President Biden pledged to nominate a Black woman to the nation's highest court. Among the names being floated to replace Justice Stephen Breyer are California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (left) and Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. S. Todd Rogers/Pool/AP; Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
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People shop in The Galleria mall in Houston during Black Friday on Nov. 26, 2021. The economy grew strongly last year but at an uneven pace because of the pandemic. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu is the head of the World Health Organization's newly created Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence. "We have to get better at convincing leaders to use the data we provide and not their political instinct or whatever else their decisions are based on. And that's not easy," he says. Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters hide caption
World Health Organization Regional Director for Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai addresses the media at the start of the five-day annual session Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. Bullit Marquez/AP hide caption
Two chimpanzees roam the grounds of Chimp Haven in Louisiana. Many former research chimpanzees have been sent to retire at the sanctuary. Images provided by Chimp Haven hide caption
A man wearing a hat baring an American flag and face mask to help protect from the coronavirus walks by a masked security guard near lanterns decoration on the remnants of a city wall in Beijing, Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. Andy Wong/AP hide caption
A man receives a COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccine clinic bus at the Grand Bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption
This family photo shows D.J. Ferguson initially being treated at Milford, Mass., Regional Medical Center. Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston is defending itself after Ferguson's family claimed he was denied a new heart for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Tracey Ferguson file photo/via AP hide caption
Workers at Amazon's warehouse on Staten Island are expected to vote on whether to unionize in the coming months. Taylor Hanes/NPR hide caption
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Jan. 19. North Korea on Tuesday test-fired two suspected cruise missiles in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korean military officials said. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service/via AP hide caption
Amy Schneider's Jeopardy! reign ended Wednesday night. Casey Durkin/Sony Pictures Telev hide caption
Britain's Prince Andrew appears at the Royal Chapel at Windsor following the death announcement of his father Prince Philip in April 2021. Steve Parsons/Pool Photo/ via AP, file hide caption
During last year's high-profile union vote, an Amazon-branded tent cloaks a mailbox outside the company's warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union hide caption
Congregation Beth Israel Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, facing the camera, hugs a man after a healing service on Jan. 17, two days after he and three others were taken hostage at his Colleyville, Texas, synagogue. Yffy Yossifor/Star-Telegram/via AP hide caption
Neil Young, performing in Lake Hughes, Calif. in 2019. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption