital ad for Zara, started a conversation on Chinese social media that had 500 million views. Zara hide caption
Meat at a butcher's shop in a Moroccan market. Lack of refrigeration contributes to Africa's high rate of foodborne illnesses. Raquel Maria Carbonell Pagola/Getty Images hide caption
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Genetically modified "gene drive" mosquitoes feed on warm cow's blood. Scientists hope these mosquitoes could help eradicate malaria. Pierre Kattar for NPR hide caption
Scientists Release Controversial Genetically Modified Mosquitoes In High-Security Lab
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UNOCHA's new set of icons aims to streamline communication in response to humanitarian crises. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs hide caption
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A fan-throated lizard displays his dewlap sac in front of Asia's largest wind farm in the Western Ghats mountains of India. The construction of the windmills altered the habitat of the lizards dramatically. Prasenjeet Yadav hide caption
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HIV-positive patients and their families protest hospitals' lack of medicines and supplies in Caracas, Venezuela, in April 2018. Some patients are fleeing to neighboring countries like Peru in search of lifesaving anti-retroviral drugs. Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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The markhor, pictured above, is a species of wild goat found in Pakistan as well as places like Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the Himalayas. Zahoor Salmi/Getty Images hide caption
Scientists around the world criticized Chinese researcher He Jiankui's experimental editing of DNA in embryos that became twin girls. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Health staff prepare a cholera treatment tent in September 2018. The country's health system lacks the capacity to contain diseases like cholera. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A landscape with a reforestation project in Gongxian County in Sichuan, China. Eye Ubiquitous/UIG via Getty Images hide caption
You May Be Surprised To Learn Which 2 Countries Are Making The Globe A Lot Greener
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Ivanka Trump speaks at a roundtable for the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative at the White House on February 7. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption