Dr. R.K. Gupta, center, the doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which at least 13 dozen women died, is interrogated by police in Bilaspur, India, on Thursday. PTI/AP hide caption
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
NATO has reported a spike in Russian military activity at sea and in NATO and other western European countries' airspace as tensions have mounted over Ukraine. Here, a Russian military long-range bomber aircraft flies in international airspace on Oct. 29. Royal Air Force/AP hide caption
Pedestrians pass the display windows at Bonhams New York auction house. The Mexican government accuses Bonhams of auctioning off artifacts that were stolen from Mexico, and says others that were offered as ancient were modern fakes. Bebeto Matthews/AP hide caption
These farmers grow maize, onions and other vegetables in a city in Ghana. They use groundwater to irrigate their crops. Nana Kofi Acquah/IWMI hide caption
A screenshot from a demo of the Ebola-training video game. Courtesy of Shift Labs hide caption
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the global economy is relying too heavily on just the United States for growth. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
What do you get when three Israelis, two Iranians and a German walk into a room? A Berlin-based world music ensemble known as Sistanagila, named after an Iranian province — Sistan and Baluchestan — and the popular Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila." Courtesy of Sistanagila hide caption
Mazen Hariz, a bartender and business student in east Beirut, says it took him seven months to grow his beard. Tim Fitzsimons for NPR hide caption
A police officer stands in front of the Pasteur clinic in Bamako, which was quarantined after a nurse there died from Ebola. Habibou Kouyate /AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Peter Thum visited a military base in Rwanda where destruction of small arms took place in 2009. Moises Saman/Courtesy of Fonderie 47 hide caption
An Afghan farmer collects raw opium as he works in a poppy field in Khogyani District of Nangarhar province in April 2013. AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Obama, seen here during a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, announced pledges to reduce greenhouse gases. HUANG JINGWEN/Xinhua /Landov hide caption