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Pregnant women sing and dance before being assisted in a health unit where several women look for assistance with prenatal care in Koidu, district of Kono, Sierra Leone, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Many African, Asian families marry off daughters amid virus

By Krista Larson Dec. 14, 2020 03:09 AM EST

FILE - This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. On Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance aimed at improving care for women and newborns affected by the mothers’ opioid use. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
New guidelines address rise in opioid use during pregnancy

By Lindsey Tanner Oct. 26, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

Kevin Mutinda, 7, center, his sister Irene Wanzila, 10, 2nd right, and their mother Florence Mumbua, right, work to break rocks with a hammer, after Mumbua say she was left without a choice after she lost her cleaning job at a private school when coronavirus pandemic restrictions were imposed, at Kayole quarry in Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. The United Nations says the COVID-19 pandemic risks significantly reducing gains made in the fight against child labor, putting millions of children at risk of being forced into exploitative and hazardous jobs, and school closures could exacerbate the problem. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
From 'role models' to sex workers: Kenya's child labor rises

By Tom Odula Oct. 20, 2020 03:57 AM EDT

Mindi Wirth, who heads a group called Parents for Safe Schools that is seeking to overturn a sex education requirement for public schools, poses for a photo Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Lynnwood, Wash. Democrats in the famously liberal state say they want to protect young people from sexual abuse, diseases and infections. But the increasingly outnumbered and aggrieved Republicans have taken issue with the content of the standards as they rally for local control. The resulting referendum on the November ballot marks the first time in the country that such a decision on sex ed will be decided by voters. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Sex ed mandate sparks bitter Washington state ballot fight

By Sally Ho Sep. 28, 2020 11:14 AM EDT