President Joe Biden speaks at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022, to mark the anniversary of the attack on the Capitol in Washington, D.C. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, pictured on Capitol Hill Wednesday, said of the attack on the Capitol last year, "Anyone who commits an act of violence should be prosecuted, and anyone who assaults a law enforcement officer should go to jail for a very long time." Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
Rapid COVID tests are distributed in Brooklyn in late December. Self-tests are in short supply in many parts of the country. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Mary Venus, a nurse from the Philippines, on duty at Billings Clinic in Billings, Montana. Nick Ehli/Kaiser Health News hide caption
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with then President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Crowds arrive for the "Stop the Steal" rally on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
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Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022, in Carmel Church, Va. Close to 48 miles of the Interstate was closed due to ice and snow. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Security fences are positioned near the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, a day ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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Mourners view the body of Federal Protective Services Officer Dave Patrick Underwood after a memorial service in June 2020. Underwood was fatally shot as he was guarding a federal building in Oakland, Calif., amid George Floyd-related protests. Ben Margot/AP hide caption
In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian peacekeepers board on a Russian military plane at an airfield outside Moscow, in Russia to fly to Kazakhstan Thursday. A Russia-led military alliance, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, said early Thursday that it would send peacekeeper troops to Kazakhstan. Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP hide caption
A doctor loads a dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, on Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. Steven Senne/AP hide caption
Capitol police officers inside the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. NurPhoto/NurPhoto/Getty Images hide caption
Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand against Marin Cilic of Croatia during the Davis Cup Semi Final match between Croatia and Serbia at Madrid Arena pavilion in December in Madrid, Spain. Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images for Lexus hide caption
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This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says was a test launch of a hypersonic missile in North Korea Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022. AP hide caption
World War II veteran Lawrence Brooks, pictured holding a photo of himself as a soldier in 1943, died on Wednesday at age 112. Gerald Herbert/AP hide caption
The closed Lithuanian Embassy in Beijing. China lashed out at the United States Thursday over its support for the European nation of Lithuania in its feud with Beijing over relations with Taiwan. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
Teachers tell NPR that exploring previous precedents can help students make sense of what happened on Jan. 6. For example: when invading British troops attacked Washington and set fire to the U.S. Capitol in 1814. Keith Lance/Getty Images hide caption
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Pro-union pins sit on a table during a watch party for a Starbucks' employees union election on Dec. 9 in Buffalo, N.Y. Joshua Bessex/AP hide caption
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