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A nurse holds a COVID-19 vaccine candidate produced by Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the São Lucas Hospital in Porto Alegre, Brazil, on Aug. 8. Silvio Avila/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Top to bottom: must-watch TV shows that people are binge-watching around the world: The Bad Kids in China, Pasión de Gavilanes in Colombia, and Tehran in Israel. Youtube/ Screenshots by NPR hide caption
An installation of children's art is set up outside the Capitol on Wednesday. Kids can develop "severe" symptoms from the coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released Friday. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for ParentsTogether hide caption
About 200,000 displaced Yazidis are in camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Many are waiting for help to rebuild homes damaged or destroyed by ISIS in 2014. Andrea DiCenzo for NPR hide caption
Members of the Test & Trace Corps meet travelers arriving by Amtrak from Miami at Penn Station in New York. Members of the Test & Trace Corps were out to educate visitors about quarantine restrictions for travelers from coronavirus hot spots. Pacific Press/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge hide caption
With the coronavirus spreading, farms try to keep workers like these in Greenfield, Calif. safe through physical distancing and other measures but advocates for laborers say protections are often not adequate. Brent Stirton/Getty Images hide caption
Maria Hernandez (top row, second from left) and her extended family live together in Los Angeles. When she was diagnosed with the coronavirus, she self-isolated in an upstairs bedroom. Courtesy of Maria Hernandez hide caption
Extended Families Living Together Raise Risks For COVID-19 Transmission
A parishioner sits after Mass last month at a Catholic church in New York City. An overwhelming majority of U.S. adults believe that houses of worship should be subject to the same restrictions on public gatherings that apply to other institutions. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Due to the low COVID-19 infection rates across the state, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Friday that all New York school districts may reopen this fall. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
In 2019, the FDA approved Spravato for patients with major depressive disorder who hadn't responded to other treatments. Now, the agency is adding patients who are having suicidal thoughts or have recently attempted to harm themselves or take their own lives. Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images hide caption
Nasal Spray Is A New Antidepressant Option For People At High Risk of Suicide
The U.S. Capitol, seen here on April 13, remains closed to public tours and open only to members, staff, press and official business visitors. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album Black Is King, which premiered on Disney+. Parkwood Entertainment/Disney + via AP hide caption
Legal scholar Kelsey Leonard speaks from the TED stage. Marla Aufmuth/TED hide caption
LaToya Ruby Frazier speaks from the TED stage. Ryan Lash/TED hide caption
LaToya Ruby Frazier: What Is The Human Cost Of Toxic Water And Environmental Racism?
Colette Pichon Battle speaks from the TED stage. Stacie McChesney/TED hide caption
Colette Pichon Battle: How Can We Prepare For The Next Hurricane Katrina?
Wilkin Soto works on a customer at the Castillo Barbershop, in Lawrence, Mass., on June 5. The pace of hiring has slowed from June, when employers added a record 4.8 million jobs. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Wiley James, 10, prepares a meal as part of an online cooking camp run by a chef in Austin, Texas. Ben James/NPR hide caption
A Cooking Camp Chef's Recipe For Remote Education: Make It Ambitious
Contact tracers (from left) Christella Uwera, Dishell Freeman and Alejandra Camarillo work at Harris County Public Health Contact Tracing facility in Houston in June. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
Coronavirus Cases Are Surging. The Contact Tracing Workforce Is Not
Kareen Troy Troitino, a guard at the Federal Correctional Institution, stands outside the Miami facility in April. Scott McIntyre for The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
President Trump holds up a signed executive order on lowering drug prices on July 24. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
'All Bark And No Bite': Trump Holds Prescription Drug-Pricing Order In Search Of Deal
As coronavirus outbreaks continue to flare in the United States, modelers project that the country will hit nearly 300,000 deaths by Dec. 1. Eric Gay/AP hide caption