
After George Floyd
The Week in Pictures: Protesters fill the streets and a launch on U.S. soil
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Nationwide protests demanded justice after the death of George Floyd and astronauts launched from the U.S. for the first time since 2011.

Minnesota
A man recites spoken word poetry at a makeshift memorial honoring George Floyd in Minneapolis on June 1.
loyd, a black man, died on May 25 in Minneapolis police custody after officer Derek Chauvin, who was later fired, held his knee on Floyd's neck for more than eight minutes.




Washington, D.C.
President Donald Trump holds a Bible while visiting St. John's Church across from the White House on June 1.
Lawmakers and religious leaders voiced outrage after police used tear gas against peaceful protesters outside the White House before Trump's photo op at the church on Monday evening.












Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocketcarrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched to the International Space Station with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard on May 30 at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral.
It was the first time NASA astronauts traveled into space aboard a commercially built spacecraft and rocket and the first time American astronauts launched from the U.S. since NASA retired its space shuttle fleet in 2011.
Photo taken with false color infrared exposure.


Washington, D.C.
George, 29, slaps hands with Mikaela, 3, in front of a police barricade on a street leading to the front of the White House during protests over the death of George Floyd on June 3. Mikaela's mom said she brought her two children to Washington from Tennessee to give them a better understanding of the situation she had been trying to explain to them back home.



Pennsylvania
Smoke rises from a fire on a police cruiser in Center City during during a protest in Philadelphia on May 30.

Minnesota
Shareeduh Tate, a family member, cries during a memorial service for George Floyd in Minneapolis on June 4.
Last week's gallery: Hugging through plastic and crowds return to beaches

