Brazilian officials said on Monday that if they decide to host the Copa America, teams will play without fans in the stadium. Leo Correa/AP hide caption
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Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is America's original national park and hosts more than 4 million visitors annually. NPS / David Restivo/NPS hide caption
"At present, pathogens have greater power than WHO," World Health Organization leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. "They exploit our interconnectedness and expose our inequities and divisions." Tedros is seen speaking earlier this month in Geneva, Switzerland. Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images hide caption
Texas state Rep. Jessica González speaks during a news conference early Monday in Austin after House Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout in the state Legislature and blocked one of the most restrictive voting bills in the U.S. from passing. Acacia Coronado/AP hide caption
Naomi Osaka pulled out of the French Open after refusing to attend press conferences. Osaka says she suffers from depression and experiences, "huge waves of anxiety before I speak to the world's media." TPN/Getty Images hide caption
Belgium is ending its ambassador's posting to South Korea, after his wife was seen on video allegedly slapping a clothing store employee. Here, a man walks past the Belgium Embassy in Seoul on Monday. Lee Jin-man/AP hide caption
President Joe Biden speaks during the National Memorial Day Observance at Arlington National Cemetery Monday. His budget proposal drops a decades-long ban on public funding for abortion. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
John Rogers, co-CEO of Ariel Investments, stands for a Bloomberg Television spot in Atlantic City, N.J., July 22, 2013. Rogers tells NPR about the emotional and financial impact the Tulsa riots had on his family. Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, to deliver a political statement in Jerusalem, on Sunday. Yonatan Sindel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Allowing couples in China to have up to three children rather than two will help the country counteract a population that's shifting towards the elderly, the government says. STR/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Confronted By Aging Population China Allows Couples To Have 3 Children
About a year after two women accused him of sexual assault, Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax makes comments during a debate on a bill during the state Senate session at the state Capitol in Richmond in March 2020. Fairfax denies the allegations against him. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Accused Of Assaults He Denies, Justin Fairfax's Run For Va. Governor Tests #MeToo
For years, New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (left) has sought approval of her bill to reform the military's criminal justice system. This year, Gillibrand joined forces with Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, seen here, a sexual assault survivor herself before she became a combat company commander. Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images hide caption
The Effort To Reform The U.S. Military's Justice System Faces A New Fight
Marcus Baskerville, second from the right, at Black Brew Culture's Fresh Fest, August 11, 2019. Weathered Souls Brewing hide caption
'Black Is Beautiful' Beer By Black Brewer Helps Pour Money Into Social Justice Reform
Artist Paul Rucker is creating a new multimedia work to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. That's when a thriving African American community was destroyed in a horrific act of violence that wiped out hundreds of Black-owned businesses and homes. Above, an aerial view of Tulsa, Okla., Fowler & Kelly, 1918. GHI/Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images hide caption
Artist's Black Wall Street Project Is About Tulsa 100 Years Ago — And Today
Retired Gen. Colin Powell greets one of the original members of the first all-Black 2nd Army Ranger Infantry Company elite force, at the National Memorial Day Concert broadcast on Sunday. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Capital Concert hide caption