Some 20,000 American flags are placed by the Covid Memorial Project on the National Mall to represent the 200,000 Americans who have died in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in Washington, DC, on Monday, September 21, 2020. There will be a commemoration for the 200,000 on Tuesday. More than seven million Americans have had the coronavirus. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI
A protester participates in a rally at the U.S. Capitol against police brutality and the death of George Floyd on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. Demonstrations continue around the country over the death of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Staff member uses an infrared thermometer to check the temperature of worshipper at the entrance of Asakusa Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday, October 18, 2020. This annual Asakusa Sanja Matsuri festival that normally attracts more than a million worshipers in the third week of May was postponed due to coronavirus with only hundreds in attendance on Sunday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI
A child wears a face shield while playing near an open fire hydrant as temperatures reached around 90 degrees in a summer of extremely hot and humid weather in New York City on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The coronavirus pandemic closed all of the city's pools with only a few now beginning to open. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Tiger Woods is framed by fall foliage as he putts on the 12th green during the first round of the 2020 Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia,, on Thursday, November 12, 2020. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Justin Mayes, from the Willie Watkins Funeral Home, scatters rose petals on the Edmund Pettus Bridge before the start of the procession of the casket containing the body of Congressman John Lewis, D-GA, in Selma, Alabama, on Sunday, July 26, 2020. The rose petals represented the blood spilled on the bridge during the march on March 7, 1965, known as Bloody Sunday. In 1965, at the age of 25, Lewis helped organize the march for voting rights where his skull was fractured after being attacked by police and the KKK. Lewis died on July 17 at the age of 80 after a six-month battle with cancer. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates after the Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Sunday, February 2, 2020. The Chiefs defeated San Francisco 31-20. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
People tour the views of New Jersey and the Manhattan Skyline at a press preview of the Edge sky deck in Hudson Yards in New York City on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in the Western Hemisphere, offers unparalleled 360-degree views of New York City's iconic skyline. Rising 1,131 feet in the air from the heart of Hudson Yards, the 100th-floor outdoor viewing area features a thrilling glass-floor, angled glass walls, outdoor skyline steps from the 100th to 101st floor, and more. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
David Ragan (36) maneuvers by the inverted car of Ryan Newman at the finish of the 62nd Daytona 500, on Monday, February 17, 2020 in Daytona, Florida. Photo by Edwin Locke/UPI
Officially designated social distancing circles are set up to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Domino Park in New York City on Thursday, May 21, 2020. The U.S. Coronavirus death toll now tops 90,000 and the number of reported cases exceeds 1.5 million. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A woman walks through Times Square wearing protective goggles, latex gloves, and a face mask in New York City on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. climbed above 12,000 as New York City suffered its deadliest day, with over 800 dying in the 24 hours since Monday night. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A protester participates in a rally at the U.S. Capitol against police brutality and the death of George Floyd on June 3, 2020, in Washington, DC. Demonstrations continue around the country over the death of George Floyd, who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Palestinian groom Mohamed abu Daga, 24, and his bride Israa wear face masks amid the COVID-19 epidemic during a photoshoot before their wedding ceremony in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Monday on March 23, 2020. The United Nations warned of potentially disastrous outcomes to an outbreak given the high poverty rates and weak health system in the Gaza Strip, under an Israeli blockade since 2007. Authorities in Gaza confirmed on March 22 the first two cases of the novel coronavirus, identifying them as Palestinians who had traveled to Pakistan and were being held in quarantine since their return. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI
Dr. Michelle Chester fills a syringe with the fluid from a vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center Northwell Health in New York City on Monday, December 14, 2020. The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States left from Portage, Michigan manufacturing plant on Sunday morning. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Workers in protective suits wait for the arrival of possible patients at New York State's first drive-through Coronavirus mobile testing center at Glen Island Park in New Rochelle, New York, on Friday, March 13, 2020. A one-mile containment zone around New Rochelle in Westchester County will be set up in hopes of slowing down the spread of the coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. New York began its first 'drive-through' testing center for coronavirus in New Rochelle. Earlier this week, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo deployed the National Guard to New Rochelle and created a one-mile containment zone to assist with the outbreak. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A shopper navigates an isle of empty toilet paper shelving due to coronavirus panic stockpiling in San Francisco on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Photo by Peter DaSilva/UPI
A man walks on Haight Street past a boarded up business in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. San Francisco is in its second day of a three week "shelter in place" with exceptions for grocery shopping. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI
A worker adjusts a candle at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City on Monday, December 21, 2020. The church is closed to the public for Christmas this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Photo by Ismael Mohamad/UPI
The USNS Comfort Navy ship remains docked at Pier 90 in New York City on Thursday, April 16, 2020. The USNS Comfort was originally designed to save lives in areas of war is now treating COVID-19 patients to help reduce the strain and pressure placed on the hospitals of New York City. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Demonstrators wear "Handmaid's Tale" costumes as they protest President Donald Trump's Supreme Court justice nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on Thursday, October 15, 2020. The Senate Judiciary Committee is finishing their last day of Barrett's confirmation hearing, and she is expected to be voted out of committee along party lines next week. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Mark and Patricia McCloskey hold a pistol and semi-automatic rifle as protesters walk past their house en route to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson's home during a protest march in St. Louis on Sunday, June 28, 2020. The man and woman greeted about 300 protesters, shouting as they broke down a gate in the neighborhood to march past their home. No shots were fired and the protesters moved on. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
A Super Worm Moon sets behind The Statue Of Liberty shorty before sunrise on Sunday, March 8, 2020 in New York City. Each month's full moon has been given different nicknames based on the time of year in which it occurs. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
South Korean war veterans, joined by military and government officials, release doves towards North Korea as a gesture of peace at a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Korean War on June 25, 2020, in Cheorwon, South Korea. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI
Military helicopters perform a fly over while cadets throw their hats in the air after commencement where United States President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the West Point graduation ceremony held at The Plain Parade Field at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York on June 13, 2020. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
President Donald Trump hugs and kisses the American flag as he concludes his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, February 29, 2020, in National Harbor, Maryland. Thousands of conservative activists, elected officials, and pundits gathered to hear speakers on the theme "America vs. Socialism." Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI
Trump supporters, one wearing a President Trump mask, rally under a giant American flag on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, on Saturday, December 12, 2020. Large groups, supportive of President Donald Trump, are marching on the Nation's capital as they allege, without evidence, that President-elect Joe Biden stole the U.S. election from Donald Trump. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Shakira (L) and Jennifer Lopez perform during the halftime show of Super Bowl LIV at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Sunday, February 2, 2020. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Janelle MonĂ¡e arrives for the 92nd annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles on Sunday, February 9, 2020. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Kayleigh McEnany, White House press secretary, listens as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks on "Operation Legend: Combatting Violent Crime in American Cities" in the East Room of White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Photo by Sarah Silbiger/UPI
President Donald Trump arrives for a Coronavirus briefing at the White House on Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at least 5,700 people have died in the United States, with more than 200,000 infected. More than 10 million people have lost their jobs in the U.S. in the past two weeks. Photo Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Paulina Rubio walks the red carpet at the 2020 Latin Billboard Music Awards at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida, on Wednesday, October 21, 2020. Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifts off at 7:50 AM from Complex 41 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on Thursday, July 30, 2020. Onboard the vehicle are NASA's "Perseverance" Rover and "Ingenuity" Mars Helicopter. Both spacecraft are destined for Mars and are scheduled to arrive at the Red Planet in February 2021. Photo by Joe Marino/UPI
Trees candle in the Glass Fire in Napa County, California on Sunday, September 27, 2020. The rapidly growing fire has no containment and threatens thousands of homes. Photo by Terry Schmitt/UPI
UPI Pictures of the Year 2020 - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
A woman dances with a Trump flag before White House senior adviser Ivanka Trump speaks during a rally as she campaigns for U.S. President Donald Trump at the Wyndham Lancaster Resort & Convention Center on Sunday, November 1, 2020 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Photo by Al Drago/UPI
Dozens of women dressed in black hold a protest against sexual assault outside while American film producer Harvey Weinstein is in Manhattan Court as jury selection continues in his sexual misconduct trial on Friday, January 10, 2020, in New York City. Harvey Weinstein is scheduled to stand trial on rape charges. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Fireworks are set off over the Lincoln Memorial as President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump host the 2020 Salute to America to celebrate America's Independence Day in Washington, DC, on Saturday, July 4, 2020. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
The Cincinnati Reds dugout watches in the ninth inning in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series at Trust Park in Atlanta on Thursday, October 1, 2020. The Braves advanced to the National League Divisional Series after defeating the Cincinnati Reds 5-0. Photo by Tami Chappell/UPI
A church worker prays before a church service with photos of parishioners at the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Maryland Heights, Missouri on Sunday, April 19, 2020. Since members cannot attend in person because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Rev. Bob Evans asked for his church to send in photos of themselves receiving over 500 photos from his 1500 membership. The photos are taped to the pews where the family sits, while he preforms the weekly service via Facebook live. Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
President Donald Trump speaks at a press briefing regarding COVID-19 at the White House in Washington, DC, in this file photo from Wednesday, February 26, 2020. Trump said the United States had 15 covid cases, and the number "within a couple of days is going to down to close to zero," and that the virus will just go away. Two days later, he called the coronavirus a "hoax." In a new book by Bob Woodward, revealed on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, Trump is quoted that he knew COVID-19 was very deadly as early as late January but deliberately decided to downplay the virus and the possible pandemic to the American public. File Photo by Pat Benic/UPI
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, walks to his office at the United States Capitol during a short recess in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump begins on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, in Washington, DC. One hundred United States Senators will serve as judges to decide whether to remove Trump from office for abusing power by pressuring Ukraine for personal political favors. Photo by Pete Marovich/UPI
Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas waits in the office of U.S. Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to procure tickets to the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, January 29, 2020. Trump is facing two articles of impeachment abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
UPI Pictures of the Year 2020 - U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Republican presidential candidate President Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate with Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, on the campus of Belmont University, in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday, October 22, 2020. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
Vice President Elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff buy a shirt that reads, "Madam Vice President" on it at the Downtown Holiday Market on small business Saturday in Washington, DC, on Saturday, November 28, 2020. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty wears shoes with names of those who have been killed by police, as he delivers a pitch to the Cleveland Indians at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on Saturday, August 29, 2020.Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI
Chuck Smith, running for Attorney General for Virginia, speaks to members of the Right to Bear Arms in front of the State Capital in Richmond, Virginia on Saturday, June 20, 2020. In the past three weeks of protest over police brutality and racial injustice, the General Robert E. Lee monument has received increased scrutiny. Photo by Ken Cedeno/UPI
Vanessa Mnobu of Frederick, Maryland, participates in a demonstration at Black Lives Matter Plaza on Saturday, June 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. Protest, demonstrations, and gatherings have taken place daily since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI
Uniformed Secret Service police in riot gear approach protestors near the White House during a demonstration against the Minnesota police killing of George Floyd on Monday, June 1, 2020, in Washington DC. Thousands of demonstrators were arrested over the weekend after clashing with police and defying curfews in numerous major U.S. cities. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/UPI
Sami Snow reacts as friends pass by during a surprise drive-by Bat Mitzvah celebration for her in Potomac, Maryland on Saturday, May 2, 2020. The family held a small ceremony at the home with the Rabbi officiating online followed by a surprise drive by Mitzvah celebration due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) social-distancing requirements. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
A model takes to the catwalk during Saint Laurent's show as part of the Fall-Winter 2020 Fashion Week presentations in Paris on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. Photo by Eco Clement/UPI
Works of art titled "Seascape" are on display at a press preview for Gerhard Richter: Painting After All on Monday, March 2, 2020, at The Met Breuer in New York City. The exhibition will be on view at The Met Breuer from March 4 through July 5, 2020. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
A worker walks through cardboard cut outs of fans before the Philadelphia Eagles play Los Angeles Rams in week 2 of the NFL season at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Sunday, September 20, 2020. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI