Hundreds demonstrated in Trafalgar Square in central London on Sunday, and many kneeled, to protest the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis. Matt Dunham/AP hide caption
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Artist Christo Vladimirov Javacheff attends the presentation of his installation The Floating Piers on June 16, 2016, in Sulzano, Italy. He died Sunday at age 84. Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images hide caption
Joe Biden makes a visit to a veterans memorial in Delaware last Monday. He made his second trip away from his home since the pandemic started on Sunday with a visit to a protest site in Wilmington, Del. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A firework explodes by a police line as demonstrators gather to protest the death of George Floyd on Saturday near the White House in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Former NAACP Head Cornell Brooks Blames Derek Chauvin For Violence At Protests
On Thursday, Minnesota state police formed a barricade in front of a Target store in the city of St. Paul. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
President Trump, speaking at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, addressed protests in response to the death of George Floyd, striking a milder tone than he has on Twitter in recent days. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
A woman stands in front of a line of police officers near the White House during a protest in Washington, D.C. Tyrone Turner/WAMU hide caption
Rep. Joyce Beatty, who was pepper-sprayed at a demonstration Saturday, said she understands sentiments that attempting to have a "healthy dialogue" haven't worked, but that "violence doesn't work — violence either way." Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Ohio Congresswoman Pepper-Sprayed While Demonstrating Against Death Of George Floyd
The rate at which black Americans are killed by police is more than twice as high as the rate for white Americans. This is a non-comprehensive list of deaths at the hands of police in the U.S. since Eric Garner's death in July 2014. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule approaches the International Space Station ahead of docking Sunday. NASA / NASA TV hide caption
SpaceX Crew Dragon Capsule Successfully Docks With The International Space Station
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A woman is tested for the coronavirus at Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Rep. Steve King is seen at a town hall in Hampton, Iowa, in 2019. Clay Masters/Iowa Public Radio hide caption
Traditional Diné medicine practitioner Jeneda Benally, pictured here with her daughter Dahi, is trying to preserve cultural wisdom in danger of being lost during the pandemic. Laurel Morales/KJZZ hide caption
Police move towards a protester after curfew Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Minneapolis. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
Saturday
Top officials with the European Union urged President Trump to rethink his plans to leave the international agency. Trump announced his decision Friday after weeks of levying criticisms and threatening to pull funding. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption