Around the globe, people are searching for ways to reduce plastic waste. Above: Dampalit, a fishing community in Manila Bay, can't keep up with a constant influx of trash. Jes Aznar for NPR hide caption
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A new study points to the connections between climate change, lack of proper nutrition and obesity. Rick Elkins, Josh Sommers, Chris Minihane/Getty Images hide caption
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Teenage sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen of Bali have received many honors for their efforts to ban plastic bags. Above: They accept the 2017 "Award for Our Earth" from Germany's Bambi Awards. Alexander Koerner/Getty Images hide caption
How Teenage Sisters Pushed Bali To Say 'Bye-Bye' To Plastic Bags
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Villagers in Canchayllo stand by a reconstructed canal. Carlos Díaz Huerta (Tres Mitades)/UNDP hide caption
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Some images from Goats and Soda's top stories of 2018. From left: changing the way we sit to fix back pain; is sleeping with your baby dangerous?; men walk near the site where the body of an 8-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered, was found. From left: Lily Padula for NPR; Fabio Consoli for NPR; Channi Anand/AP hide caption
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A landscape undergoing a reforestation project is seen in Gongxian County in Sichuan, China. Eye Ubiquitous/UIG via Getty Images hide caption
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NPR producer Furkan Latif Khan doesn't like to leave her home in New Delhi without her breathing mask — although one doctor told her it might not help all that much. Furkan Latif Khan hide caption
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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
For Karachi's Water Mafia, Stolen H2O Is A 'Lucrative Business'
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The Sahara desert creeps up on a palm field. Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A Scientist Dreams Up A Plan To Stop The Sahara From Expanding
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Chris Junior Anaekwe, right, with three volunteers. They picked up trash in their city of Onitsha, Nigeria, for World Environment Day on June 5. Chris Junior Anaekwe hide caption
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The people of Rwanda are required to take part in the national cleanup day, Umuganda, on the last Saturday of every month. (Above) Getting grass under control in Kigali, the capital city. Forster/ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption
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Tens of thousands of people live in villages on the edge of the Ankeniheny-Zahamena Corridor rainforest in Madagascar. A government policy now bans cutting down trees to get more land for farming. Mahesh Poudyal hide caption
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A worker sorts plastic bottles at a recycling center in China. Jie Zhao/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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Baobab trees along a dirt road called the Avenue of the Baobabs in Morondava, Madagascar. Panoramic Images/Getty Images hide caption