A midwife assesses a pregnant woman at a mobile health clinic in Afghanistan. In the wake of the freeze of USAID, some 200 clinics in the country have had to close. Midwives told NPR that it's now more difficult for pregnant women, especially in remote areas, to get medical care in case of a crisis. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the collapsed Sky Villa Condominium building in Mandalay on March 29, a day after an earthquake struck central Myanmar. Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
"USAID" is etched onto a covering where signage used to be at the U.S. Agency for International Development's headquarters in Washington, D.C. Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A health care worker administers a measles vaccine to a child at a temporary vaccination camp following an outbreak in Mumbai. India is among the countries that get vaccination support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, whose USAID funding has been terminated. Vijay Bate/Hindustan Times via Getty Images/Hindustan Times hide caption
Pete Marocco (center), who served as deputy administrator for USAID in the new Trump administration until last week, arrives at Capitol Hill on March 5 to meet with members of Congress to discuss foreign assistance. He was on staff at the agency during the first Trump administration — and both times sought to cut many of its programs. Kent Nishimura//Reuters hide caption
U.S. and Chinese flags wave at Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, on Feb. 2, 2022. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
President Donald Trump gestures to U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts after his swearing-in ceremony in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
A pregnant woman brought her child to a health clinic in Farchana, Chad. They are sitting under a mosquito net. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Secretary of State Rubio (center) flanked by Doug Burgum, secretary of the interior, and President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting on Feb. 26. On Monday, Rubio posted on X that 83% of USAID contracts had been canceled following a review. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Bloomberg hide caption
Jefferson, a refugee residing in the Parkview Apartments community in Riverdale, Maryland sits in his bedroom that he shares with his roommate on Feb. 27, 2025. Dee Dwyer for NPR hide caption
South African boys from a rural area are briefed by an health worker from Doctors Without Borders before undergoing medical circumcision as a form of HIV prevention. The U.S. has supported male circumcision programs in countries with high rates of HIV. In his address to Congress this week, President Donald Trump listed aid programs that he considers an "appalling waste" and included "$10 million for male circumcision in Mozambique." Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supporters hold banners as USAID workers retrieve their personal belongings from the USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
LoveYourself, a nonprofit providing free HIV testing and treatment services in the Philippines, has suspended services due to the Trump administrations freeze of foreign aid. The Philippines has lost about $69.7 million in aid programs across the country. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption
Young men pose for pictures in front of HIV posters in Ethiopia. Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images/Corbis News hide caption