CNN
January 2021: Traffic piles up as drivers wait for COVID-19 tests outside of the Los Angeles Dodgers Stadium.
Reuters
January 2021: Police munition causes explosion as 2,000 to 2,500 supporters of Donald Trump storm the Capitol Building following President Biden’s election.
The New York Times
March: Marie Fabrizio, 95, sees her son, Dan Fabrizio, 59, at her assisted living home for the first time in a year following the pandemic lockdown.
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post
March: Vice President Harris swears in Deb Haaland as the 54th secretary of the Interior, making Haaland the first Native American cabinet secretary.
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Expressions of gratitude are given to healthcare workers as they have confronted the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABC News
April: Black Lives Matter activists protest for Ma’Khia Bryant, a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by a police officer.
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August 2021: Team USA receives gold medal in the women’s 4×400 relay during the Olympics in Tokyo.
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August: Afghans climb on a plane in Kabul’s airport in hopes of leaving Afghanistan.
Caroline Brehman/EPA
November: Brittany Spears’ fans celebrate at the Stanley Mosk Courthouse after discovering that Spears’ conservatorship has been terminated.
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