Global Health

A young man from Bali, Indonesia, shows off his rainbow-colored rooster before a cockfight. Courtesy of Ruben Salgado Escudero and the World Photography Organization hide caption

"I never imagined I would be in this position, doing this kind of work," says Raed Al Saleh, 33, of his job as the head of the Syrian Civil Defense. "But these are the circumstances." Courtesy of The Syria Campaign hide caption

The al-Quds Hospital in Aleppo is one of seven health facilities that have been hit in Syria in 2016. Beha el Halebi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption

Mowgli likes the jungle life. Courtesy of Disney hide caption

A Living Goods agent goes door-to-door in Bwaise, a neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda's capital. Courtesy of Jake Lyell and Living Goods hide caption

For the photo exhibit "Langtang Rising," a father photographed his daughter. He lost his wife and immediate family in the avalanche after the earthquake. Langtang Rising hide caption

"You have to understand / that no one puts their children in a boat / unless the water is safer than land," wrote Warsan Shire in a poem about the refugee crisis. Courtesy of Amaal Said hide caption

In the 1940s, planes demonstrate DDT spraying at Congressional Airport, outside of Washington, D.C. They were part of a fleet headed to Greece to target mosquito breeding areas. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images hide caption

Greenland native Nina-Vivi Andersen, pictured in downtown Nuuk, Greenland, has her own perspective on the word Eskimo: "I don't mind to be called Eskimo — it is neutral for me. But when I saw an ice cream store in London with a name — Eskimo — it felt weird. But I feel weird to be called Inuit, too. I'm just a Greenlander." John W. Poole/NPR hide caption