Chart of mosquito repellents in 2015 study. Katie Park/NPR hide caption
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Natasha Houston and her mother at home in Zeelugt. In 2013, Houston's husband killed their two children, slashed her arm and hand, then died, apparently by suicide. William Rawlins for NPR hide caption
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A worker sorts plastic bottles at a recycling center in China. Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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A mother holds her newborn twins at a Sri Krishna Medical College and Hospital, a public health facility in India. Paula Bronstein/The Verbatim Agency/Getty Images hide caption
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A Palestinian woman and her children receive supplies from the International Committee of the Red Cross at a refugee camp in Gaza; a latrine project in Haiti financed by Oxfam; a UNICEF tent at a refugee camp in Iraq. Abid Katib/Getty Images; Jonathan Torgovnik/Getty Images; Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images hide caption
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The beaches of Brazil beckon — but travelers need to find out if they're heading to a part of the country where a yellow fever vaccine is recommended. Diego Herculano/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Unlike humans, chimpanzees don't readily share food, even with their own children. Reece Wykes for NPR hide caption
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Gelmy, 9, and sister Alexa, 4, climbing trees in the backyard of their family home in the Yucatan Peninsula. Adriana Zehbrauskas for NPR hide caption
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In Kiribati, an island republic in the Central Pacific, large parts of the village Eita (above) have succumbed to flooding from the sea. Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption
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North Korean farmers work in a rice paddy outside the capital Pyongyang. David Guttenfelder/National Geographic hide caption
It's their nightly ritual: Herman Agbavor sits down with his 5-year-old son, Herbert, to go over his homework. Nana Kofi Acquah for NPR hide caption
Rice within the octagon in this field is part of an experiment to grow rice under different levels of carbon dioxide. Toshihiro Hasegawa, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan hide caption
As Carbon Dioxide Levels Rise, Major Crops Are Losing Nutrients
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Jean Marie Rukundo and his wife, Theodosie Uwambajimana, with their 2-year-old daughter. They've nicknamed her "Rwamrec," the acronym for a resource center in Rwanda that taught Rukundo how to step up his game as a spouse and father. When he came with his wife to the delivery room for the child, she says that "touched my heart." Amy Yee for NPR hide caption