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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Deputy Chief Medical Officer Dr. Jenny Harries and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance at a March news conference on the pandemic. That month, Harries stated that the World Health Organization recommendation for all countries to test extensively was meant more for lower income countries than for wealthy nations. The U.K. later changed its view. Eddie Mulholland/Pool via Reuters hide caption

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Friday

New York Times media columnist Ben Smith argues Ronan Farrow stretches his claims beyond the facts. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Farrow says his critics are missing the larger picture. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Xiye Bastida at the Global Strike in New York City on Sept. 20, 2019. Xiye Bastida hide caption

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Xiye Bastida: How Are Young People Making The Choice To Fight Climate Change?

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A newborn baby girl receives treatment for the gun wound in her right leg received during the attack on a maternity clinic in Kabul this week. The gunmen killed her mother. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Young female pigs stand in a pen at a hog farm in Smithville, Ohio, U.S. Dane Rhys/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Livestock Farmers, Without Options, Turn To Euthanasia

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Saturday

A Piping Plover glares at Jones Beach, Long Island, N.Y. A couple of these endangered birds have reappeared in Chicago. Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: Endangered Bird Couple Returns To Chicago's Shore

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Wednesday

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Journalists protest against what they say has been a pattern of using excessive force against them by the police and members of the government's security forces in Monrovia, Liberia, in March. Findings from a survey by Afrobarometer show that in Liberia, more than two-thirds of respondents backed government-imposed limits on the media. Carielle Doe/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Saturday

An N95 face mask outside NYU Langone Health hospital during the coronavirus pandemic. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: NFL Fashion Masks But Still Not Enough Protective Masks

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Friday

Pedro Rivera waits with other volunteers in District Heights, Md. to hand out food. He's wearing a mask that reads, "This too shall pass." Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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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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Wednesday