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Raelene Critchlow, 86, receives a visit from her great-grandchild Camille Carter, 6, on Thursday at Creekside Senior Living in Bountiful, Utah. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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Opinion: What Our Children Will Remember

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A man wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus walks next to commercial buildings in the Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on April 14. Roslan Rahman/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

A man crosses an empty street in Detroit, Michigan on March, 24, 2020. - At 12:01 am Tuesday March 24,2020 Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered a 'Stay at Home and Stay Safe Order' to slow the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) across the State of Michigan which now has 1,791 confirmed cases and 24 deaths due to the virus. SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: There Is No 'Get Tough' With Coronavirus; We Need A New Slogan

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Friday

Pico Iyer speaks at TEDSummit: A Community Beyond Borders. July 21-25, 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED Bret Hartman/Bret Hartman / TED hide caption

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Postcards From The Pandemic: Pico Iyer

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Thursday

In this Wednesday photo made available by U.S. Navy, Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels sail close to U.S. military ships in the Persian Gulf near Kuwait. Eleven Iranian naval vessels made "dangerous and harassing" maneuvers near U.S. ships in the Gulf on Wednesday, U.S. officials said. Iranian officials did not immediately acknowledge the incident. U.S. Navy via AP hide caption

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Saturday

John Prine died recently at the age of 73 from complications due to the coronavirus. Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording A hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Folk Legend John Prine

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Monday

Ukrainian border guards wear protective face masks at a checkpoint with the territories controlled by Russia-backed separatists in the Donetsk region. Evgeniya Maksymova/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

Janitors clean in a hallway in Wheeler Hall on the University of California campus in Berkeley, Calif., on March 11. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption

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Opinion: Seen And Remembered: Our Essential Workers

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A 1960s health poster from the National Tuberculosis Association indicates that TB was still a problem in the U.S. in that decade. Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty hide caption

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In New York City, 42nd Street stands mostly empty as much of the city is void of cars and pedestrians over fears of spreading the coronavirus. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Remembering Some Of Those We've Already Lost To The Pandemic

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