The Veterinary Mental Health Initiative, which offers free support groups and one-on-one help to vets across the country, has helped Razyeeh Mazaheri work through the anxiety she was feeling. Mark Primiano hide caption
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People embrace last month in Minneapolis after the verdict is announced in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd. Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
A male bonobo at Lola yo Bonobo sanctuary. Only about 20,000 wild bonobos are left, and they are found only in the central rainforests of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ley Uwera for NPR hide caption
Faced with a rat trapped in a restrainer, a free rat opens the trap's door to liberate the trapped animal (while stepping on its head — "very rat-ish behavior," says University of Chicago neurobiologist Peggy Mason). David Christopher/University of Chicago hide caption
To Come To The Rescue Or Not? Rats, Like People, Take Cues From Bystanders
Lual Mayen, CEO of Junub Games, says that before he taught himself how to code at a refugee camp, "I never thought video games were made by people. I thought they just fall from heaven." Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
The War For Kindness: Building Empathy in a Fractured World, by Jamil Zaki Crown hide caption
Studies show that when doctors practice compassion, patients fare better, and doctors experience less burnout. Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF hide caption
Parents can phrase advice to their teens about coping with stress in ways that also help teenagers imagine the perspectives of others. Maria Fabrizio for NPR hide caption
This wounded ant (Megaponera analis), with two termites clinging to it, is alive but likely too exhausted after battle to get back to the nest without help. Frank et al./Science Advances hide caption
An early draft of Card III in Hermann Rorschach's psychological test. Archiv und Sammlung Hermann Rorschach, University Library of Bern hide caption
A Syrian woman and her child sit in their refugee living space in Lebanon. They are featured in Four Walls, a virtual reality presentation by the International Rescue Committee. YouVisit Studios hide caption
Julie Zhuo, product design director at Facebook, demonstrates the new emoji-like stickers users can press in addition to the like button. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption
Cardboard Google goggles whisk viewers into a virtual reality world. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
By age 3, kids already have a burgeoning sense of empathy, ownership and justice. iStockphoto hide caption