Health worker Jackie Carnegie delivers a rubella vaccine in Colorado in 1972. Ira Gay Sealy/Denver Post via Getty Images hide caption
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Thursday
Amar Baramu carried his 70-year-old mother on his back for five hours, then rode with her on a bus for 12 more, to get her to a hospital for the head wound she suffered during the earthquake. Julie McCarthy/NPR hide caption
He Carried His Mom On His Back For 5 Hours En Route To Medical Care
A surgeon and nurse anesthetist a baby by emergency cesarean section at a hospital in Rwanda. Amber Lucero Dwyer/Courtesy Lifebox Foundation hide caption
Wednesday
Now this is an international baby: Born to a surrogate mom in Nepal (who was implanted with an egg from a South African donor) and now living in Israel with his parents, Amir Vogel Greengold (left) and Gilad Greengold. Emily Harris/NPR hide caption
Israeli Dads Welcome Surrogate-Born Baby In Nepal On Earthquake Day
Monday
An adult deer tick, or Ixodes scapularis. The taiga tick is nearly a clone — only a tick expert could tell the difference. Courtesy of Graham Hickling hide caption
Friday
Fake medicines are a 21st-century scourge, but they've been around for a long time. This advertising trade card for snake oil was printed in New York City around 1880. Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Mmm. Smells just like your identical twin. iStockphoto hide caption
Why Do Mosquitoes Like To Bite You Best? It's In Your Genes
The grave of the 27-year-old Indian woman who died on Monday from head and spinal injuries. Wilbur Sargunaraj for NPR hide caption
Monday
Phyllis Omido is one of six winners of the 2015 Goldman Environmental prizes. Courtesy of The Goldman Environmental Prize hide caption
They don't call him Mr. Toilet for nothing! On a cold and windy November day, Jack Sim visited NPR and gladly struck a pose on his favorite appliance. Note: This toilet was not hooked up. Ryan Kellman and John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Sunday
A student reads inside her home in Srinagar, India, as her sister points to a sketch resembling a male police officer in a first-grade textbook Mukhtar Khan/AP hide caption
Friday
Liberian workers dismantle shelters in an Ebola treatment center in the Paynes Ville neighborhood of Monrovia. Doctors Without Borders closed the center last month because it was no longer needed. Zoom Dosso/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A woman cultivates seaweed off the coast of Madagascar to counter overfishing. She's working with Blue Ventures, a business that supports its conservation projects by giving ecotours. Courtesy of Skoll Foundation hide caption
In the 1950s, the World Bank funded the creation of the world's largest man-made dam, the Kariba Dam, which sits on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia. The construction of such dams can have dire consequences for poor people living near a river, an investigation found. Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Colored brain scan of a 17-year-old boy with mad cow disease. The bright yellow spots are a sign that the thalamus is damaged by diseased proteins. Simon Fraser/Science Source hide caption