Photo highlights from our top stories: Inuit parenting teaches kids how to control anger; a fisherman holds up a fish caught in Lake Malawi, where transactional sex is part of the fish trade; the Dandora Landfill in Nairobi, Kenya. Johan Hallberg-Campbell for NPR; Julia Gunther; Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco \/ Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto hide caption <\/p>\n
Photo highlights from our top stories: Inuit parenting teaches kids how to control anger; a fisherman holds up a fish caught in Lake Malawi, where transactional sex is part of the fish trade; the Dandora Landfill in Nairobi, Kenya.<\/p>\n
How do Inuits teach their kids not to get angry?<\/p>\n
What is the story behind a practice known as \"sex for fish\" in Malawi?<\/p>\n
And ... oh my heavens ... what have we humans done to the planet?<\/p>\n
Stories in Goats and Soda that answered these questions were some of our most popular in 2019.<\/p>\n
Here are our top 7 stories of the year, ranked by page views. <\/p>\n
When correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff flew to Iqaluit in Nunavut, Canada, earlier this year to find out more about the parenting style there, all the moms mentioned one golden rule: Don't shout or yell at small children. That's a key to a society in which people are able to maintain composure even when faced with an annoying or frustrating situation.<\/p>\n
Read the full story here.<\/p>\n
Renee Bach, 30, is being sued in Ugandan civil court over the deaths of children who were treated at the critical care center she ran in Uganda. <\/p>\n
Read the full story here. <\/p>\n
The growths on Mahmoud Taluli's hands were the result of a severe case of a rare condition called epidermodysplasia verruciformis sometimes referred to as \"tree man\" syndrome because the tumors can resemble wood or bark. At right: Taluli after his operation. Hadassah Medical Center hide caption <\/p>\n
Mahmoud Taluli of Gaza has undergone at least five surgeries at Hadassah Medical Center since 2017 for his epidermodysplasia verruciformis, a rare skin disease that causes painful white and gray growths resembling tree bark. Nicknamed \"tree man\" syndrome, Taluli's condition has only been documented a handful of times around the world and there is no known cure. But as a result of the surgeries, Taluli has regained use of his hands. <\/p>\n
Read the full story here. <\/p>\n
In sub-Saharan African communities where fishing is an important part of the local economy, there is a pervasive practice between the men who catch the fish and the women who sell it in markets: transactional sex. <\/p>\n
Read the full story here. <\/p>\n
In November, three people in China were diagnosed with pneumonic plague the most dangerous type of the disease, also known as the Black Death, which can spread from person to person. <\/p>\n
The first two cases were a couple from Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northwest China. The other patient was a man also from Inner Mongolia, though reported to be unrelated to the couple. The Chinese government confirmed the cases, but media censorship drew criticism online. <\/p>\n
Read the full story here. <\/p>\n
More than 800 tons of trash piling up in a landfill in Nairobi, Kenya. Smoke pumping out of a 3,400-acre Exxon Petrochemical plant in Baytown, Texas. Oil contaminating the waterways of the Niger Delta in Nigeria. <\/p>\n
These are some of the scenes documented in the Anthropocene Project, a multidisciplinary exhibit of film, photography, virtual reality and augmented reality. The name refers to the Anthropocene era the age of the humans (\"anthropos\" is Greek for human). <\/p>\n
Read the full story and view some of the photos here. <\/p>\n
The Hu, a Mongolian metal band, combines traditional instruments like the horsehead fiddle and Jew's harp with heavy drums and bass. With their mix of ancient culture and modern rock, the four conservatory-trained musicians have landed over 22 million views on YouTube. <\/p>\n
Read the full story (and rock out) here. <\/p>\n
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