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Wanuri Kahiu speaks at this past week's TED gathering in Vancouver, Canada. Ryan Lash//TED hide caption
Friday
Chris Ategeka speaks at the TED conference in Vancouver this week. Ryan Lash/TED hide caption
Thursday
Female genital mutilation isn't simply a practice brought by people from immigrant communities; it has occurred in the United States for centuries. Nicole Xu for NPR hide caption
Fishing boats at sunset on Lake Victoria. They're docked on Kenya's Mfangano Island. Dietmar Temps, Cologne/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Postpartum hemorrhage is the leading cause of maternal deaths around the world. Thomas Fredberg/Getty Images/Science Photo Library hide caption
Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth
Edna Kiplagat crosses the finish line of the 121st Boston Marathon on April 17. It was her first time running the race. John Tlumacki/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Raj Panjabi knows what health care can be like in a developing country. As a boy in Liberia he never had his eyes checked. When he came to the U.S. at age 9, he found out he had 20/80 vision. Last Mile Health hide caption
HIV testing kits in a vending machine in a university in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Reuters hide caption
Monday
Posters from the U.S. Public Health Service issued in 1920. Library of Congress hide caption
Sunday
Some 2,000 Rohingya refugee families live in the Balukhali camp in southern Bangladesh, according to the camp's leader. Michael Sullivan/for NPR hide caption
Cattle owned by Fulani herdsmen graze in a field outside Kaduna, northwest Nigeria in February 2017. Stefan Heunis/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Clashes Over Grazing Land In Nigeria Threaten Nomadic Herding
Saturday
Brazilian members of the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Haiti stand by a shelter in Les Cayes ahead of a visit by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on October 15, 2016. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
The black-legged tick, ixodes scapularis, can spread Lyme disease. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
Somali children walk to a food distribution on the outskirts of Mogadishu on April 9. Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images hide caption