Even though the U.S. said it eliminated malaria in 1951, efforts have continued to keep the disease at bay. Above: A Stearman biplane sprays insecticide during malaria control operations in Savannah, Ga., in 1973. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption
Nassim Haddad, who owns three sweets shops in Lebanon, greets his customers and life with unflinching cheer. Ari Daniel for NPR hide caption
Syed Ali Raza and Rukhsana Jafri hold up a photograph of their son, Zain, who is missing after the migrant shipwreck. The family lives in Budho Kalas village, Punjab province, where Zain was a police officer. He had quit his job to start a business that wasn't profitable enough, then set off on an illegal migration to Europe for more lucrative employment. Betsy Joles for NPR hide caption
Ablaye Ndiaye celebrates during a basketball game in Dakar, Senegal on March 11, 2023. His celebratory dances during games at this year's Special Olympics have become iconic enough to make the highlight reels. "Ablaye provides the team with energy, he brings joy. He's basically the face of the team," said Yoro Ndiaye, team Senegal's basketball coach. Nacer Talel/NBAE via Getty Images hide caption
Afghan women wait for a free bread. Charities allege that the Taliban interferes with their distribution of aid by pressuring them to funnel money to the Taliban and its supporters. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Francisca Sosa sits by her father, one of the many Peruvians who've contracted dengue fever in this unprecedented outbreak. Ernesto Benavides/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Eva Lighthiser, 17, is sworn in to take the stand last week during the first day of a youth-led legal challenge of Montana's climate policies. Ellis Juhlin/Montana Public Radio hide caption
A gull picks up a discarded protective face mask from the shoreline in the marina on August 11, 2020 in Dover, England. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
Scientist Amy Apprill, with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, places a recording device onto a coral reef in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Paul Caiger/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution hide caption
Alessandra Korap Munduruku demanded that mining company Anglo American withdraw its permits to develop projects on her ancestral land. Goldman Environmental Prize hide caption
A scene from the Brazilian film "Nurses Facing Covid" ("Na Lihna de Frente"), one of the "Grand Prix" winners in this year's Health for All Film Festival. Klimt Publicidade and the institution Conselho Federal de Enfermagem, via World Health Organization hide caption
Rescuers remove rubble at the maternity ward of the Vilniansk Multidisciplinary Hospital in Ukraine, one of the countries experiencing an increase in violence against health care workers. Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images hide caption
New father Yappe Pako gets help with his kangaroo care carrier from midwife Marie-Josée Miezan. His newborn son is named Ambo Crisostome. They're in the kangaroo care ward at the University Hospital Medical Center at Treichville in the Ivory Coast. A new program teaches the technique to moms â and dads. It's especially beneficial for preterm and low birthweight babies. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds for NPR hide caption
India is number 1 in global population. This clock board outside the International Institute for Population Sciences in Mumbai keeps track of the numbers. The photo is from June 2, 2023. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption