Calls to fire U.S. men's national team coach Gregg Berhalter had grown louder after the team's loss to Panama in this summer's Copa America tournament. Hector Vivas/Getty Images hide caption
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Heads of state pose for a group photo during the NATO 75th anniversary celebratory event at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C. (July 9, 2024) Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
In this Sept. 5, 2019 photo, a shark warning sign is seen at Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet, Mass. Susan Haigh/AP hide caption
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Protesters march to call for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since the October attacks, in Jerusalem on July 7, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This February 2022 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows snakes in bags found hidden in a man's clothes at the San Ysidro, Calif., port of entry. On Tuesday, officials in China said a man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 snakes into that country. U.S. Customs and Border Protection/AP hide caption
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Video footage shows that Dvontaye Mitchell, 43, was held on the ground by multiple guards outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Milwaukee; he was declared dead soon afterward. The area where police say the struggle took place is seen here in a Google Maps image from 2022.
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Molly Baker (right) poses with her unsung hero, Carla Vail, who came up with a novel way to support Baker after her husband died. Molly Baker hide caption
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The Paramount logo is displayed at Columbia Square along Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, Calif. on March 9, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Democrats have been sharing concerns about President Biden in private conversations among themselves and some of those concerns are becoming public as the week goes on. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Senator Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon and Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, are part of a group of lawmakers unveiling a bipartisan bill banning lawmakers from trading stocks.
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The star cluster Omega Centauri contains millions of stars. The movement of some stars suggests that an intermediate-sized black hole lies at its center. NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA hide caption
President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the 75th anniversary of NATO at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Evan Vucci/AP/AP hide caption
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Actor Alec Baldwin leaves court after jury selection on Tuesday. Baldwin's wife, Hilaria, and his brother, actor Stephen Baldwin, were with him in the courtroom. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP hide caption
Iranian rights activist Masih Alinejad speaks during a press conference in March in association with the World Liberty Congress to urge action on political prisoners around the world, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A macaque sits on a rock at Cayo Santiago as a rainbow stretches across the sky in February 2022. Lauren Brent hide caption
This circa 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, made by John Plumbe Jr., was purchased for $456,000 at auction in June. Sotheby's hide caption
The Smithsonian acquires the earliest known portrait of an American first lady
A T-shirt from fashion brand Namilia shown during Berlin Fashion on July 3, 2024 sparked an outcry on the brand's Instagram, with readers noting that Ozempic is in short supply for people with a medical need for it. Sebastian Reuter/Getty Images hide caption
Police carry a body that they identify as U.S. mountain climber Bill Stampfl on Huascaran mountain in Huaraz, Peru, on Friday. Peruvian authorities said they found the mummified body of Stampfl, who died 22 years ago along with two other American climbers after they were trapped in an avalanche while trying to climb Peru's highest peak. Peruvian National Police/AP hide caption
Clouds pass over the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Grand Canyon Village, Ariz., Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Neak, a 43-year-old Ukrainian graffiti artist, mixes green paint at a workshop in Kyiv, Ukraine. His ETC graffiti crew works to camouflage cars to be sent east to the front line of the war with Russia. Natalie Keyssar hide caption
Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexei Navalny, walks away from his picture after lighting a candle at the end of a service in St. Mary's Church for the deceased Russian opposition politician Navalny on his birthday on June 4 in Berlin. Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images hide caption
Tessie Prevost, center, and 7-year-old Elan Jolie Hebert are escorted by U.S. Marshal Michael Atkins up the steps of McDonogh 19 Elementary School as Prevost was escorted in 1960, during a New Orleans 61st anniversary ceremony in 2021. Prevost was one of the first African-American women who integrated the all-white public schools in New Orleans. Ted Jackson/AP hide caption
Alaska lawyer Joshua Kindred speaks during a judicial nomination hearing at the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary in Washington, U.S. December 4, 2019. U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary/via Reuters hide caption