President Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka flank Chibok schoolgirls (left to right) Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu. At far left is Doug Wead, president of the school the girls attend, and his wife, Myriam. Two of his daughters are at the right. This White House "Photo of the Day" was taken on June 27. Shealah Craighead/White House hide caption
The scene after a mortar attack on the southern city of Taez. Ahmad Al-Basha/Getty Images hide caption
The bacterium that causes the plague travels around on fleas. This flea illustration is from Robert Hooke's Micrographia, published in London in 1665. Getty Images hide caption
Alika Kinan was one of eight international activists honored at the State Department for their work against human trafficking. Shelby Knowles/NPR hide caption
Nurses give the oral polio vaccine to a Syrian child in a refugee camp in Turkey. The oral polio vaccine used throughout most of the developing world contains a form of the virus that has been weakened in the laboratory. But it's still a live virus. Carsten Koall/Getty Images hide caption
Chef and journalist Wilma Consul cooks picadillo, a dish she learned to make as a young girl in the Philippines. NPR hide caption
Sulmi, 14, of Guatemala was 9 months pregnant when this photo was taken. "I was a little sad to be married so young," she says. "I am in the youngest in my family to be in a union. Getting married is a lot better and prettier because you get to wear a big white dress." Stephanie Sinclair/ Too Young to Wed hide caption
Cholera bacteria can colonize the outer surfaces of the Chinese soft-shell turtle, a species that's found in parts of Asia. Frank Greenaway/Getty Images hide caption
(From left) Mothers from Namibia's Himba tribe; from Amber, India; and from Washington state. Jose Luis Trisan/Getty; Hadynyah/Getty; Sarah Wolfe Photography/Getty hide caption
Kailash Satyarthi receives flowers from school children in Bangalore. Manjuanth Kiran/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Echis carinatus — aka the carpet viper — is a venomous species that strikes humans in parts of the Middle East and Africa. Frupus/Flickr hide caption
Astronauts thinking deep thoughts. John Poole and Malaka Gharib/NPR hide caption
"If there's one thing I can promise you facts are not enough...I won't say they don't matter, but they're not enough. You need to connect with people on a basic level about things. And when you do that they respond." - Michael Specter TED/TED hide caption
Dogs brought for slaughter wait on the back of a motorbike in Yulin, host to an annual dog meat festival. AP for Humane Society International/AP hide caption
A scene from Bentiu, the largest refugee camp in South Sudan. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption