U.S. gymnastics star Simone Biles performs on the vault during the women's artistic gymnastic qualifications on Sunday at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption
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Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and space tourism company Blue Origin, jogs onto his rocket landing pad ahead of his trip to the edge of space on Tuesday. When top executives like Bezos have dangerous hobbies, there's often little company boards can do. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption
Why Companies Can't Stop Top Execs From Blasting Off To Space or Flying Fighter Jets
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Yuto Horigome of Team Japan practices on the skateboard street course before winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at the Ariake Urban Sports Park on Sunday. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images hide caption
Mandy Bujold (L) of Canada exchanges punches with Nina Radovanovic of Serbia during the Women's Fly on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics. Getty Images hide caption
Soccer on the sand of Lumley Beach is a big Sunday pastime in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Pick-up games run up and down the shoreline. Jason Beaubien/NPR hide caption
Bryson DeChambeau of the United States tested positive for the coronavirus before leaving the U.S. for the Tokyo Olympics. He's shown here earlier this month playing at the Open Championship in Scotland. Chris Trotman/Getty Images hide caption
Tunisia's Ahmed Hafnaoui celebrates after his unexpected victory in the final of the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Martin Meissner/AP hide caption
Ash Barty, of Australia, played against Sara Sorribes Tormo, of Spain, on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
A peak is shrouded in smoke from regional wildfires on July 14, at Grand Teton National Park, south of Yellowstone. Natalie Behring/Getty Images hide caption
Chase Kalisz of the U.S. celebrates after winning the final of the men's 400m individual medley swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games on Sunday. Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Police officers guard barricades set up to control traffic in Hanoi, Vietnam on Saturday. Vietnam announced a 15-day lockdown in the capital. Hieu Dinh/AP hide caption
Police arrest a protester at a demonstration at Sydney Town Hall during an anti-lockdown rally on Saturday. Mick Tsikas/AP hide caption
Alex Morgan (#13) celebrates another Team USA goal against New Zealand with teammate Christen Press (#11) at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday in Saitama, Japan. Francois Nel/Getty Images hide caption
The U.K.'s Sky Brown is one of the youngest athletes who will compete at the Tokyo Olympics. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
The Dutch Olympic team, shown here during the opening ceremony on Friday, has had three athletes test positive for coronavirus at the Games. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
From Havana to Miami (pictured here), protestors have chanted, "Patria y Vida," or homeland and life, a clever play on the revered, long-held mantra of the Cuban government: patria o muerte. Scott McIntyre/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
We Excavate Cuba's Rallying Cry, 'Patria Y Vida'
Author Keri Smith rode out the pandemic in Canada, where she was born. Now she's worried about returning to her home in Northampton, Mass. Jefferson Pitcher/Keri Smith hide caption
Permanent Residents Who Left The U.S. During The Pandemic Worry They Can't Come Home
Brendan Paul (center) poses in front of newlyweds Jess Sandoval and Alana Stroebel at the Graceland wedding chapel in downtown Las Vegas. Nate Hegyi/Mountain West News Bureau hide caption
From left: Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer and Joanne Lee are teen leaders for the U.N.-sponsored gender equality group Girl Up. They attended Girl Up's virtual conference last week, which featured Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as a guest speaker. Giovanna Basso, Mofiyin Onanuga, Emma Fetzer, Joanne Lee hide caption
Charles Muro, 13, is inoculated at a mass vaccination center in Hartford, Conn., on May 13. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Serbia's Novak Djokovic practices for the men's tennis competition on Thursday at the Summer Olympics. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
Syria's Hend Zaza competes during a women's table tennis singles preliminary round match against Austria's Liu Jia at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption