Indian villagers walk past an overturned motorized rickshaw. Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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This scene of village life was painted on the wall of a northern coastal town in Mauritania. Andrew Watson/Getty Images/AWL Images hide caption
Friday
Students at St. Scholastica's College in the Philippines gesture the "No. 1" sign in a campaign to end discrimination and violence against women and girls. NOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Eric Aniva told the BBC that he was hired by families to have sex with more than 100 young women, including children, in what was described as "ritual cleansing." Eldson Chagara/AP hide caption
Wednesday
The countries with the tallest and shortest 18-year-old men and women in the world, according to a new study. Leif Parsons for NPR hide caption
Tuesday
In the "Shoulder to Cry On" program, grandmothers keep an eye on the well-being of children in the community. UNICEF/Youtube hide caption
Monday
A vehicle from the 2012 attack on Norwegian Refugee Council staff in Dadaab, Kenya. Four aid workers were kidnapped by Somali militants. STR/AP hide caption
Saturday
Every day, hundreds of patients wait to be seen at the Munhava health center in Mozambique's port city of Beira. Morgana Wingard hide caption
The Sole Doctor In The Hospital Shoulders The Burden Of HIV
Maternal mortality rates are going down because of better health services. Above: A mother nurses her newborn at a maternity ward in Sierra Leone. Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Woman holding the dapivirine vaginal ring. Andrew Loxley/International Partnership for Microbicides hide caption
Friday
A woman dries clothes in a failed maize field in the north of Malawi. Amos Gumulira/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
By hanging a caged chicken near mosquito traps in bedrooms in three Ethiopian villages, researchers hoped to learn how the insects react to the scent of a fowl. Kassahun Jaleta/Courtesy of Rickard Ignell hide caption
Catherine Msimango, 18, takes a nightly pill to protect her against HIV. "It's all about my safety," says the South African high schooler. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Wednesday
More than half of Africa's countries require a visa for outsiders to enter. Hugo van Tilborg/Flickr hide caption
A Broward County, Fla., employee takes water samples in a yard to test for mosquito larvae in June. It's part of the county's mosquito control program. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption