A man passes by a section of roof that was blown off of a building in the French Quarter by Hurricane Ida winds on Sunday in New Orleans. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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President Biden attends the dignified transfer of the remains of a fallen service member at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, August, 29, 2021. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Stephanie Rimel looks at a photo of her brother Kyle Dixon, who died of the coronavirus on Jan. 20, 2021 at the age of 27. She says that during Kyle's illness and after his death, some acquaintances and relatives made insensitive comments, or denied the reality of the pandemic. Brett Sholtis / WITF hide caption
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Elizabeth Holmes, founder and former chief executive officer of Theranos Inc., right, exits U.S. federal court in San Jose, in May. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Antoine Titus, talks to a walk-up patient at Hospital Immaculée Conception where he was made chief physician the day of the 7.2 magnitude earthquake a couple weeks ago in Les Cayes, Haiti. Octavio Jones for NPR hide caption
New Orleans residents Jordan Bridges and David Jones pack sandbags as they prepare to ride out the storm. Bridges described Katrina as a "stain" on the city's soul. Aubri Juhasz/WWNO hide caption
16 Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Confront Trauma With Hurricane Ida
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President Joe Biden watches as a Navy carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Corpsman Maxton W. Soviak, 22, of Berlin Heights, Ohio, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption
Ed Asner arrives during the 82nd Academy Awards in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on March 7, 2010. Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, died at 91. Matt Sayles/AP hide caption
Locals view a vehicle damaged by a rocket attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Rockets struck a neighborhood near Kabul's international airport on Monday amid the ongoing U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. It wasn't immediately clear who launched them. Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP hide caption
Rain batters N. Peters Street in New Orleans with St. Louis Cathedral visible in the distance on Sunday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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A team at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center prepares to intubate a crashing COVID patient. Michael Blumhardt/Asante hide caption
A health worker administers a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at the Medalla Milagrosa Church in Valparaiso, Chile, on April 6. Javier Torres/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Unvaccinated Pastor Who Almost Died Of COVID Now Preaches The Importance Of Vaccines
A girl in Afghanistan is vaccinated against smallpox in the 1970s, a part of the WHO's smallpox eradication campaign. P. Almasy/WHO Photo hide caption
Untitled (young boy), undated, sixth-plate daguerreotype. Smithsonian American Art Museum, the L. J. West Collection of Early African American Photography, Museum purchase made possible through the Franz H. and Luisita L. Denghausen Endowment. J. P. Ball/Smithsonian American Art Museum hide caption
Smithsonian Acquires Rare Antique Portraits From First Black Photographers
David Brown (left) runs the men's 100 meter T11 round 1 on day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on September 10, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He is competing in Tokyo with a new partner, Moray Steward. Alexandre Loureiro/Getty Images hide caption
In preparation of Hurricane Ida, a worker attaches protective plywood to windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. Eric Gay/AP Photo hide caption
Protesters take cover next to tires on fire near the fence of Gaza Strip border with Israel during a protest east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. Abdel Kareem Hana/AP hide caption
In preparation of Hurricane Ida, a workers attach protective plywood to windows and doors of a business in the French Quarter in New Orleans on Saturday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
A U.S. military aircraft takes off at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday. President Biden warned another attack at the airport is "highly likely." Wali Sabawoon/AP hide caption
Afghan Abdul Aman Sediqi, a special immigrant visa recipient, holds his son Edris as he and his family prepare to sign a lease on a new apartment on Thursday. Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters hide caption