JULY 11 - 17, 2020

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A shaft of sunlight falls on Justin Claravall during an ordination ceremony for the new priest at Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The ceremony took place outdoors since indoor religious activities have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoJae C. Hong)

JULY 11 - 17, 2020

A protester carrying a U.S. flag leads a chant during a Black Lives Matter march through a residential neighborhood calling for racial justice, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (AP PhotoJohn Minchillo)

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Demonstrators protest against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The protest, organized by the Bolivian Workers Central union, criticized the government's use of online education in a country with a limited Internet connection, the firing of workers amid the partial lockdown to contain the virus and the public health system's services. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)

Demonstrators protest against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The protest, organized by the Bolivian Workers Central union, criticized the government's use of online education in a country with a limited Internet connection, the firing of workers amid the partial lockdown to contain the virus and the public health system's services. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)

A woman shows damage to her house after shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday. The two neighbors in the South Caucasus have been locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a war there ended in 1994. International efforts to settle the conflict have stalled. (AP PhotoRamil Zeynalov)

A woman shows damage to her house after shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday. The two neighbors in the South Caucasus have been locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a war there ended in 1994. International efforts to settle the conflict have stalled. (AP PhotoRamil Zeynalov)

A Black Lives Matter protester and NYPD officer scuffle on the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York, hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner and other Black people. (AP PhotoYuki Iwamura)

A Black Lives Matter protester and NYPD officer scuffle on the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York, hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner and other Black people. (AP PhotoYuki Iwamura)

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in the neighborhood of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in the neighborhood of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury three victims of the new coronavirus at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Brazil is nearing 2 million cases of COVID-19 and 75,000 deaths. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)

Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury three victims of the new coronavirus at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Brazil is nearing 2 million cases of COVID-19 and 75,000 deaths. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)

Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, gather during a news conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Young activists and localist candidates dominated Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy primaries over the weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people voting despite warnings the election could violate the territory's new security law imposed by Beijing. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, gather during a news conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Young activists and localist candidates dominated Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy primaries over the weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people voting despite warnings the election could violate the territory's new security law imposed by Beijing. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait to cross an intersection in the central business district of Beijing, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. China is further easing restrictions on domestic tourism after reporting no new local cases of COVID-19 in nine days. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait to cross an intersection in the central business district of Beijing, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. China is further easing restrictions on domestic tourism after reporting no new local cases of COVID-19 in nine days. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)

A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river "Eisbach" in the "English Garden" park of Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader,)

A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river "Eisbach" in the "English Garden" park of Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader,)

Flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged home along the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP PhotoAnupam Nath)

Flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged home along the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP PhotoAnupam Nath)

President Donald Trump, foreground left, wears a face mask as he walks with others down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP PhotoPatrick Semansky)

President Donald Trump, foreground left, wears a face mask as he walks with others down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP PhotoPatrick Semansky)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met face-to-face on Friday for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met face-to-face on Friday for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

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A shaft of sunlight falls on Justin Claravall during an ordination ceremony for the new priest at Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The ceremony took place outdoors since indoor religious activities have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoJae C. Hong)

A shaft of sunlight falls on Justin Claravall during an ordination ceremony for the new priest at Dolores Mission Church in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The ceremony took place outdoors since indoor religious activities have been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. (AP PhotoJae C. Hong)

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A protester carrying a U.S. flag leads a chant during a Black Lives Matter march through a residential neighborhood calling for racial justice, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (AP PhotoJohn Minchillo)

A protester carrying a U.S. flag leads a chant during a Black Lives Matter march through a residential neighborhood calling for racial justice, Monday, July 13, 2020, in Valley Stream, N.Y. (AP PhotoJohn Minchillo)

Demonstrators protest against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The protest, organized by the Bolivian Workers Central union, criticized the government's use of online education in a country with a limited Internet connection, the firing of workers amid the partial lockdown to contain the virus and the public health system's services. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)

Demonstrators protest against the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in La Paz, Bolivia, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. The protest, organized by the Bolivian Workers Central union, criticized the government's use of online education in a country with a limited Internet connection, the firing of workers amid the partial lockdown to contain the virus and the public health system's services. (AP PhotoJuan Karita)

A woman shows damage to her house after shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday. The two neighbors in the South Caucasus have been locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a war there ended in 1994. International efforts to settle the conflict have stalled. (AP PhotoRamil Zeynalov)

A woman shows damage to her house after shelling by Armenian forces in the Tovuz region of Azerbaijan, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Skirmishes on the volatile Armenia-Azerbaijan border escalated Tuesday. The two neighbors in the South Caucasus have been locked in conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan that has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a war there ended in 1994. International efforts to settle the conflict have stalled. (AP PhotoRamil Zeynalov)

A Black Lives Matter protester and NYPD officer scuffle on the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York, hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner and other Black people. (AP PhotoYuki Iwamura)

A Black Lives Matter protester and NYPD officer scuffle on the Brooklyn Bridge during a demonstration, Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in New York, hours before Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law a series of police accountability measures inspired by the killings of George Floyd, Eric Garner and other Black people. (AP PhotoYuki Iwamura)

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in the neighborhood of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

A woman wearing a protective face mask walks through a decontamination chamber as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus in the neighborhood of Petare in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. (AP PhotoAriana Cubillos)

Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury three victims of the new coronavirus at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Brazil is nearing 2 million cases of COVID-19 and 75,000 deaths. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)

Cemetery workers in protective clothing bury three victims of the new coronavirus at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Brazil is nearing 2 million cases of COVID-19 and 75,000 deaths. (AP PhotoAndre Penner)

Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, gather during a news conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Young activists and localist candidates dominated Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy primaries over the weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people voting despite warnings the election could violate the territory's new security law imposed by Beijing. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

Pro-democracy activists who were elected from unofficial pro-democracy primaries, including Joshua Wong, left, gather during a news conference in Hong Kong, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Young activists and localist candidates dominated Hong Kong's unofficial pro-democracy primaries over the weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people voting despite warnings the election could violate the territory's new security law imposed by Beijing. (AP PhotoKin Cheung)

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait to cross an intersection in the central business district of Beijing, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. China is further easing restrictions on domestic tourism after reporting no new local cases of COVID-19 in nine days. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)

People wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus wait to cross an intersection in the central business district of Beijing, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. China is further easing restrictions on domestic tourism after reporting no new local cases of COVID-19 in nine days. (AP PhotoMark Schiefelbein)

A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river "Eisbach" in the "English Garden" park of Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader,)

A surfer rides on an artificial wave in the river "Eisbach" in the "English Garden" park of Munich, Germany, Thursday, July 16, 2020. (AP PhotoMatthias Schrader,)

Flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged home along the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP PhotoAnupam Nath)

Flood affected people take shelter at temporary structures near their submerged home along the Brahmaputra River in Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. (AP PhotoAnupam Nath)

President Donald Trump, foreground left, wears a face mask as he walks with others down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP PhotoPatrick Semansky)

President Donald Trump, foreground left, wears a face mask as he walks with others down a hallway during a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP PhotoPatrick Semansky)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met face-to-face on Friday for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, speaks with Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borissov during a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Friday, July 17, 2020. Leaders from 27 European Union nations met face-to-face on Friday for the first time since February, despite the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, to assess an overall budget and recovery package spread over seven years estimated at some 1.75 trillion to 1.85 trillion euros. (Stephanie Lecocq, Pool Photo via AP)