Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health in the U.S. Public Health Service, speaks during one of the daily briefings on COVID-19 last week. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
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A soldier holds his hands up trying to tell the children he is out of lollipops. Kurdish refugees are streaming in to Tal Tamr and nearby villages in Syria. Marisa Peñaloza/NPR hide caption
Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps member Bobby Alexiou, 20, wheels out a stretcher outside the home of a potential COVID-positive patient in Teaneck, N.J., after suiting up in a protective suit, donated goggles from the local high school and an N95 mask. Karen Yi/WNYC hide caption
FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor speaks at a White House coronavirus task force briefing in March. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption
When Lex Frieden broke his hip, a Texas hospital decided against an operation. Frieden, a quadriplegic since 1967, would never walk, so the surgery wasn't necessary, the doctors reasoned, a decision that left him with lasting pain. Mack Taylor / Houston METRO hide caption
A homeless encampment seen on Monday in San Francisco. City lawmakers are demanding that the mayor step up efforts to house the city's homeless population to protect them from COVID-19. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
President Trump addresses reporters in the White House Rose Garden during the daily coronavirus task force briefing on April 14. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
The sun sets behind an idle pump jack near Karnes City, Texas, Wednesday, April 8, 2020. Demand for oil has fallen sharply since the coronavirus outbreak. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
U.S. Postal Service trucks are lined up in Miami Beach, Fla. The agency says that without emergency funding from Congress, it could run out of money within months. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption
The Canterbury Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center is a hot spot for the coronavirus in Richmond, Va. It's one of 56 facilities with an outbreak. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Kroger and the food workers union want grocery staff to be designated as first responders in the coronavirus pandemic. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown here earlier this month, has explained how the state will decide to lift restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Rich Pedroncelli/AP hide caption
A couple wearing masks crosses the almost-deserted Times Square in New York City on Monday. Johannes Eisele /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Chairs sit stacked in a hallway at a closed school in New Rochelle, N.Y., outside New York City. New Rochelle was an early hot spot in the state's battle against the coronavirus. Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer addresses the state during a speech in Lansing, Mich., on Monday. Whitmer says she's listening to "the best medical advice" on when to ease restrictions. Michigan Office of the Governor via AP hide caption
South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, an ally of President Trump, says she will continue to take a "targeted" approach and not issue a statewide stay-at-home order. City leaders in the state, including the mayor of Sioux Falls, where there has been an outbreak at a meat-processing plant, are begging the state for tighter restrictions. Jabin Botsford/Getty Images hide caption
Cesaro and Ricochet compete during the WWE Live Tokyo on June 29, 2019. Etsuo Hara/Getty Images hide caption
Former President Barack Obama said of former Vice President Joe Biden: "Choosing Joe to be my vice president was one of the best decisions I ever made, and he became a close friend." Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
A portrait of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright hangs in the State Department's Treaty Room, in Washington, D.C, on Feb. 27, 2020. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center last week. DeSantis says he wants to ramp up testing at the state's long-term care facilities. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
A person wearing a mask walks past posters encouraging participation in the 2020 census in April in Seattle. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Nurses and community faith leaders participate in a protest outside the Cook County Jail in Chicago, on April 10, 2020, calling for the release of prisoners from the jail. A federal judge ordered Cook County Jail to take prompt action to stop the spread of the coronavirus, including to make sure that the more than 4,000 detainees have access to adequate soap and sanitizer. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption