Police clear the area where a tanker truck rushed to a stop among protesters on an interstate highway on Sunday in Minneapolis. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
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President Trump, speaking at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, addressed protests in response to the death of George Floyd, striking a milder tone than he has on Twitter in recent days. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Hundreds demonstrated in Trafalgar Square in central London on Sunday, and many kneeled, to protest the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
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Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the presentation of his installation The Floating Piers on June 16, 2016, in Sulzano, Italy. He died Sunday at age 84. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images hide caption
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden makes a visit to Veteran's Memorial Park in New Castle, Del., last Monday. He made his second trip away from his home since the pandemic started on Sunday with a visit to a protest site in Wilmington, Del. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A firework explodes by a police line as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd on Saturday near the White House in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Former NAACP Head Cornell Brooks Blames Derek Chauvin For Violence At Protests
Rep. Joyce Beatty, (D-Ohio), who was pepper-sprayed at a demonstration Saturday, said she understands sentiments that attempting to have a "healthy dialogue" haven't worked, but that "violence doesn't work — violence either way." Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Ohio Congresswoman Pepper Sprayed While Demonstrating Against Death Of George Floyd
On Thursday, Minnesota state police formed a barricade in front of a Target store in the city of St. Paul. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
A woman stands in front of a line of police officers near the White House during a protest in Washington, D.C. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday. NASA / NASA TV hide caption
A woman is tested for the coronavirus at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Steve King is seen at a town hall in Hampton, Iowa, in 2019. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
Traditional Diné medicine practitioner Jeneda Benally, pictured here with her daughter Dahi, is trying to preserve cultural wisdom in danger of being lost during the pandemic. Laurel Morales/KJZZ hide caption
A National Guard vehicle reflects a crowd of protesters Friday in Minneapolis, where Maj. Gen. Jon Jensen said that night's deployment "was not enough" to handle the massive protests over the death of George Floyd. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
NASA And SpaceX Launch First Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011
President Trump, Vice President Pence and Karen Pence view the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Top officials with the European Union urged President Trump to rethink his plans to leave the international agency. Trump announced his decision Friday after weeks of levying criticisms and threatening to pull funding. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A church in North Hollywood, Calif., stands empty last month after services were canceled because of coronavirus restrictions. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
Twenty-six words tucked into a 1996 law overhauling telecommunications have allowed companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google to grow into the giants they are today. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
