Don't let a selfie be the end of you Selfies can be great fun — or horribly dangerous. India, which has tallied hundreds of injuries and deaths from risky selfie-taking, is urging folks to stay safe when holding up their phone for a pix. Kamala Thiagarajan
Photos: Mother Nature must be really annoyed at our fakery A polar bear in a zoo, a hotel balcony overlooking elephants, a tree mural shrouded by haze: They're images from the new book The Anthropocene Illusion, about the way humans are remaking Earth. Jonathan Lambert
My son loved his first day of kindergarten. It brings up my own bittersweet memories When his son began kindergarten this week, educator James Kassaga Arinaitwe flashed back to his own initiation into school, growing up in Uganda under far humbler circumstances. James Kassaga Arinaitwe
Whatever happened to the women in the 'No Sex for Fish' group? NPR first wrote about the group "No Sex for Fish" in 2019 — Kenyan women out to end the practice of trading sex to a fisherman in exchange for his catch to sell. Since then they're faced tribulations. Viola Kosome
Why billions of folks can't easily get a drink or flush a toilet A report from the World Health Organization says 1 in 4 people lack access to safe water to drink. Even more don't have water for sanitation. We asked someone who grew up that way to share childhood memories. Jonathan Lambert
Whatever happened to our sibling series? It's back! And guess who's the heir apparent When parents die, sibling tensions can arise over inheritance. In many traditions, the oldest child used to get it all. In a part of Pakistan, there's a surprise twist: The youngest is the chosen one. Benazir Samad
A 6-year-old girl from Gaza, a missing limb and a doctor's mission How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center. Ari Daniel
Whatever happened to ... the optimist who thinks games and music can change the world On a planet that can feel increasingly challenged, we asked activist Edgard Gouveia Jr. about his latest efforts to improve life on Earth, what "artivism" is — and what he dreams of. Ari Daniel
Whatever happened to ... the race to cure HIV? There's promising news At the International AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from South Africa spoke. She is the first Black woman from Africa to be potentially cured of HIV. David Cox
Photos: The perilous lives of miners in South Africa's abandoned mines 'Artisanal miners' is the phrase used for South Africans who salvage coal from abandoned mines. It's a grueling and risky life. "Bit by bit it's killing something inside me," says one such miner. Text and photos by Tommy Trenchard
