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A century-old wrestling competition in Chittagong, Bangladesh, known as Abdul Jabbar's Boli Kheladraws thousands of spectators annually. In this picture from April 24, 2023, two wrestlers go at it on a sandy stage in front of a street audience. Sanchayan Chowdhury hide caption
Thursday
Eatizaz Yousif, the Sudan country director for the International Rescue Committee, poses for a portrait at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 24. She herself was displaced by the conflict a year ago. “As Sudanese, we are pretty resilient," she says, referring to the fighting that has caused 12 million people to flee from their homes. "But this is beyond our resilience." Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption
The International Rescue Committee says the global community has failed Sudan
"Beethoven" (1936). A new study suggests the German composer and pianist may have suffered from lead poisoning. The Print Collector/Getty Images hide caption
Beethoven was a classical and romantic composer, but his body was full of heavy metal
Wednesday
People walk outside the European hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 17, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Fatma Hijazi holds the lifeless body of her 10-year-old child, Mustafa Hijazi, who died due to malnutrition and lack of medication in Deir al-Balah, Gaza. The photo is from June 14. Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
An aerial view shows painted circles in the grass to encourage people to keep a distance from each other at Washington Square Park in San Francisco. The photo is from May 22, 2020. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Bruce Onobrakpeya, a towering figure in modernism, in his home/studio in Lagos, Nigeria. At 91, he has his first Smithsonian solo show. Manny Jefferson/for NPR hide caption
Pioneering Nigerian artist Bruce Onobrakpeya opens an exhibition at the Smithsonian
Tuesday
An Afghan boy shovels mud from the courtyard of a house following flash floods after heavy rainfall at a village in Baghlan-e-Markazi district of Baghlan province on May 11, 2024. More than 300 people were killed in flash flooding in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan, according to the World Food Programme. ATIF ARYAN/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
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Ansar Khan, 40, whose six-month-old daughter died on late May. He blames the extreme heat.
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How people in India's capital city of New Delhi are coping with the heat
Sunday
En un taller de un día de duración dirigido por la Escuela de Hombres al Cuidado en Bogotá, Colombia, estudiantes varones de medicina de la Universidad Sanitas aprenden a acunar a un bebé. Esta clase de participantes está formada por estudiantes de medicina, pero los inscritos habituales son padres de todo tipo.
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Rodent trainer Neema Justin, 33, shares a moment with an African giant pouched rat after an exercise in detecting illegal wildlife products at the Apopo training facility in Morogoro, Tanzania. Apopo's staff often form close bonds with their rats. Tommy Trenchard/for NPR hide caption
Friday
A health officer collects ducks to be killed at a farm north of Bangkok during Thailand's bird flu outbreak in the early 2000s. A massive culling of fowl was part of the country's strategy to quash the virus. Stringer/AFP/via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
In modern times, malaria is thought of as a tropical disease but evidence from ancient bones reveals a different narrative. Above: In Ambowuha, Ethiopia, Birtukan Demissie and her siblings are protected from mosquitoes that carry the disease with a bed net. Joining them is the family cat. Louise Gubb/Corbis Historical via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
A UNICEF report reveals more than 180 million children aren't getting anywhere near the nutrition they need. The problem is so severe, the report says, these kids suffer from the devastating effects of malnutrition. Some countries, however, have shown that it is possible to reduce what the report calls child food poverty. Discha-AS/Getty Images hide caption