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A modern menstrual hut. Amol Thaware hide caption
A girl in Afghanistan is vaccinated against smallpox in the 1970s, a part of the WHO's smallpox eradication campaign. P. Almasy/WHO Photo hide caption
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"Mestizo Man," Nahua artisan Zeferino Baltasar Basilio, San Francisco Ozomatlán, Guerrero, Mexico. Toya Sarno Jordan for NPR hide caption
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People don face masks to help keep the coronavirus at bay in June in Ankara, Turkey. But what about earlier recommendations to stay 6 feet away from others and limit close contact to 15 minutes? Are these still effective against the contagious delta variant? Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Yemeni children diagnosed with cancer wait to receive treatment at an oncology ward of a hospital in Sana'a on February 4. A new study looks at the impact of COVID-19 on kids with cancer. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images hide caption
An Afghan woman feeds a newborn rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul in May 2020 after gunmen attacked a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in parts of the country — and is continuing its work following the Taliban takeover. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
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Volunteers and trainees with the group Bikeygees at a park in Berlin in July. The organization teaches refugee women in Germany how to ride bikes. Trainee Shapol Bakir-Rasoul, a refugee from Iraq, holds up a Bikeygees sign with founder Annette Krüger, right. Behind them in yellow is volunteer Shaha Khalef, a refugee from Iraq. Deborah Amos/NPR hide caption
'A Beautiful Feeling': Refugee Women In Germany Learn The Joy Of Riding Bikes
Saturday
Tori Cooper is the first Black transgender woman appointed to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Tori Cooper hide caption
Friday
COVID-19 vaccines from COVAX, the international vaccine-sharing program, arrive in Khartoum, Sudan, on Aug. 5. In a letter to President Biden, health experts are asking him to take action to manufacture and distribute vaccines to the entire world. Ebrahim Hamid/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Medics in Jerusalem transfer a COVID-19 patient to Hadassah Hospital Ein Kerem. Many hospitals in Israel are at full capacity following a sharp increase in coronavirus infections. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Highly Vaccinated Israel Is Seeing A Dramatic Surge In New COVID Cases. Here's Why
Thursday
Nurses feed newborn babies rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on May 15, 2020, after their mothers were killed in an attack on a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The health-care nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in various parts of the country. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Afghanistan's Health Care Is In 'Limbo' Following Taliban Takeover, Says MSF Rep
Afghan women gather to protest claims of human rights violations of women by the Taliban regime. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The Taliban Swore To Kill An Afghan Doctor For Giving Birth Control To A Child Bride
Wednesday
People line up last week to receive COVID-19 vaccines in Kampala, Uganda, after weeks of no supply. In Uganda, only 2.2% of the population had received one dose of a vaccine as of Aug. 15. Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images hide caption
Why A Push For Boosters Could Make The Pandemic Even Worse
Australian Defense Force personnel assist the public at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Sydney, Wednesday, Aug.18th. Australia's most populous state reported a record 633 new infections on Wednesday. Dan Himbrechts/AP hide caption