Stringy particles of Ebola virus (blue) bud from a chronically infected cell (yellow-green) in this colorized, scanning electron micrograph. NIAID/Science Source hide caption
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Demonstrators set fire to cars near Burkina Faso's Parliament on Thursday in Ouagadougou. Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
NPR producer Rolando Arrieta approaches the Ebola screening station at the airport in Monrovia, Liberia. Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR hide caption
Monday
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power has her temperature taken as she arrives in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on Monday. Power is on a visit to West Africa to get a first-hand look at the global response to the epidemic. Reuters/Landov hide caption
Friday
A volunteer receives the experimental Ebola vaccination "cAd3-EBO-Z" at the vaccines center in Bamako, Mali, earlier this month. Mali has become the sixth country in West Africa to report Ebola. Alex Duval Smith/EPA/Landov hide caption
Tuesday
This experimental Ebola vaccine, developed by the U.S. government, is just one of several undergoing small-scale, preliminary testing. University of Maryland School of Medicine/AP hide caption
Thomas Nellon (left), 17, and his brother Johnson Nellon, 14, of Liberia smile at their mother in the arrivals area at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York earlier this month. The brothers received a health screening upon arrival. The U.S. says it will step up screening measures for arrivals from Ebola-affected West African countries. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption
Saturday
Senegalese fencer Abdoulaye Thiam (left) competed against Jason Rogers of the U.S. during the 2008 Olympics. Due to Ebola fears, a World Cup fencing event set for Senegal this month has been canceled. Philippe Desmazes/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
When a high-risk patient is evacuated, strict precautions are followed. Above, aid workers and doctors in protective gear transfer Manuel Garcia Viejo, a Spanish priest diagnosed with Ebola, to a waiting ambulance at a Madrid airport. Spanish Defense Ministry/AP hide caption
Sunday
Elliott Adekoya, 31, aka The Milkman, is a DJ at Monrovia's Sky FM radio, pictured here his DJ booth. He is also part of a group of 45 Liberian musicians called the Save Liberia Project. They want to get the word out that Ebola is real, but it is not a death sentence. He says that message, which was propagated early on by the Ministry of Health, actually contributed to the problem. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
Liberian Singers Use The Power Of Music To Raise Ebola Awareness
Thursday
Due to fears of Ebola, Excalibur, the pet of a nurse assistant infected with the virus in Madrid, was euthanized as a precautionary measure. AP hide caption
Reported cases of Ebola in Liberia have dropped for three weeks in a row. The values include both probable and confirmed cases. Michaeleen Doucleff/World Health Organization hide caption
Wednesday
A health official uses a thermometer on a passenger at the international airport in Lagos, Nigeria. Sunday Alamba/AP hide caption
Why One Public Health Expert Thinks Airport Ebola Screening Won't Work
Thursday
There's no escaping Ebola in West Africa. Here, a seller of bananas walks past a slogan painted on a wall in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia. Domonique Faget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Port Louis is the capital of Mauritius, known as the "Switzerland of Africa" because of its wealth and its mountains. The country has banned visitors from Ebola-stricken nations. Paul Russell/Corbis hide caption