Ghulam Siddique, a goat herder from Pakistan's Sindh province, has been forced to increase the price of his goats to offset the rising cost of the animals' feed. Amar Guriro for NPR hide caption
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Amponsah believes that "God heals and the people heal themselves." He says his role as a surgeon is to facilitate the healing process. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Wednesday
The typical asymmetrical lymphedema (lower limb swelling) seen in podoconiosis. The skin on the affected limbs is thickened with warty and mossy nodules. The toes are disfigured with joint fixation typical of advanced podoconiosis disease. Christine Kihembo/ASTMH & AJTMH hide caption
Tuesday
A boy on the outskirts of Bogra, Bangladesh, on Aug. 20. Turjoy Chowdhury/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
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Salamatu Umar, who was forced to marry a Boko Haram fighter, holds son Usman Abubakar. Jide Adeniyi-Jones for NPR hide caption
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One of the stray dogs that turned blue hangs out on a street in the Taloja industrial zone in Mumbai. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Mariama Conte underwent female genital mutilation when she was 9. She volunteers as a mentor at an annual kids' camp that aims to educate them about the harm caused by FGM. Courtney Columbus/for NPR hide caption
Thursday
Hadza man eating honeycomb and larvae from a beehive. Matthieu Paley/National Geographic hide caption
Is The Secret To A Healthier Microbiome Hidden In The Hadza Diet?
Drones fly through the sky on a delivery in Rwanda. Courtesy of Zipline hide caption
Monday
A woman carries bags of food on her back at Dakamur camp, Somalia, in March. Anadolu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption
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Modu Churi, who fled his village to escape the militant Boko Haram group last year, now earns a living by charging cellphones for displaced persons in northeastern Nigeria. Jide Adeniyi-Jones for NPR hide caption
Friday
Strike 2: Our second attempt at illustrating the plague story — with what we said was a 15th-century image by Jacopo Oddi from the La Franceschina codex depicting Franciscan monks treating victims of the plague in Italy — is about leprosy. A. Dagli Orti/Getty Images hide caption
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Search and rescue team members and soldiers work near a mudslide site and a damaged building near Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Tuesday. Mohamed Saidu Bah/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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