Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally for Joe Biden in Flint, Mich. on Oct. 31. In an interview with NPR, Obama said Trump was "denying reality" by refusing to concede the election to Biden. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., downplayed losses in this year's elections, pointing out that Democrats made historic gains in 2018. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
A SpaceX rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule attached, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center Sunday in Cape Canaveral, Fla. John Raoux/AP hide caption
The U.S. marked another grim milestone as the country reached 11 million confirmed COVID-19 cases less than a week after it hit 10 million. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Navy members help evacuate people on a boat from the Karata and Wawa Bar communities ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on Sunday. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Dustin Johnson won his first Masters title on Sunday at Augusta National Golf Club. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Supporters of President Donald Trump attend a pro-Trump march in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
Dr. Vivek Murthy, pictured in 2016, is the co-chair of President-elect Biden's coronavirus advisory board. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images hide caption
Protesters gather outside Congress in Lima, Peru, after interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests unleashed when lawmakers ousted President Martín Vizcarra. Rodrigo Abd/AP hide caption
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks Saturday, Nov. 7, in Wilmington, Del. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption
Parler bills itself as a "free speech" social network and puts few restrictions on what users can post. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A Federal Bureau of Prisons truck drives past barbed wire fences at the Federal Medical Center prison in Fort Worth, Texas in May 2020. LM Otero/AP hide caption
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Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of homeland security, is pictured on Sept. 23. A federal judge said he was not authorized to issue a July memo limiting the restrictions of DACA recipients. Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Samah Ibrahim Tanieub at home with her sons, Eyan, 5, and Rayan, 7 (left). Taniub is a divorced single mother working in the isolation ward of Amman's main COVID hospital. Jane Arraf/NPR hide caption
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Alfred Sonandi plays around with a makeshift barbell — concrete poured into two tins on either end of a stick. People in the settlement of Covid don't usually wear masks: Living in such close quarters, they may (incorrectly) feel there's no point. They do mask up in public places where masking is mandatory. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption
Alfred Sonandi plays around with a makeshift barbell — concrete poured into two tins on either end of a stick. People in the settlement of Covid don't usually wear masks: Living in such close quarters, they may (incorrectly) feel there's no point. They do mask up in public places where masking is mandatory. Samantha Reinders for NPR hide caption
Surgeon General Jerome Adams, pictured on Capitol Hill on Sept. 9, says the Trump administration coronavirus task force is sharing information with "everyone," despite claims that they are not sharing information with the Biden transition team. Michael Reynolds/AP hide caption
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Katie Workman, a chef and writer, says cooking fatigue during the pandemic is "no joke." Todd Coleman hide caption
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"I feel proud of myself now, as a 45-year-old woman, to have just played a role in which ... my age really shows on my face," says Kate Winslet. She plays British paleontologist Mary Anning in the new film Ammonite. Neon hide caption
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President Obama and then-Vice President Joe Biden appear at a bill signing in Dec. 2016. Late in his term, Obama was using executive actions to advance much of his agenda in the face of congressional opposition. President Trump was unapologetic about taking such actions, which some Democrats think should be Biden's approach. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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