Lauren Geoghegan cycling through Africa. Courtesy of Simply Cycling hide caption
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High-speed tracking dogs have been a game-changer in the fight against rhino poaching in South Africa. Their success depends on their ability to work as a team, which means they sleep and eat in the pack-sized enclosures shown above. David Fuchs hide caption
To Combat Rhino Poaching, Dogs Are Giving South African Park Rangers A Crucial Assist
Afghan policemen stand guard outside the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque the day after a suicide attack during Friday evening prayers last October. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Blood samples of people living with HIV in a laboratory at the AIDS Research Center in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Sia Kambou/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
A man in Tehran looks at a newspaper with a picture of President Trump on the front page on Tuesday. Iran's currency traded at a fresh record-low of 119,000 to the dollar today, a loss of nearly two-thirds of its value since the start of the year as U.S. sanctions loom. Trump says he's willing to meet with Iranian leaders, but Iran doesn't seem eager to sit down. Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
30-year-old Dai Xuan, who works as the editor of a luxury magazine in Shanghai – and is pictured at the helm of a private jet - says the reason why she hasn't married yet is economic. She says she loves her job and she makes more than enough to support herself, which has made her pickier about who she dates. NPR hide caption
A man watches a TV screen showing what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, in November. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
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A South African court has overturned diplomatic immunity for former Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe, shown here at a 2017 rally. Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/AP hide caption
Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro is greeted by supporters as he launches his campaign for October's presidential election, in Rio de Janeiro, on July 22. Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Dictatorship Was A 'Very Good' Period, Says Brazil's Aspiring President
Michael Scott Moore was captured by pirates after traveling to Somalia to write a book about the history of piracy in the Horn of Africa. Chris Pizzello/AP hide caption
Journalist Held Captive By Pirates Says Focus And Forgiveness Were Crucial
President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte participate in a joint news conference at the East Room of the White House Monday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Trump Says 'No Problem' With Government Shutdown Over Border Wall Funding
Now-former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson is the most senior Roman Catholic clergyman in the world to be convicted of covering up clergy sex abuse. Darren Pateman/AP hide caption
Nigerian anti-trafficking activist Blessing Okoedion at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., in June. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
Indigenous women in traditional attire hold placards to protest against the Indian government decision to provide citizenship or stay rights to minorities from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan in India in Gauhati, India, in a protest held in May. Anupam Nath/AP hide caption