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The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needs to be stored at minus 70 Celsius. Health care providers will need to store it either in dry ice for shorter stints, or in specialized freezers. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption
President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond (left) for a top job in his White House. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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City Hall tells Philadelphians, stop before you plan that indoor holiday party. The health department is banning indoor gatherings through Jan. 1 to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
People wait in line outside for their turn to enter the JD Sports store in New York City on Nov. 5. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, pictured receiving a COVID-19 test on Oct. 30, apologized to residents on Monday for attending a birthday party with too many guests. "I need to preach and practice, not just preach," he said. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
A truck flounders in a flooded street in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, just hours before Hurricane Iota made landfall in the country Monday night. By Tuesday morning, the storm had significantly weakened, but it still poses life-threatening dangers for residents in its path. Getty Images/Getty Images hide caption
Astronauts, from left, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, Shannon Walker, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi wave to family and friends as they leave for the launch site on Sunday. John Raoux/AP hide caption
An airplane flies over caribou on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where the Trump administration is moving to sell leases for oil drilling. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/AP hide caption
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks about House Republicans and the election on Nov. 12. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Dr. Moncef Slaoui, chief science adviser for Operation Warp Speed says COVID-19 vaccine trial results from Moderna and Pfizer are "good news for the world." Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President-elect Joe Biden walks by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris before delivering remarks on his plan for economic recovery under his administration. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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A U.S. soldier stands at a spot struck by a barrage of Iranian missiles at Ain al-Asad air base, in Anbar, Iraq, in January. The attack was in retaliation for the U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The U.S. is drawing down 3,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Qassim Abdul-Zahra/AP hide caption
A child wearing a protective mask plays in Brooklyn's Prospect Park in April. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
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In the Guadalupe Canyon, in southeastern Arizona, work crews are dynamiting mountainsides and bulldozing access roads in this stunning landscape to make way for the border wall. John Kurc hide caption
Hate crimes rose to their highest numbers in a decade, with a record-breaking 51 fatal attacks, according to the FBI's annual hate crimes report for 2019, released Monday. ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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