Police in Graham, N.C., used pepper spray and made several arrests at a rally to drive voter turnout at the city's Court Square, pictured above. Gerry Broome/AP hide caption
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Saturday
Dan LaMoore works on a Seth Thomas Post Clock at Electric Time Company on Oct. 23, in Medfield, Mass. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
A medical worker administers a rapid COVID-19 test in Oakland, Calif., earlier this month. Coronavirus cases are once again surging across much of the country, reaching almost 100,000 on Friday. Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
State representatives stand during the Pledge of Allegiance in the Iowa House chambers in Des Moines, Iowa, in June. Charlie Neibergall/AP hide caption
"I think in a lot of ways, we survived that deployment in Iraq by sharing humor with each other," said former Army Spc. Garett Reppenhagen, seen at home in Colorado Springs, Colo. Courtesy of Garett Reppenhagen hide caption
Demonstrators hold placards reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "Walter Wallace JR." and DEFUND PPD" as they gather in protest near the location where Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by two police officers in Philadelphia. Police officers said he was armed with a knife. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
This undated selfie photo provided by Rickia Young shows her lip. Attorney Kevin Mincey, who represents Young, says she went to retrieve her 16-year-old nephew from the area were a protest was occurring, and put her 2-year-old son in the car to help him fall asleep. Rickia Young/AP hide caption
Kyle Rittenhouse sits while listening during an extradition hearing in Lake County court Friday in Waukegan, Ill. Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters days after Jacob Blake was shot by police in Kenosha, Wis. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption
Raleigh, N.C. Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin issued a citywide curfew Friday afternoon ahead of two planned protests over racial justice and police brutality. Allen G. Breed/AP hide caption
A federal judge issued a nationwide injunction Friday blocking a key aspect of President Trump's ban on the video-sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Nov. 12. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
As many as 23 million Americans are planning to relocate as telework becomes the new normal, according to a new survey. Ken Wramton/Getty Images hide caption
Voters line up at the American Airlines Center during early voting in mid-October in Dallas. LM Otero/AP hide caption
Cruise ships are docked at the Port of Miami in the spring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suspended cruises from U.S. ports in March after coronavirus outbreaks on a number of ships. Wilfredo Lee/AP hide caption
A U.S. flag waves over a Walmart parking lot in August in Oklahoma City. The company sells firearms in about half of its 4,700 stores in the United States. Sue Ogrocki/AP hide caption