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FILE - Britain's Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William, Prince of Wales, leave the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after taking part in an event with Coach Core, in London, Oct. 13, 2022. Prince William and the Princess of Wales will make their first trip to the U.S. in eight years this week, hoping to focus attention on his Earthshot Prize for environmental innovators. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

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A man whose mother died from COVID photographs a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall when the U.S. marked 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic in September of 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

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“I’ve been living in the U.S. ever since I returned for college, so I watched all of this unfold from the opposite side of the globe, knowing my family and friends were in the direct line of fire.” Pictured: the author in Taiwan, in 2019. (Courtesy Denise Lin)

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