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Former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, pictured here at a 2015 event in Laguna Beach, Calif, died Friday at the age of 46. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Eight-year-old twins Kenley (left) and Anakin Gupta have struggled with loneliness during the pandemic, but the isolation has been much more acute for Kenley. Beth LaBerge/KQED hide caption
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In 1959, about 4.5% of all American men were Freemasons, but in recent years membership has fallen off roughly 75%. Above, the Scottish Rite Temple, in Washington, D.C. Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption
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Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen above on Oct. 29, warned Germans this week, "We're in for a tough winter." New cases of the coronavirus have been hovering at about 20,000 per day recently. Michael Kappeler/Picture Alliance via Getty Images hide caption
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A crowd gathers for a rally to demand justice in the death of Breonna Taylor on the steps of the the Kentucky State Capitol in June. Taylor was killed in her apartment while Louisville police served a warrant. Timothy D. Easley/AP hide caption
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