A wooden boat was spotted at night in international waters north of Libya by Doctors Without Borders' rescue team aboard the MV Geo Barents. Valerio Muscella for NPR hide caption
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Mulikat Okanlawon of Nigeria contracted noma when she was a child. The gangrenous infection ate away at the flesh and bone in her face. She survived and has had surgery to repair scars left by the disease. Today she works at the Sokoto Noma Hospital, guiding noma patients on the road to recovery. Claire Jeantet and Fabrice Caterini / Inediz hide caption
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This Doctors Without Borders clinic in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is called Pran Men'm (Take My Hand) in the local language. The humanitarian medical aid group operates in more than 70 countries. Valerie Baeriswyl/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Dr. Antoine Titus talks to a walk-up patient at Immaculée Conception Hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, where he was made chief physician the day of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake. Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption
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An Afghan woman feeds a newborn rescued and brought to Ataturk National Children's Hospital in Kabul in May 2020 after gunmen attacked a maternity ward operated by Doctors Without Borders. The nonprofit runs clinics and hospitals in parts of the country — and is continuing its work following the Taliban takeover. Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images hide caption
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A dirt road cuts through a sprawling refugee camp in South Sudan where Doctors Without Borders has a hospital. In a letter, 1,000 current and former employees are accusing the aid group of racism and white supremacy. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Doctors Without Borders Responds To Charges Of 'Racism' From Its Staff
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People wear face masks in Sanaa, Yemen, as health workers fumigate a market over concerns about the spread of COVID-19. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters hide caption
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A girl receives the Ebola vaccine in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption
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FEMA disaster relief trailers in storage. FEMA hide caption
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The rescue ship Aquarius, chartered by aid groups SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders, leaves the harbor of Marseille, France, on Aug. 1. The ship has been docked at Marseille since September, when it lost its registration, and Italian authorities are demanding its seizure. Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A 12-year-old Iranian refugee girl, who had tried to set herself on fire with petrol, rests in a bed in Nauru, where nearly 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been sent by the government of Australia. Mike Leyral/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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A worker disinfects shoes outside the Ebola security zone at a hospital in Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Junior Kannah/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
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Qusay Hussein, 29, survived a suicide bombing in Iraq in 2006. He lost his vision, nose and cheek before moving to the United States. He graduated from a community college in Texas on Thursday and aspires to be a psychologist. Courtesy of Qusay Hussein hide caption
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In South Sudan, the staff of Doctors Without Borders has newly devised "runaway bags," filled with medical supplies so the health workers can provide care if people have to flee because of conflict. MSF hide caption
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Rohingya refugees wait for medical treatment at a 'Doctors Without Borders clinic in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Paula Bronstein/Getty Images hide caption