This image provided by the Texas Department of Public Safety shows a shark close to the shore in South Padre Island, Texas, on Thursday. Texas Department of Public Safety/AP hide caption
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Democrats from across the country are weighing in on whether President Biden should continue to run as their party's nominee for president. SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images/AFP hide caption
In this handout photo provided by ABC, President Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5 in Madison, Wis. Handout/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
President Biden's interview today is taking on outsized significance for his race
Randee Noggle stands in front of her home in Taylor, Mich. on June 30, 2024. She bought the house in 2018 using money she inherited from her grandmother. Sylvia Jarrus for NPR hide caption
Joey Chestnut (right) won a hot dog-eating contest against soldiers at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, with Impossible Foods pledging to donate $1,000 in support of military families for each hot dog downed. Impossible Foods hide caption
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos speaks at an event unveiling the Kindle 2.0 in 2009. Bezos founded the company in his Bellevue, Wash. garage 30 years ago on July 5, 1995. Mario Tama/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption
Wisconsin residents deposit mail ballots in a drop box outside of a library in Milwaukee on Oct. 20, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
The Chinese and the Olympic flag wave during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The World Anti-Doping Agency cleared 23 Chinese swimmers of doping allegations despite positive tests for banned substances, allowing them to compete in the 2021 Tokyo Games. Petr David Josek/AP hide caption
Justice Department opens a criminal probe of the Chinese Olympic doping scandal
A Cal Fire OV-10 air tactical aircraft releases a puff of smoke while guiding a fire retardant drop during the Thompson Fire in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday. Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle/AP hide caption
A man and his dog stand on the shore of a beach in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl in Tulum, Mexico, on Friday, July 5, 2024. Fernando Llano/AP hide caption
These are some of the prominent Democratic leaders who are viewed as potential future presidential contenders: Vice President Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
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Labour Leader Keir Starmer celebrates winning the 2024 general election with a speech at Tate Modern in London on Friday. Ricky Vigil/Getty Images Europe hide caption
Leslie Bricusse's multicolored "Doctor Dolittle" calendar. The Library of Congress hide caption
A person looks at an election poster board for Tokyo gubernatorial election Monday, July 1, 2024, in Tokyo. Tokyo elects a new governor on Sunday but residents say personal publicity stunts have overtaken serious campaigning — there are nearly nude women in suggestive poses, pets, an AI character and a man practicing his golf swing. Eugene Hoshiko/AP hide caption
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis arrives to take part in a Ukraine peace summit near Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 15. Mitsotakis' administration says making six days of work mandatory is necessary due to a shrinking population and a shortage of skilled workers. Denis Balibouse/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Tourists are seen photographing an eruption of Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park in this 2011 file photo. On Thursday, a man was killed in an exchange of gunfire with law enforcement park rangers after he was reported to have a weapon and issuing threats, according to the National Park Service. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption
In this photo made available by Iranian state-run TV, IRIB, Iranian presidential candidate Saeed Jalili, left, a hard-line former nuclear negotiator, and reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian greet one another at the conclusion of a debate at the TV studio in Tehran, Iran, on June 1, 2024. Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/AP/IRIB hide caption
Homes destroyed by Hurricane Beryl lie in Clifton, Union Island, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on Thursday. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP hide caption
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met Hawaii Gov. Josh Green in August 2023 after devastating wildfires struck Maui. Green was one of the Democratic governors who sat down with Biden to talk about the presidential campaign. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gives a thumbs up to his supporters after he was elected for the Holborn and St Pancras constituency in London on Friday. Kin Cheung/AP hide caption
D.C.'s east cornerstone, located at the city's easternmost point, is hidden in a small patch of woods in a residential neighborhood. Jacob Fenston/For NPR hide caption
Marvin Cox, community outreach director with the Metropolitan Action Commission on June 25, in Nashville. As temperatures reached into the upper 90s, the Metro Action Commission was offering free window AC units to seniors, families with young children and people with medical conditions. Mark Humphrey/AP hide caption
Public housing buildings can now pay for residents' ACs, providing relief to many
Miki Sudo (right) and Mayoi Ebihara compete in the women's division of Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Thursday, at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Sudo won by eating a record 51 hot dogs. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption