A little girl fills two jerrycans with water in the Korangi slum in Karachi. Fetching water is a duty that often falls on very young children. Diaa Hadid/NPR hide caption
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Donald Trump Jr. at a photo session after visiting Trump Tower Kolkata, a Trump Organization apartment building in India. Its website says it is "synonymous with celebrated luxury." Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption
The town sign stands in the snow at the entrance to Davos, Switzerland, host to the 48th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum taking place this week. Donald Trump will be among the attendees. David Keyton/AP hide caption
Mohamed Yonus (dark shirt, green skirt) carries his distribution bag to his home in the Hakimpara refugee camp. Allison Joyce for NPR hide caption
Pope Francis spoke to the ambassadors to the Holy See on Monday. Vatican Pool/Getty Images hide caption
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Water polluted by mine runoff in West Virginia. Philip Alston, the U.N. envoy, cites a ranking of 178 countries by access to drinking water and sanitation. The United States trails behind many wealthy countries, coming in at No. 36. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
A screenshot from Comic Relief's fundraising ad, featuring Ed Sheeran. He talks to a boy named J.D. in Liberia. Comic Relief via YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Women line up to vaccinate their children in Kitahurira village, Uganda. Andrew Aitchison/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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Philip Alston, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, is leading a mission to investigate poverty in the U.S. Wang Zhao /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A recipient of cash aid through GiveDirectly's experiment checks his phone to confirm that the latest monthly transfer has been made. Nichole Sobecki for NPR hide caption
Children on the North Cape in Norway live in one of the top countries for kids, according to a Save the Children report. Norway is tied with Slovenia for the top spot. Jekaterina Nikitina/Getty Images hide caption
View of apartments in the Villa 31 shantytown in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 25, 2017. Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Former residents from the waterfront settlement of Otodo Gbame in Lagos. They've been displaced and are now living in Makoko, another waterfront slum. Tim McDonnell for NPR hide caption
Children frolic at a plaza with a fountain in Managua. INTI OCON/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wedding guests dance at a New Delhi celebration. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images hide caption
Some workers in low-income countries are choosing bitcoin, a virtual currency powered by blockchain technology, to send money to their families. It's cheaper, faster and doesn't require a middleman. Andrew Baker/Getty Images/Ikon Images hide caption
The M-PESA agent who works in this shop is part of a vast network of small-time vendors. Screengrab by NPR/YouTube hide caption