A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccination event at a school in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., on Monday, August 16, 2021. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., the lead House impeachment manager, speaks in the Senate on Wednesday. He argued that former President Donald Trump incited the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and that his words are not protected by the First Amendment. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Pro-Trump extremists climb the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The pro-Trump mob broke windows of the Capitol and clashed with police officers. Now there's debate about whether federal charges of seditious conspiracy should be used against some of the rioters. Jon Cherry/Getty Images hide caption
Federal 'Strike Force' Builds Sedition Cases Against Capitol Rioters. Will It Work?
Italian papers show the chaotic scenes from Washington, with one headline declaring "The End." Others proclaim, "Gunshots on Democracy" and "USA – Day of the Coup." World leaders are reacting with shock and dismay to the assault on the Capitol. Andrew Medichini/AP hide caption
A Southwest Airlines flight takes off as United Airlines planes sit parked on a runway at Denver International Airport in April. Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images hide caption
Federal lawmakers introduced an joint resolution that seeks "to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime" under the 13th Amendment to the Constitution. bonniej/Getty Images hide caption
Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin P. Parrish puts on a white gown to help distribute food, water, and other supplies to Navajo families on May 27, 2020 in Huerfano on the Navajo Nation Reservation, New Mexico. Sharon Chischilly/Getty Images hide caption
Climate change has been a key factor in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires and other catastrophic weather events. Here, an aerial view shows neighborhoods in Monrovia, Calif., shrouded in smoke from the Bobcat Fire in September. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Kanye West at the 2015 CFDA Fashion Awards at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center on June 1, 2015 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images hide caption
Relatives at a mass burial of pandemic victims at the Parque Taruma cemetery in Manaus, Brazil, mourn a family member. Andre Coelho/Getty Images hide caption
COVID-19 Deaths Top 1 Million Worldwide. How These 5 Nations Are Driving The Pandemic
Nurses clap after Kym Villamer and her colleague Dawn Jones sing "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" at New York-Presbyterian Queens Hospital's new COVID-19 ward. Robert Gonzales hide caption
Family Ordeal Catapults A Young Filipina To The U.S. — And The Pandemic Front Lines
A street in Dingle, Ireland. Teri Schultz for NPR hide caption
Ireland Finds U.S. Tourists During Pandemic May Be Trouble. But So Is Their Absence
Charles Q. Brown Jr. was confirmed by the Senate to become Air Force chief of staff on Tuesday. He's seen here testifying during his Senate nomination hearing in May. Al Drago/AP hide caption
President Trump walks from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about the coronavirus response with Gov. Phil Murphy, D-N.J., in the Oval Office on April 30. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Mark Green has stepped down as administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) after nearly three years on the job. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Exiting USAID Chief On The Pandemic, Foreign Aid, Trump's Policies
Health care professionals prepare to screen people for the coronavirus at a testing site in Phoenix. Christian Petersen/Getty Images hide caption
A health care worker with the UNLV School of Medicine tests a patient for the coronavirus at a drive-thru testing site in Las Vegas. John Locher/AP hide caption
Singapore Wins Praise For Its COVID-19 Strategy. The U.S. Does Not
Marvin Joel is currently living in a Dallas suburb. Soon he will turn 18 and apply for asylum as an adult, while his father languishes in a refugee camp in Matamoros, unable to join him. Allison V. Smith for NPR hide caption
Thomas Germanson sails a radio-controlled model yacht in early December in Madison, Wis. Thomas Germanson hide caption
Cliff Hartman, sometimes called the unofficial "mayor," sleeps on his boat but keeps a camp on Wisteria island. Greg Allen/NPR hide caption
Who Owns Florida's Wisteria Island, A Developer Or The Government? Judge To Decide
Co-owners Vamsi Yaramaka (left) and Raj Alturu stand inside Eat Spice on Oct. 24, in the truck stop on Route 534 off I-80 in White Haven, Pa. The restaurant caters to members of the Sikh community. For them, Indian and Mediterranean dishes can be hard to find on the road. Matt Smith hide caption
Jenni Grover holds a collection of finished patches from a quilt created by more than 100 volunteers across the country. The plans for the quilt were discovered at the estate sale of 99-year-old Rita Smith, who died earlier this year. Several dozen volunteers gathered to help put the pieces together at the Wishcraft Workshop in Chicago on Dec. 7. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ hide caption