Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained early Monday, her party said, amid fears of a coup. Aung Shine Oo/AP hide caption
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Drivers with an appointment enter a COVID-19 vaccination site set up in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Saturday. One of the largest vaccination sites in the country, it was temporarily shut down Saturday afternoon because of protesters, stalling hundreds of motorists who had been waiting in line for hours. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption
The Animals, from left, Hilton Valentine, Chas Chandler, John Steel, Eric Burdon and Dave Rowberry, board an airliner in London bound for New York on May 27, 1965, to appear on "The Ed Sullivan Show". Valentine died Friday at the age of 77. Victor Boynton/Associated Press hide caption
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, is leading a group of Republican senators who have written to President Biden with a request to detail a COVID-19 rescue counterproposal. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Demonstrators in Moscow clash with police Sunday during a protest against the jailing of Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people took to the streets across Russia to demand the opposition leader's release. Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP hide caption
Defying Putin, Russians Return To The Streets To Demand Alexei Navalny's Release
Day traders on the Reddit community r/WallStreetBets, founded by Jaime Rogozinski, drove up the price of GameStop and other stocks, setting up a standoff with Wall Street. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Reddit WallStreetBets Founder Calls GameStop Stock Frenzy A 'Symbolic Movement'
An aerial view of a Freeport, N.Y., school bus parking lot in April 2020. Al Bello/Getty Images hide caption
Israelis receive a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from medical professionals at a vaccination center set up on a mall parking lot in Givataim, Israel, during a nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the virus, on Jan. 20. Oded Balilty/AP hide caption
Vaccines For Data: Israel's Pfizer Deal Drives Quick Rollout — And Privacy Worries
With social media platforms cracking down on the baseless QAnon conspiracy theory, adherents are scrambling to find other ways to communicate. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images hide caption
Butch Bowers, who joined former President Donald Trump's defense team as a top impeachment lawyer, has parted ways with Trump, just nine days before his trial. C. Aluka Berry/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
The European Union quickly reversed a decision invoking an emergency provision of the Brexit deal that could have restricted exports of COVID-19 vaccines across the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland. Sean Gallup/AP hide caption
U.S. Rep. Tom Rice, pictured in 2019, was formally censured by South Carolina's Republican Party Saturday for his support of Trump's impeachment. Rice was one of only 10 House Republicans to join Democrats in voting to impeach. Meg Kinnard/AP hide caption
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wears a "Trump Won" face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3. Erin Scott/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Residents of Wheeling, Ill, shovel snow in front of their house, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, in Wheeling, Ill. The winter storm may leave more than 1 foot of snow in the Chicago area. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
A statue of President Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square near the White House in June. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption