An iguana perches on a rock in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Gary Hunt/Flickr hide caption
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Clockwise from top left: Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Texas. A victim of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Rescuers search for survivors after the earthquake in Mexico. Monsoon flooding in India. Top Left: Emily Kask Top Right: Carolyn Cole Bottom Left: Diptendu Dutta Bottom Right: Pedro Pardo/Getty Images hide caption
A close-up of cultured typhoid bacteria. CNRI/Science Source hide caption
Thursday
Shadrach Mugoya Levi, right, at his recent wedding in Uganda. From left: his son Oren Levi and Moshe Isiko. Merissa Nathan Gerson hide caption
Twins Heloisa (left) and Heloa Barbosa, both born with microcephaly, had a one-year birthday party on April 16 in Areia, Brazil. Their mother says she contracted the Zika virus during pregnancy. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Gerelee Odonchimed, vice director of Women for Change, modeled for this half-nude photo. Katya Cengel for NPR hide caption
Tuesday
A Pakistani man and boy walk through floodwaters on Aug. 22, 2010, in the village of Baseera in Punjab. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption
Rohingya refugees reach out for food donations at the Kutupalong camp in southern Bangladesh. Tommy Trenchard/Caritas hide caption
Monday
President Donald Trump greets Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (right) before a luncheon with U.S. and African leaders during the United Nations General Assembly. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Entrepreneurs sort cocoa beans on a tray at Cacao de Origen, a school founded by Maria Di Giacobbe to train Venezuelan women in the making of premium chocolate. Zeina Alvarado (left) later found work in a bean-to-bar production facility in Mexico. Courtesy of Cacao de Origen hide caption
Sunday
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PHOTOS: A 4-Year Mission To Present A New Vision Of Beauty
Saturday
An infant receives medical care at a New Delhi hospital. Gurinder Osan/Associated Press hide caption
Friday
An aerial view shows the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Catano, Puerto Rico, on Friday. The island could be without power for months, complicating relief efforts. Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals printed on M&M's will melt in your mouth, not on your hands. Josh Loock/NPR hide caption
Thursday
Children in Il Ngwesi, Kenya, horse around in their schoolyard. Anthony Asael/Via AP Images hide caption