Mounted police patrol the city center of Sydney, Australia, during a law enforcement operation to prevent anti-lockdown protesters from gathering during a lockdown to curb…

Workers in protective suits disinfect an old residential area under lockdown amid the coronavirus outbreak in Shanghai, China, April 15, 2022.

President Joe Biden speaks as he visits Portland International Airport in Portland, Ore., April 21, 2022.

A staff worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) stands inside a barrier of an area under lockdown in Shanghai, China, March 26, 2022.

On a gray afternoon in May 2020, Santa Cruz, California was closed. Its famous Boardwalk stood silent and still. Shops and restaurants were shut down; boarded up. Breweries lay dormant;…

A Chinese flag flutters at the Yellow Crane Tower attraction after the coronavirus lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, China, April 10, 2020.

Migrants expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42 walk toward Mexico at the Paso del Norte International Bridge, in this…

An image of Chinese President Xi Jinping displayed at the Museum of the Communist Party of China in Beijing, China, November 11, 2021.

There’s a college reunion this week. Not an official one; but friends from the same fraternity gathering from around the country to catch up, drink beers and meet the new…

Outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology, February 2021