Musician Toumani Diabaté of Mali and his 21-string kora, photographed at WOMAD -- the World of Music, Arts and Dance festival held yearly in the United Kingdom. Diabaté died on July 19 at age 58.
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A key protein called Reelin may help stave off Alzheimer's disease, according to a growing body of research. GSO Images/The Image Bank/Getty Images hide caption
From left: Francisca Chagas Dos Santos. Taquari District. Rio Branco, Brazil. March 2015. Terence McKeen with his mother, Gloria. Blackcreek, Middleburg, Florida. United States. September 2017 Gideon Mendel hide caption
Air quality in Denver was badly affected by wildfire smoke from blazes in Oregon and provinces of western Canada on July 24, 2024. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
An electron microscope image of a Listeria monocytogenes bacterium, which has been linked to an outbreak spread through deli meat. Boar's Head recalled meat on Friday, after two deaths and 33 hospitalizations linked to Listeria. Elizabeth White/AP/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hide caption
Bristeria Clark (center) at the graduation ceremony for Morehouse School of Medicine's first class of rural doulas, called perinatal patient navigators. Clark, who's also a nurse and county employee, wants other women to have more support than she did while navigating pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum care. Matthew Pearson/WABE hide caption
A Sudanese girl who has fled from the war with her family arrives at a refugee transit center. The conflict that began in April 2023 has displaced millions and created a humanitarian crisis. Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder last year that has inhibited her mobility and hampered her voice. On July, 25 she debuted the use of an AI tool built to mirror her own voice in a speech on the House floor. House Television hide caption
Sara Miliji, 12, from the border village of Naqoura, participates in an art class at a renovated movie theatre in the city of Tyre. Sara's family fled when their village was bombed. They now live along with hundreds of other families in a schoolroom turned into a shelter.
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Judith Dambowic, a multiple myeloma patient, on her porch in Oakland, CA, right before shaving her head in preparation for a stem cell transplant in May. Dambowic wanted California to pass a law regulating Medigap insurance policies. The reform, which ultimately failed, would have made it easier for her to switch her coverage from Medicare Advantage to traditional Medicare.
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A pharmacist holds a vial of lenacapavir, the HIV prevention injectable drug that was shown to be 100% effective in newly published clinical trial data. Nardus Engelbrecht/AP/AP hide caption
Cheaper copycat versions of blockbuster weight loss drugs are flooding the market. Guido Mieth/Getty Images hide caption
Chickens stand in their cages at a farm in 2009, near Stuart, Iowa. Millions of chickens have been culled in Iowa, Colorado and other states since 2022 in response to the current H5N1 bird flu outbreak. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
A large study looked at 11- and 12-year-old children, and 72% of them had their own cellphone. Sladic/E+/Getty Images hide caption
A nurse takes care of a dengue fever patient at the Sergio Bernales National Hospital in the outskirts of Lima on April 17. The number of suspected cases in Peru so far this year is over 100,000. Juan Carlos Cisneros/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Gemini IV spacewalk, June 3, 1965. NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. NASA hide caption
It took Jacqueline Vakil seven weeks to find an alternative asthma medication for her 4-year-old son James. Jonathan Wilson/WHYY hide caption
Abortion rights and other health care issues were part of Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign stump speech in Fayetteville, N.C., on Thursday — three days before Biden dropped out of the race. Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption
This northern ghost bat (Diclidurus albus) was a special, rare find for the bat scientists gathered in Belize. “It was magical,” says evolutionary biologist Jasmin Camacho.
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