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Demonstrators face off with the police in front of the White House as they protest against the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police. Samuel Corum/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An Afghan boy sells balloons in Kabul. We shouldn't worry about using helium for celebrations because, as one expert says, "The helium that's used in party balloons gets everybody to care about this resource." Gemunu Amarasinghe/AP hide caption
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday. NASA / NASA TV hide caption
President Trump, Vice President Pence and Karen Pence view the SpaceX flight to the International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center on Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A SpaceX Falcon 9, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken in the Dragon crew capsule, lifts off from Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Saturday. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
NASA And SpaceX Launch First Astronauts To Orbit From U.S. Since 2011
People ride their bikes on the Brooklyn Bridge, amid the coronavirus pandemic, on May 26 in New York City. Angela Weiss /AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The ancient Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were damaged by recent wildfires. A new study finds the world lost roughly one-third of its old growth forest in the past century. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption
Bilal Chaudhry, 16, picks up a dozen eggs to give to a person in a car during a free egg distribution in Cumru Township, PA. The distribution was held to help people during the COVID-19 outbreak. MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern briefs the media about the COVIS-19 coronavirus at the Parliament House in Wellington on April 27. Ardern claimed New Zealand had scored a significant victory against the spread of the coronavirus, as the country began a phased exit from lockdown. Mark Mitchell/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Protesters demonstrate during a rally against Pennsylvania's stay-at-home order at the state Capitol in Harrisburg, May 15. While the public is temporarily banned from the capitol due to the coronavirus outbreak, lawmakers, including one who recently tested positive, are allowed to enter the building. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an abortion pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a smartphone on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Va. Under federal law, even in states where telemedicine abortion is legal, there are strict rules surrounding how the pill is dispensed. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A mostly empty highway through downtown Los Angeles on April 7. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Labourers wearing facemasks work in a garment factory during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Dhaka on May 2. Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
In this photo illustration, a person looks at an Abortion Pill (RU-486) for unintended pregnancy from Mifepristone displayed on a computer on May 8 in Arlington, Va. OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Clouds pass over the SpaceX Falcon 9, with the Crew Dragon spacecraft on top of the rocket on Launch Pad 39-A on Wednesday at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption
NASA astronaut Doug Hurley rehearses putting on his SpaceX spacesuit last week at the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kim Shiflett/NASA hide caption
People enjoy on the beach in Long Branch, New Jersey on May 24, during the Memorial Day weekend holiday. In many parts of the country, states are starting to reopen and relax regulations but Dr. Ashish Jha, Director of Harvard's Global Health Institute, said we will likely see a lot more sickness and deaths in the summer months. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is seen as it is rolled out of the horizontal integration facility at Launch Complex 39A. NASA/Bill Ingalls/NASA/Bill Ingalls hide caption