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Funeral pyres for patients who died of COVID-19 at a makeshift crematorium in New Delhi. Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images hide caption
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Prosecutors filed over 40 more felony charges against Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, who is facing charges of killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in earlier this month. Helen H. Richardson/AP hide caption
At a ballfield a few blocks from where Andrew Brown Jr., was killed by a sheriff's deputy, in Elizabeth City, N.C., Daquail Alexander organized a vigil and protest in Brown's memory. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption
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People clash with police during a protest in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday. A human rights group that monitors political repression said at least 1,700 people were arrested across the country in connection with the protests. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP hide caption
Supporters of then-President Donald Trump fly a U.S. flag with a symbol from the QAnon conspiracy theory as they gather outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, ahead of the insurrection. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
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Republicans, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure proposal meant to serve as a starting point for bipartisan negotiations. Bloomberg/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Federal agencies report a troubling rise in overdoses from a variety of drugs that have been laced with the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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