On Thanksgiving Day, Dr. Joseph Varon comforts a patient in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston. Texas was the first state to pass 1 million coronavirus cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. "As I'm going inside my Covid unit I see that this elderly patient is out of his bed and trying to get out of the room and he's crying," Varon said. Varon asked the man why he was crying, and the man said he wanted to be with his wife. Varon said the man would not be able to see his wife until he tested negative on his swabs and could be discharged.
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Bruce McDougal watches embers fly over his property as the Bond Fire burns in Orange County, California, on Thursday, December 3. The fire has prompted mandatory evacuations in several areas near the Silverado Canyon.
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Mike Tyson, left, boxes Roy Jones Jr. in an exhibition bout on Saturday, November 28. The fight between the two legends was ruled a draw by the judges at ringside.
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A full moon is seen behind people standing on the Edge, an outdoor observation deck in New York City, on Sunday, November 29.
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A health-care worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a clinic in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Tuesday, December 1.
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A metal monolith sits in a remote area of southeastern Utah on Friday, November 27. Officers from the Utah Department of Public Safety's Aero Bureau were flying by helicopter, helping the Division of Wildlife Resources count bighorn sheep, when they spotted the mysterious monolith that seemed right out of the film "2001: A Space Odyssey." Pilot Bret Hutchings believed it was most likely placed there by an artist. Days later, similar monoliths were found in California and Romania.
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Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller is seen before the team's football game against Missouri on Saturday, November 28. Fuller, who is also a goalie for the Vanderbilt women's soccer team, took the team's opening kickoff in the third quarter and became the first woman in history to play college football for a team in a Power 5 conference. She got her opportunity because many of Vanderbilt's specialists were in quarantine.
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Two workers wave from inside a Pfizer manufacturing site in Puurs, Belgium, on Wednesday, December 2. Regulators in the United Kingdom have granted emergency authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. The UK is the first Western nation to authorize a Covid-19 vaccine.
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US President-elect Joe Biden wears a walking boot as he exits a vehicle in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday, December 1. He has hairline fractures in his foot after he slipped while playing with his dog, Major.
A boy plays in smoke as a municipal worker fumigates a residential area in Ahmedabad, India, on Thursday, December 3.
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US President Donald Trump presents the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to former football coach Lou Holtz on Thursday, December 3.
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People wait in line to vote in municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, November 29.
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Military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral in Tehran, Iran, on Monday, November 30. Iran claims it has evidence that Israel was behind the assassination of Fakhrizadeh, one of the country's top nuclear scientists, but it has not presented any of its evidence. Israel has neither denied nor claimed responsibility.
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Mongooses are seen at a golf tournament in Sun City, South Africa, on Thursday, December 3.
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People work at the scene where a car was driven into pedestrians in Trier, Germany, on Tuesday, December 1. At least five people were killed, including a 9-month-old baby, and several others were injured. A 51-year-old German national was being questioned by police and will be prosecuted for murder and manslaughter, police said. The chief public prosecutor said the driver was "severely intoxicated" and there are "indications of psychological illness."
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Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller compete in a Luge World Cup event in Innsbruck, Austria, on Saturday, November 28. The Austrians finished first on their home track.
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A man walks past a mural in Toronto on Tuesday, December 1. The city has been on lockdown since last month.
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TCU's Chuck O'Bannon Jr. is fouled by Tulsa's Elijah Joiner during a college basketball game in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, November 28.
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Black Friday shoppers wait in line eight hours prior to a game store's opening in La Grange, Kentucky, on November 26.
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Farmers gather near a police road block that was stopping them from marching to New Delhi on Monday, November 30. Tens of thousands of farmers swarmed India's capital to protest new agricultural laws that they say could destroy their livelihoods.
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People in costumes walk near signs encouraging social distancing in Stavropol, Russia, on Tuesday, December 1.
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Family members wave goodbye to Barbara Farrior, 85, after visiting her at her nursing home in New York on Thanksgiving Day. The Hebrew Home at Riverdale was featuring drive-up visits so that families could connect with their loved ones celebrating the holiday alone.
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Soccer referee Stephanie Frappert warms up with assistant referees Hicham Zakrani, left, and Mehdi Rahmouni before a UEFA Champions League match in Turin, Italy, on Tuesday, December 2. Frappert became the first woman to referee a men's Champions League match.
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A street vendor sells colored balloons in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday, December 2.
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A car drives through a snow-covered forest in Ruderatshofen, Germany, on Thursday, December 3.
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US President Donald Trump plays golf at his golf club in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday, November 27.
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Two children stand in front of a light installation called Moongarden at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, December 2.
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Italy's Niccole Cannone takes part in a rugby scrum against France on Saturday, November 28.
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A rainbow appears over the White House after a storm on Monday, November 30.
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Early morning swimmers enjoy the water at the Charlton Lido in London on Wednesday, December 2. It had just reopened after the end of a second national lockdown.
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Emilie Beaugeard is punched by Victoire Piteau during a boxing match in Nantes, France, on Friday, November 27. Piteau won to defend her super featherweight title.
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A hearse carries the casket of soccer legend Diego Maradona past the government house in Buenos Aires on Thursday, November 26. Maradona, one of the all-time greats who captained Argentina to victory at the 1986 World Cup, died at the age of 60.
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Bob Underhill and his wife, Patricia, kiss through face masks at the Chiswick Nursing Centre in London on Wednesday, December 2. Visits with physical contact were being allowed for the first time after the facility introduced a Covid-19 test with results ready in 30 minutes.
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Industrial climbers remove ice from the cables of the Russky Bridge, across the Eastern Bosphorus strait in Vladivostok, Russia, on Monday, November 30.
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Pallbearers carry the casket of a Covid-19 victim inside a church in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, December 2.
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Ryan Swader holds a Christmas tree after picking it out with his 2-year-old son, Waylon, in Salem, Oregon, on Sunday, November 29.
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People walk through Christmas lights at the Kew Gardens in London on Tuesday, December 1. See last week in 36 photos
