The question of what to call the "developing world" is a developing debate. Jing Wei for NPR hide caption
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An N95 respirator — a critical piece of personal protective equipment. The U.S. is now restricting the ability of aid groups abroad to use American funds to buy PPE. Xinzheng/Getty Images hide caption
Computer illustration of malignant B-cell lymphocytes seen in Burkitt's lymphoma, the most common childhood cancer in sub-Saharan Africa. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from top left: Bad selfie; "tree man" disease; Hadza man eating honeycomb; toilet from Amber, India; mothers from Namibia's Himba tribe and deer tick. Clockwise from top left: SAIH Norway/Screenshot by NPR; Hadassah; Matthieu Paley/National Geographic; Zoriah Miller for Dollar Street; Jose Luis Trisan/Getty; Hadynyah/Getty; and Stephen Reiss for NPR. hide caption
In a village in southern Vietnam, a woman weaves a fishing net. By tradition, Vietnamese women make nets for their husbands. Danny Yen Sin Wong hide caption
An aerial view of Tiniteqilaaq, a small settlement on Greenland's east coast. Victor Cerutti hide caption
Pedestrians in Moscow walked past a sign showing a drop in the value of the ruble last week. Russia is one of the oil-producing nations cited by the IMF as facing lower-than-expected growth. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
A fruit dealer in the Kashmir region of India separates rotten apples from freshly harvested apples. Yawar Nazir/Getty Images hide caption
A nurse in Hyderabad, India, gives a vaccine to a child. The immunization will protect against diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus and other diseases. Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Teddy Ruge — who goes by TMS Ruge — won a White House award for his efforts to bring change to Africa. Courtesy of TMS Ruge hide caption
The question of what to call "the developing world" is a developing debate. Jing Wei for NPR hide caption