A Myanmarese migrant and her child seek care at a refugee health clinic in Mae Sot, Thailand. Mae Sot, a town along the Thai-Myanmar border, is home to many Myanmarese migrants, some of whom are there illegally. Wudan Yan/for NPR hide caption
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The facial expression for "that's not a good idea" is the same across native speakers of English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and American Sign Language. Courtesy of Ohio State University hide caption
A pregnant woman gets an ultrasound to monitor for the birth defect microcephaly, in Guatemala City last month. Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Pregnant Women May Be Able To Get Answers About Zika Earlier
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Hello Tractor's machine can plow and text. courtesy of Hello Tractor hide caption
Gayle Smith in her office at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Victoria Sarno Jordan/NPR hide caption
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Windy Farrell is a jazz singer from California. Seyllou/for NPR hide caption
It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Senegalese Swing
In November 2014, a worker stands by dividers to separate patients in an Ebola treatment facility under construction in the Port Loko district of Sierra Leone. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
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Eduardo Martinez shares a picture of himself as Samantha (in the blond wig). Rebecca Sananes for NPR hide caption
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The Angolan military administers yellow fever vaccines at a market in Luanda, the capital city. Joost De Raeymaeker/EPA/Corbis hide caption
There are about 1,000 genetically engineered mosquitoes in each pot. Guilherme Trivellato of the biotech company Oxitec prepares to release them in Piracicaba, Brazil, in the hope of reducing the spread of Zika and other viruses. Catherine Osborn/for NPR hide caption
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Salimata Sylla, a mother of three, visits Grand Bassam with her family to show she's not afraid of terrorists. On March 13, al-Qaida gunmen killed some 19 people at the beachfront town. Ofeibea Quist-Arcton/NPR hide caption
A Day At The Beach Is A Way Of Saying 'We're Not Afraid' Of Terrorists
A molecular model of the Zika virus. Evan Oto/Science Source hide caption
Who can identify TB faster: lab technicians for APOPO such as Karim Chang'a, Rehema Kondo, Eustachian Sezary, or a rat like Chewa? No contest — it's the rat. Maarten Boersema/APOPO hide caption