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Flowers, candles and signs are displayed at a makeshift memorial on Friday, March 19, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Candice Choi) Candice Choi/AP hide caption
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump storm the U.S. Capitol as smoke fills the corridor on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 31: U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
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Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden (R) and US President Donald Trump take part in the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
US President Donald Trump tours an area affected by civil unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin on September 1, 2020. MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Lebanese soldiers search for survivors after a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. The explosion flattened much of a port and damaged buildings across Beirut, sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. In addition to those who died, more than 3,000 other people were injured, with bodies buried in the rubble, officials said. Hassan Ammar/AP hide caption
People gather in protest in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland as the city experiences another night of unrest on July 28, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Protesters in downtown Portland have faced off in often violent clashes with the Portland Police Bureau and, more recently, federal officers. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. Attorney General William Barr, pictured in the Oval Office, pushed an unproven narrative about election fraud during an NPR interview. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People receive first-aid after a car ran into a crowd of protesters in Charlottesville, Va. on August 12, 2017. This photo appropriately replaced the original photo selected for the story. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Many Americans have been protesting for racial equity and and an end to police brutality. Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Malaysia Hammond places flowers at a memorial mural for George Floyd in Minneapolis on Sunday. Police brutality has sparked days of civil unrest. John Minchillo/AP hide caption
A cross with flowers and the letter "A" sits at the entrance to the Satilla Shores neighborhood where Ahmaud Arbery was shot and killed. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption
In 1993, Joe Biden, the current presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, was serving as a U.S. senator from Delaware. John Duricka/AP hide caption
Kelly McBride interviews journalist Joshua Johnson at The Poynter Institute in Florida on February 11, 2019. Octavio Jones for Poynter hide caption
Public Editor Elizabeth Jensen speaks at a KUNC listener event in Boulder, Colo. on Aug. 24, 2019. John Dickson for NPR hide caption
President Trump, center left, speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Friday, March 20, 2020. Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption