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NEW YORK, March 21, 2021 -- People march during a protest against Asian hate in New York, the United States, on March 21, 2021. Eight people, six Asians and two Whites, were killed in shooting incidents in the Atlanta area by a suspect this week. The attacks came amid a troubling spike in violence against the Asian American community during the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Wang Ying/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Wang Ying via Getty Images)

Asian Americans demand change after shootings: 'I want people to finally hear us ... not only when we're trending'

Massacre in the mountains

Tanzania's incumbent President and presidential candidate of ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) John Magufuli (R) speaks during the official launch of the party's campaign for the October general election at the Jamhuri stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania, on August 29, 2020. - Voters will also select new MPs and ward councillors when they go to the polls on October 28. (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE / AFP) (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Did Tanzania's Covid-denying leader die of the coronavirus? It's one of many questions he leaves behind

Oak Flat in Superior, Arizona. A sacred site to the San Carlos Apache and several other Native American tribes, Oak Flat is threatened due to a land exchange provision included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015 that would open the site up to mining.

Arizona Democrat reintroduces bill to protect sacred Apache site from planned copper mine

Sections of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets scroll discovered in the Judean Desert expedition prior to their conservation. Photo: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority

Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in desert cave

Israeli archaeologists have found dozens of fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll bearing biblical text in the Judean Desert. The fragments are the first pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls found in around 60 years and were recovered from a cave where Jewish rebels against the Roman Empire hid some two millennia ago. Teams have been working in the caves and cliffs of the Judean Desert since 2017 as part of an operation aimed at preventing looting of antiquities.

Dead Sea Scroll fragments found in desert cave

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Meet the basketball team with the longest win streak in the US

Destitute pea pickers in California. Mother of seven children. Age thirty-two. Nipomo, California 1936

What a Covid America needs to learn from Dorothea Lange

Jesuits commit $100 million to the descendants of people the order once enslaved

This photograph shows boxes of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines in a cold store of Movianto in Oss, on February 12, 2021. - - Netherlands OUT (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

5 things to know for March 16: Covid, immigration, North Korea, Capitol riot, Vatican

Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he leaves St. Peter's Square at the the end of Palm Sunday Mass on March 29, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican.

The Pope's openness to LGBTQ Catholics hits a wall

Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions, calling them a 'sin'

Pope Francis arrives at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Vatican says it will not bless same-sex unions

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Pope Francis Fast Facts

A burqa clad Muslim woman walks along a path at a zoological park on the outskirts of Colombo on March 14, 2021. (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI / AFP) (Photo by LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFP via Getty Images)

Sri Lanka to ban burqas and shut Islamic schools for 'national security'

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An American doctor went to India last year to care for protesting farmers. The conditions on the ground convinced him to stay

FILE - In this May 31, 2020 file photo, visitors make silent visits to organic memorial featuring a mural of George Floyd, near the spot where he died while in police custody, in Minneapolis, Minn. On Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2020, the Minneapolis City Council will decide whether to shrink the city's police department while violent crime is already soaring and redirect funding toward alternatives for reducing violence. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Why George Floyd's memorial site is surrounded by barricades

This picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows a vegetarian version of yam woon sen, a spicy glass noodle salad made with a meat substitute, at a restaurant in Bangkok. - A sprinkle of chili, some pinkish "pork" and a few basil leaves tossed into a sizzling wok -- chef Songpol swears his vegan version of punchy Thai favourite pad kra phao is a match for the original, as plant-based protein creeps onto Southeast Asia's meat-heavy menus. (Photo by Mladen ANTONOV / AFP) / TO GO WITH Thailand-lifestyle-food-environment, FEATURE by Joe FREEMAN (Photo credit should read MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Con estos consejos de una dietista, preparar una comida saludable es muy fácil

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Taliban Fast Facts

NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 06: NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER06:Evangelist and author Beth Moore speaks at the Dove Nominee Luncheon at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 6, 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Dove Awards)

Popular evangelical Beth Moore says she's no longer a Southern Baptist

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Reverend Bill Breeden stands outside the Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex to protest before death row inmate Wesley Ira Purkey was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection.
Purkey's execution scheduled for 7 p.m., was delayed by a judge. Purkey suffers from Dementia, and Alzheimer's disease.
Wesley Ira Purkey was convicted of a gruesome 1998 kidnapping and killing.
Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn't mentally fit in Terre Haute, US - 15 Jul 2020

'This horror has to stop.' Spiritual advisers to death row inmates decry recent wave of federal executions

Pope Francis, surrounded by shells of destroyed churches, attends a prayer for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

In pictures: Pope Francis visits Iraq

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 11: The U.S. Supreme Court stands on December 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. More than 100 Republicans in the House of Representatives voiced their support for a pro-Trump Texas election lawsuit as the state calls for the Supreme Court to delay the certification of election results in four battleground states that Vice President-elect Joe Biden won. (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

Supreme Court -- over John Roberts' sole dissent -- rules in favor of student in First Amendment case

Pope Francis blesses people as he arrives in the popemobile vehicle at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil.

Joyous, hopeful scenes are not the only legacy of Pope's visit to Iraq

A general view picture shows people attending a prayer by Pope Francis for war victims at 'Hosh al-Bieaa', Church Square, in Mosul's Old City, Iraq, March 7, 2021. REUTERS/Abdullah Rashid

Amid the rubble of Mosul, Pope Francis declares hope 'more powerful than hatred'

Pope Francis visits Iraqi church once attacked by ISIS

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On GPS: Pope Francis visits Iraq

A man wearing a face mask walks on February 4, 2021 in Lausanne past an electoral poster in favor of a "burqa ban" initiative reading in French: "Stop extremism!" ahead of a nationwide vote by Swiss citizen on whether they want to ban face coverings in public spaces or not. - The vote will take place on on March 7, 2021, as part of the country's famous direct democratic system. A clear majority of Swiss voters favour introducing a nationwide prohibition against wearing face-covering garments in public spaces, known as a "burqa ban", a poll showed last month. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Switzerland narrowly votes to ban face covering in public

Town previously overrun by ISIS prepares to host Pope Francis

Pope Francis meets with Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. The closed-door meeting was expected to touch on issues plaguing Iraq's Christian minority. Al-Sistani is a deeply revered figure in Shiite-majority Iraq and and his opinions on religious matters are sought by Shiites worldwide.

Pope Francis condemns extremism as 'betrayal of religion'

Then-2nd Lt. Emil Kapaun, U.S. Army chaplain, circa 1943.

70 years later, a US Army chaplain's remains are found

Pope Francis meets with Iraq's leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. The closed-door meeting was expected to touch on issues plaguing Iraq's Christian minority. Al-Sistani is a deeply revered figure in Shiite-majority Iraq and and his opinions on religious matters are sought by Shiites worldwide.

Pope Francis holds historic meeting with revered Shia cleric

YANGON, MYANMAR - FEBRUARY 07: A protester makes a three-finger salute as others march on February 07, 2021 in Yangon, Myanmar. Some internet services were restored in Myanmar on Sunday, almost a week after a military coup in which de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained and charged with an obscure import-export law violation, and a day after the military junta abruptly cut internet services and access to social media. Protests continued in the country's capital as authorities moved to make arrests amid growing a civil disobedience movement. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

Myanmar's ethnic groups have long suffered from military brutality. The junta gave them a common foe

Behind the scenes as Pope makes historic trip to Iraq

Pope Francis is greeted by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi as he arrives at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis touches down in Baghdad, hoping to boost an ancient Christian church and a war-torn country

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CNN revisits church where massacre occurred ahead of Pope's visit

Blast walls which continue to surround the Our Lady of Salvation Church are adorned with murals of Pope Francis in preparation for the historic papal visit.

The Pope's Iraq trip could be his most dangerous yet. But the country's dwindling Christian minority hopes it heals their wounds

A split of a Muslim religious leader and the Archbishop of Westminster being interviewed by CNN's Becky Anderson.

Pope's Iraq visit is risky. 2 religious leaders explain why it's key

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Inside Europe's biggest Hindu temple, myths get debunked and vaccines administered

How a London community is bridging the gap to reach minorities hard-hit by the pandemic

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What's behind the mass exodus of Christians from Iraq?

Michael Louis Pfleger speaks onstage at 2017 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Commemorative Service at Ebenezer Baptist Church on January 16, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Chicago priest Michael Pfleger faces third allegation of sex abuse

How a London community is bridging the gap to reach minorities hard-hit by the pandemic

FILE - Washington Football Team cheerleaders perform before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in Landover, Md., in this Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020, file photo. The Washington Football Team will not have cheerleaders for the 2021 season as part of an organizational rebranding. Washington hired Petra Pope, who managed the "Laker Girls" and brings three decades of NBA experience as an adviser to take on the task of reinventing the group.(AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr., File)

The Washington Football Team is turning in their cheerleading squad for a coed dance team

Some US bishops discourage Catholics from getting Johnson & Johnson vaccine if others are available

The commission was set up in 2018 by the French Catholic Church hierarchy and religious institutes after abuse scandals came to light.

French Catholic clergy may have abused at least 10,000 people since 1950, say investigators

Nepalese revellers gather in celebration of the Holi festival in Kathmandu on March 5, 2015. The Holi festival of colours is a riotous celebration of the coming of spring and falls on the day of the full moon in March every year. (Photo credit: PRAKASH MATHEMA/AFP/Getty Images)

Nepal Fast Facts

From left: poet Rupi Kaur, author Meena Harris, comedian Lilly Singh, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh

Indians are telling their 18 million-strong diaspora to keep out of their affairs

White evangelicals' dominance of the GOP has turned it into the party of resistance

Xavier Becerra, nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, answers questions during his Senate Finance Committee nomination hearing on February 24, 2021 at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. If confirmed, Becerra would be the first Latino secretary of HHS.

Fact check: Biden's pick for HHS secretary says he never sued nuns as California attorney general

Two GOP lawmakers who supported the Equality Act in 2019 changed their votes this time

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This pasta's shape has divine inspiration

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Malaysian man wins landmark challenge against Muslim gay sex ban

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Catholic cardinal and Tapper pause to pray over Covid-19 victims

Minnesota priest auctions off baseball card collection for charity

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Texas hospitals grapple with water, staffing and supply issues in wake of winter storms

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer, repentance and fasting for many Christians.

Ash Wednesday's changing tradition

WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 19, 2018: The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judicial Branch of government. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Right-wing justices think religion is under siege. Will the full Supreme Court follow?

Male and female church congregants pray and sing Gospel tunes during a worship service at the True Love Worship Center in Van Nuys, CA on Sunday, July 31, 2011. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Black church is having a moment

It's time to stop calling slavery America's 'original sin'

When the Dalai Lama dies, his reincarnation will be a religious crisis. Here's what could happen

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 13: A girl makes an offering on Ash Wednesday at St. Patrick's Cathedral on February 13, 2013, in New York. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of prayer and fasting for many Christians.

Lent Fast Facts

NEW OREANS, LA - A float in the Rex parade turns on to Canal Street to large crowds with out outstretched arms on Mardi Gras Day. (Photo by Rusty Costanza/Getty Images)

Mardi Gras Fast Facts

A barbed wire security fence outside the U.S. Supreme Court following a snow fall in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. Winter Storm Orlena will snarl travel in the Northeast into Monday night as it brings heavy snow and strong winds from parts of New England to the northern mid-Atlantic. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Supreme Court rules Alabama may not execute inmate without his pastor present in the chamber

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Northern Ireland Fast Facts

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How UK Muslims and Hindus fight vaccine doubts in their communities

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Sister Andre (C), Lucille Randon in the registry of birth, the eldest French citizen, talks with journalists during an event to celebrate her 116th birthday in the EHPAD (Housing Establishment for Dependant Elderly People) in Toulon, southern France, where she has been living since 2009. - Sister Andre was born February 11, 1904. (Photo by GERARD JULIEN / AFP) (Photo by GERARD JULIEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Europe's oldest person, a 116-year-old French nun, survives Covid-19

116-year-old French nun Sister Andre, Europe's oldest person, survived Covid-19 without experiencing symptoms.

116-year-old nun, Europe's oldest person, survives Covid-19

These are the racist origins of Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben's

Jacob Chansley was transferred to an Alexandria, Virginia jail on Thursday where he will be served organic food meals.

'QAnon Shaman' rioter will eat organic food, while most prisons and jails have reputation for serving food that is unhealthy

Marjorie Taylor Greene's 'apology' and the challenge of Jesus

FILES) -- A screengrab taken on July 13, 2014, from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows the leader of the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau (C). Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on November 25, 2014. "Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders on their way to Chad to buy fish, " Abubakar Gamandi said. AFP PHOTO / BOKO HARAM

Boko Haram Fast Facts

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Pope appoints first woman Under-Secretary with right to vote in Synod of Bishops

Sept 18, 2020; Nashville, TN, USA; Valor Collegiate Academy freshman volleyball player Najah Aqeel was not allowed to play in a recent match because she didn't have a waiver to wear her hijab, which she wears as part of her religious beliefs. Mandatory Credit: George Walker IV-USA TODAY NETWORK

A student athlete sparked national change after being disqualified from a volleyball match for wearing a hijab

WASHINGTON, D.C. - APRIL 19, 2018: The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United States and the Judicial Branch of government. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Supreme Court gives partial win to California churches fighting Covid restrictions

Romania's Orthodox Church under fire over baptism ritual after death of baby

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) leaves her office at Longworth House Office Building for a vote in the House chamber February 4, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's history of dangerous conspiracy theories and comments

Niya Shabazz, one of the organizers of Community Justice Initiative, talks about her outrage and how a child was treated by the police before her, CJI members and supporters march Feb. 1, 2021 from N. Clinton Avenue and Ave. D in Rochester, NY to the Rochester Police Department's Clinton Section at N. Clinton Ave. and Upper Falls Boulevard to protest the police handcuffing and using pepper spray on a 9-year-old girl last Friday. The police body camera footage showing the incident was released yesterday.

Rochester mother of 9-year-old who was handcuffed and pepper-sprayed notifies city she intends to sue

Biden focuses on faith and unity during 'dark, dark time' in prayer breakfast remarks

Munirah al-Sinani, a 72-year-old Saudi woman, drives her car in the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dhahran on June 11, 2019.

Saudi Arabia Fast Facts

Women march in Tegucigalpa on January 25, 2021 to protest against Congress strengthening the constitutionally mandated ban on abortion and against murders due to male violence. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP) (Photo by ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP via Getty Images)

How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras

Insular Jewish Orthodox communities were hit hard by Covid-19, but some say misinformation about the virus is still widespread

A demonstrator gestures as people take part in a pro-choice protest in the center of Warsaw, on January 27, 2021, as part of a nationwide wave of protests since October 22, 2020 against Poland's near-total ban on abortion. - A demonstrator holds a banner reading "Abortion on demand" as she takes part in a pro-choice protest in the center of Warsaw, on January 27, 2021, as part of a nationwide wave of protests since October 22, 2020 against Poland's near-total ban on abortion. A controversial Polish court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion will come into force on January 27, 2021, the country's right-wing government said, in an announcement that triggered protests. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP) (Photo by WOJTEK RADWANSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

A culture war is raging in Poland. The battleground: Women's bodies

South Sudan Fast Facts

Dorothea Gramlich, 81, Helen Laier, 88, Jeannine Therese McGorray, 86, Charlotte Moser, 86, Esther Ortega, 86, Mary Lisa Rieman, 79, Ann Rena Shinkey, 87, Margaret Ann Swallow, 97, and Mary Irene Wischmeyer, 94

9 nuns die of Covid-19 after outbreak at Adrian Dominican Sisters campus in Michigan

Second grader Chloe Shelton and her mom Delanie Shelton hold hands while they walk together. Chloe was kicked out of school after saying she had a crush on another girl.

A 2nd grader at a Christian school was expelled for telling another girl she had a crush on her, mother says

27 December 2020, Israel, Bnei Brak: Israeli policemen use water cannons to disperse a demonstration staged by ultra-Orthodox Jews moments before Israel enters its third nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Ilia Yefimovich/dpa (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Violence and slurs from some of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Jews in battle over coronavirus lockdowns

SE Cupp: Attacking Amy Coney Barrett's Catholicism may backfire

The Dalai Lama discusses Buddhism (1997)

Why all American music is rooted in African American expression, a new museum shows

Exiled Tibetan leader Dalai Lama (C) blesses Tibet gifts which will be sent to his Taiwan followers during a ceremony to confort victims of Typhoon Morakot in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan on September 1, 2009. The Dalai Lama led thousands in prayer in his first big public appearance since arriving in Taiwan, as China signalled its ire by postponing or scaling down planned events with the island. AFP PHOTO / Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

Tibet Fast Facts

US President Joe Biden(C) leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington,DC on January 24, 2021. - Joe Biden has begun his presidency with sharp breaks from Donald Trump in both substance and tone, from climate change to immigration to a general openness to working with the rest of the world. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden attends first Sunday Mass as President

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden sits in the Oval Office as he signs a series of orders at the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021. - US President Joe Biden signed a raft of executive orders to launch his administration, including a decision to rejoin the Paris climate accord. The orders were aimed at reversing decisions by his predecessor, reversing the process of leaving the World Health Organization, ending the ban on entries from mostly Muslim-majority countries, bolstering environmental protections and strengthening the fight against Covid-19. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Biden's decrees vault America back onto the global stage. A whiplashed world wonders for how long

TOPSHOT - Joe Biden (L), flanked by incoming US First Lady Jill Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Did that really just happen?

The wedding took place at the Yesodey Hatorah Secondary Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London.

Police shut down ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding with 150 guests amid London lockdown

Magistrates during the trial of Angelo Caloia (not in picture) on January 21.

Vatican bank's former chief found guilty of money laundering, sentenced to nearly 9 years in prison

Lawyers in a court during a hearing of a blasphemy case in Kano, Nigeria on January 21

Nigerian teen jailed for blasphemy has sentence quashed

In this image from video, Vice President Kamala Harris swears in Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on the floor of the Senate Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

The religious books used during the swearing-ins -- and the symbolism behind them