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A man shouts into a bullhorn as Trump supporters gather in front of the Maricopa County Elections Department in Phoenix, where ballots were being counted following the 2020 presidential election. Federal officials have warned about violence erupting after this year's election, with experts particularly concerned about the period after Nov. 8. Olivier Touron/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Barred owls are known to be aggressive and territorial. A barred owl similar to this one recently attacked a Washington state woman — twice. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With measuring tape and notepad, marine ecologist Enric Ballesteros surveys the organisms living on a healthy reef in the islands. When author Enric Sala and his team first visited here in 2009, they found these reefs in a pristine state, with a profusion of species, many of them rare. Enric Sala/National Geographic hide caption
Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022, after an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Four months after the Robb Elementary School shooting, the Uvalde school district on Friday, Oct. 7 pulled its entire embattled campus police force off the job. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
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People pray for victims of the deadly Halloween accident at a makeshift memorial in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption
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A Planned Parenthood chapter operating in Missouri and Illinois is preparing to open a mobile unit providing abortions in southern Illinois. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
Somers holds a baby box turtle, which could live to be 100 years old. The Box Turtle Connection plans to study turtles like these for at least the next century with the help of dedicated volunteers. Martin Kane/University of North Carolina at Greensboro hide caption
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The Home Depot store is seen in Philadelphia on Feb. 22. Home Depot workers in the city could form the company's first unionized store. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
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Ships, including those carrying grain from Ukraine and awaiting inspections, are seen anchored off the Istanbul coastline on Wednesday in Istanbul, Turkey. Chris McGrath/Getty Images hide caption
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Julia Roberts poses at a red carpet premiere in London in September. That same month, she spoke publicly about her family's friendship with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. Niklas Halle'n/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Then-President Donald Trump boards Air Force One before departing Harlingen, Texas on Jan. 12, 2021. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a news conference at Alvorada Palace in BrasÃlia, Brazil, on Tuesday. Bolsonaro vowed to follow the constitution in his first speech after narrowly losing Sunday's runoff election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but didn't formally concede. Arthur Menescal/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Call workers employed by federal contractor Maximus strike outside of the call center in Bogalusa, Louisiana on Tuesday, Nov. 1. Step Up Louisiana hide caption
Hamidullah Hussaini, 29, taught math to two of the young women killed in a suicide bombing at the Kaaj learning center: Marzia and Hajar. He says they were the best students in his class, and their love of learning inspired him. Pierre Kattar hide caption
Dozens of counter-protesters attempted to disrupt an anti-trans rally outside the Tennessee capitol building on October 21 with signs, sirens and shouting. Blake Farmer/WPLN News hide caption
Families fear a ban on gender affirming care in the wake of harassment of clinics
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