Don't worry, this six-foot-tall tsetse fly didn't bite anyone. He was part of a performance to teach Malawians about preventing sleeping sickness. Hannah Bialic hide caption
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Karl Ohiri: Untitled, from "The Archive of Becoming." Ohiri features old negatives and prints that have been transformed by heat, humidity and time. Karl Ohiri hide caption
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Vichitra Rajasingh had 80 Barbies as a kid. Living in a small town at a time when there wasn't much entertainment, she says Barbie was a source of limitless imagination. At the bakery she now runs, she bakes about half-a-dozen Barbie cakes a week. She says the dolls remind her of her grandmother, who passed away at age 87 in January and who used to surprise her by sewing outfits for her dolls. Anushree Bhatter for NPR hide caption
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An image of the hepatitis C virus Image made from a transmission electron microscopy. The virus is adept at evading the immune system. BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
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Jacqueline Trejo, mayor of Macuelizo, walks past one of the town's murals. The pink flowering tree that's depicted is the source of the town's name. She wanted to improve the quality of life there but lacked the funds to fulfill her plans. Tomas Ayuso for NPR hide caption
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Migrants onboard the Adriana, during a rescue operation before the boat capsized on the open sea off Greece on June 14. Egypt is the country with the highest number of illegal migrants heading to Europe. Hellenic Coast Guard/Reuters hide caption
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This colorized transmission electron micrograph of a human white blood cell (bottom) shows the HLA antigen — the uneven red areas on the cell's exterior surface. A variant of the HLA gene could play a role in warding off COVID symptoms. CNRI / Science Source hide caption
You know those folks who had COVID but no symptoms? A new study offers an explanation
Mosquitoes spread malaria. Now researchers hope that a gene drive technology could turn them into malaria fighters. Although not every scientist thinks it's a good idea to genetically modify a wild animal. James Gathany/AP hide caption
Mosquitoes spread malaria. These researchers want them to fight it instead
Wednesday
Anti-tank obstacles on a wheat field at a farm in southern Ukraine's Mykolaiv region. The country's grain exports were curtailed this week when Russia pulled out of a deal that allowed grain-laden ships to sail out of Ukrainian ports. Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A baby receives the DPT vaccine, that can prevent diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, as part of a monthly check-up medical program for children at an integrated services post in Banda Aceh on June 8, 2023. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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"We met in 1952," my grandfather PR Meiyappan tells me. "The first time I set eyes on your grandmother was when we were at the altar." She was 16, he was 19. Their parents had arranged their marriage. B Soma Sundaram hide caption
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An Afghan beautician applies makeup to a client at a beauty salon in Mazar-i-Sharif. Atif Aryan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Inside Kabul's beauty salons: One of the last places women can gather now must close
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Beautician Murphy Oyewole at his salon at Balogun Market, Lagos Island, Lagos. Manny Jefferson for NPR hide caption
Nigerians are rattled by prices that just keep going up. How are they coping?
Opill is the first birth control pill available over the counter in the United States. Perrigo Company plc hide caption