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Need A Hand? Don't Worry, The Ghanaians Got Your Back
Samar Minallah Khan was honored by Vital Voices for her documentaries on the injustices faced by Pakistani women.Courtesy of Samar Minallah Khanhide caption
Filmmaker Wants To Stop Fathers From Giving Up Their Daughters
This is a photo taken in the town of Smell No Taste, where a teenager died of Ebola this past week. The home where he passed away is now under quarantine.Abbas Dulleh/APhide caption
Yes, There Really Is A Town In Liberia Called 'Smell No Taste'
The crowded streets of Kolkata are only going to get more crowded. Randy Olson/National Geographic hide caption
Brian Bwembya Kasoka (also known as B Flow) sings and raps about women's issues. Justin T. Gellerson for NPR hide caption
Ricardo "Cobe" Williams, wearing the cap, served time for attempted murder before joining CeaseFire as a "violence interrupter." Above, he talks with Lil Mikey in a scene from the documentary The Interrupters. Lil Mikey, who'd also been in prison, went on to become an outreach worker with the organization. Aaron Wickenden/Courtesy of Kartemquin Films hide caption
Angela Helena Carvalho de Sa helps young people succeed on land (as a tutor and mentor) and on the sea (by supporting a skimboarding program that keeps kids out of trouble). Justin T. Gellerson for NPR hide caption
This is one of 12 rain forest landscapes by Abel Rodriguez, part of his ink-and-watercolor series Ciclo anual del bosque de la vega (Seasonal changes in the flooded rain forest). Abel Rodriguez/Courtesy of Tropenbos International, Colombia hide caption
If you were a tsetse fly, you would be irresistibly attracted to these blue flags. Courtesy of J.Esterhuizen/LSTM Tsetse Project hide caption
Babajide Bello of the tech company Andela takes a selfie with AOL's Steve Case after the pair played a pickup game of pingpong. Courtesy of Andela hide caption
Grace Jerry performs her original single "E Go Happen" at a gathering of young African leaders at Montpelier, James Madison's home. The lyrics say: "Yes we can, sure we can change the world." YouTube hide caption
The night before the NBA exhibition game, two South African teams faced off in Johannesburg. Hoops aren't exactly a huge draw in the soccer-loving country. Attendance was about 1,000. Don Boroughs for NPR hide caption
Fibers from the fique plant, dyed with natural pigments by artist Susana Mejia, are part of the Waterweavers exhibit. In the photo above, the fibers hang to dry in the Amazon jungle. Jorge Montoya hide caption
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A woman receives the rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine at a clinical trial in Conakry, Guinea. The vaccine appears effective after only one shot. Cellou Binani/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Using a digital device that displays Braille characters, Haben Girma talks with President Obama at a White House ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. White House photo/Courtesy of Haben Girma hide caption
In this 16th-century painting, Saint Benedict exorcises a demon from a man possessed. Alfredo Dagli Orti/The Art Archive/Corbis hide caption
The bar chart tells all: That's how eighth-graders at Bakgatle Community Junior Secondary School in Botswana can compare the HIV infection rate of older men and of teenage boys. Don Boroughs for NPR hide caption
Tourists on safari watch three young lions in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. Beverly Joubert/National Geographic/Getty Images hide caption
Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who just turned 75, thinks of credit as a human right. Ben de la Cruz/NPR hide caption