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Masks are required for entry to a shoe store in Glendale, Calif. Most people follow social distancing and guidelines to wear masks when they enter retail stores and restaurants, but some customers don't comply. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
The gravesite of retired Army Sgt. Felix Kirk McDermott in Pennsylvania's Westmoreland County. McDermott died in April 2018 as a result of an insulin injection at the VA hospital in Clarksburg, W.Va. Reta Mays was charged with his murder on Monday. Jeff Swensen/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
A drug user in a Kyiv apartment. She benefited from a needle exchange program aimed at reducing HIV transmission among intravenous drug users in Ukraine. Participants in such programs face such obstacles as transportation shutdowns and stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic. Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
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Joe Biden holds a campaign rally on March 2 in Dallas with former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke. Biden's presidential campaign is going on the air with an ad in Texas. Richard W. Rodriguez/AP hide caption
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Prairie strips in fields of corn or soybeans can protect the soil and allow wildlife to flourish. This strip was established in a field near Traer, Iowa, in 2015. Omar de Kok-Mercado, Iowa State University hide caption
The death chamber, equipped for lethal injection, at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind., as shown in a file photo. CHUCK ROBINSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS hide caption
President Donald during a law enforcement roundtable at the White House Monday. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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President Trump and his advisers, including Attorney General William Barr, walk through Lafayette Square on June 1 after it was cleared of protesters. Trump then posed for photos holding up a Bible in front of St. John's Episcopal Church. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Activity manager Robert Speker worked with residents at England's Sydmar Lodge care home to re-create iconic album covers. Due to COVID-19, residents have been locked down in the facility for months. Screengrab by NPR/Robert Speker on Twitter hide caption
"We still face much uncertainty regarding the future path of the economy," JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday in a statement accompanying the giant bank's financial results. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Contact tracing for the coronavirus is the subject of colorful conspiracy theories. In fact, contact tracing is a straightforward process of notifying people if they've been exposed to someone who is sick. Hannah Norman/KHN hide caption
Arriving travelers walk by a COVID-19 travel advisory sign in the baggage claim area at New York City's LaGuardia Airport. New York state is requiring travelers from states on its quarantine list to show proof that they've completed a form with their contact information. Kathy Willens/AP hide caption
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has testified before Congress on the spread of the novel coronavirus. Al Drago/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the U.S. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
California restaurants such as Fabian Nahui's Peruvian establishment in Los Angeles must close their indoor operations. Gov. Gavin Newsom reimposed the restrictions on indoor businesses, citing an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A visitor wearing a protective mask walking past a statue of Mickey Mouse at the Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong on the day it initially reopened, June 18. The amusement park will close again on Wednesday. Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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With three months left in the government's fiscal year, the U.S. federal deficit is already nearly twice as large as the previous record, which was set in 2009 during the Great Recession. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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