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Tuesday

A donkey's owner makes last-minute adjustments ahead of the costume competition at the annual Donkey Festival in San Antero. Andrés Ríos for NPR hide caption

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Donkeys take center stage at an annual festival in Colombia

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Antibiotic- and growth-hormone-free cattle gather at a farm in Yamhill, Ore. Despite farmers pledging to reduce or stop antibiotics use, a new report finds that sales of antibiotics for use on farms are going up. Don Ryan/AP hide caption

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Friday

Cattle raised at the U.S. Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Neb. A New York Times investigation of animal suffering at the federal research center has prompted a USDA review. Nati Harnik/AP hide caption

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Friday

A man with a cow in Dong Thap province in southern Vietnam. He got the cow from Heifer International — as well as training and resources to care for it. Courtesy of Juleen Lapporte hide caption

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Courtesy of Juleen Lapporte

With Alternative Giving, A Nudge Out Of Poverty For The Poor

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