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The U.S. Justice Department filed a brief in federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn a federal judge's decision that declared the government mask mandate on planes, trains and buses unlawful. Here, a sign stating that masks are required at San Francisco International Airport stands in a terminal after the federal mask mandate was overturned. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Travelers queue up at a security checkpoint in the main terminal of Denver International Airport on Thursday. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
Annie-Lois Acheampong, 13, from Accra, Ghana, reacts during the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Tuesday in Oxon Hill, Md. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A campaign sign for Pete Arredondo, the chief of police for the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, is seen in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
A back door at Robb Elementary School, where a gunman entered through to get into a classroom in last week's shooting, is seen in Uvalde, Texas, on Monday. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference on May 25 in Uvalde, Texas. Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images hide caption
Smoke rises this week in the city of Sievierodonetsk during heavy fighting between Ukrainian and Russian troops, in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbas. Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Volunteers from Belarus practice at a shooting range near Warsaw, Poland, on May 20. Belarusians are among those who have answered a call by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for foreign fighters to go to Ukraine and join the International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine. Michal Dyjuk/AP hide caption
These Belarusians join the fight against Russia, defying their Moscow-backed regime
The DeLorean Motor Company released images and specs of its forthcoming electric vehicle on its website this week. DeLorean Motor Company/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
The devastation on Bucha's Vokzal'na Street in early April, just after the Russian troops left. The photo below shows the cleaned up street on Monday. Dmytro Larin / Ukrainska Pravda hide caption
Justice of the Peace Eulalio Diaz, Jr., was called to identify the bodies of the 21 victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary, last week. Vanessa Romo/NPR hide caption
"This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian Cabinet," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said of his leadership picks. He's seen here last week, speaking alongside (from left) Finance Minister Penny Wong, Deputy Prime Minster Richard Marles and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher. David Gray/Getty Images hide caption
The federal Bureau of Prisons announced in 2018 that it was moving a special unit that had been plagued with violence to a new federal prison complex in Illinois. Some hoped it would be a fresh start and a chance to improve conditions. But things only got worse. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP hide caption
Bobby Everson and a letter he wrote to his family while he was incarcerated in the Special Management Unit at the new U.S. penitentiary in Thomson, Ill. Aaron Marin for NPR hide caption