In an appearance on Fox News, FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterates the agency's position about the origins of COVID and a potential lab leak. The assessment is not new, but it's far from universal. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
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Tuesday
Security guards stand in front of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 11, 2020, after the market had been closed following an outbreak of COVID-19 there. Two studies document samples of SARS-CoV-2 from stalls where live animals were sold. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In 2003, President George W. Bush created PEPFAR to help countries tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis. Four years later, he spoke at the Rose Garden to urge lawmakers to set aside $30 billion for the cause over the next 5 years. Joining him were Kunene Tantoh of South Africa and her 4-year-old son (pictured). Tantoh, who is HIV-positive, coordinated a U.S.-funded mentoring program for mothers with HIV. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images via Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya children at a refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, southern Bangladesh. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption
Why nothing is getting better for Rohingya refugees stuck in Bangladesh
Commuters wearing face masks ride a train in Hong Kong earlier this month. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
Monday
A farmer checks wheat ripeness on a field in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Russian hostilities in Ukraine are preventing grain from leaving the "breadbasket of the world" and making food more expensive across the globe, threatening to worsen shortages, hunger and political instability in developing countries. Efrem Lukatsky/AP hide caption
The impact of the Ukraine war on food supplies: 'It could have been so much worse'
Friday
In December, the Taliban banned female students from attending university. Some of them are turning to online options. Above: Afghan female students attend Kabul University in 2010. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
On a 2007 visit to Savelugu Hospital in Ghana, President Jimmy Carter asks a group of children if they've had Guinea worm. A raised hand is a yes. Louise Gubb/Carter Center hide caption
A traditional birth attendant massages a pregnant woman before assisting in delivering her baby in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Brian Inganga/AP hide caption
Wednesday
This hole was made in a Bronze Age man's skull shortly before he died, archaeologists say, based on several clues. It's the result of a surgical procedure called a trephination. Kalisher et al., 2023/PLOS ONE hide caption
Clues to Bronze Age cranial surgery revealed in ancient bones
Tuesday
A woman tends to lentil soup at a municipal soup kitchen in Gaziantep, Turkey. On the first day after the quake, the kitchen's director says they distributed soup to more than 200,000 people. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Monday
Brian Otieno Portrait in Kibera. Kibera Gaming Photos hide caption
Sunday
Neudy Rojop decided to work in public health when she was a young girl observing how frequently her young family members and neighbors got sick with unknown illnesses. Luis Echeverria for NPR hide caption
A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she's a disease detective
Saturday
Radhika (15), Anjali (16), Suman (21), and Suhani (15) in July 2022 perform a dance routine near the village of Sahana Pahari, Jharia. Walaa Alshaer for NPR hide caption
Friday
Bats congregate in the Bat Cave in Queen Elizabeth National Park on August 24, 2018. Scientists placed GPS devices on some of the bats to determine flight patterns and how they transmit Marburg virus to humans. Approximately 50,000 bats dwell in the cave. Bonnie Jo Mount/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption