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Bernard Henry holds his daughter outside his home in Whiteriver, Ariz., while reflecting on his family’s experience with COVID-19 last year on Feb. 17, 2021. After contracting COVID-19, Henry’s wife was hospitalized and was still recovering months after her discharge when this photo was taken. Whiteriver Indian Hospital medical staff monitored Henry’s wife’s progress almost daily. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
Funeral director Ron Thornson adjusts a deceased woman’s wig before placing her in the coffin at Peace Chapel Funeral Home in Phoenix on March 18, 2021. The funeral industry has been one of the hardest hit during the pandemic.
Nurse Christopher Sims injects U.S Navy vet Patrick Brown with the Covid-19 vaccine at the pop-up vaccination clinic in Mesa, Ariz., on June 2, 2021. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
Pro-abortion demonstrators, dressed as characters from the Handmaid's Tale, attend the Women’s March rally in front of the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix on Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021. Thousands participated in similar rallies in cities across the country in support of reproductive rights. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
Jacob Chansley, also known as the Q-Shaman, rails against election officials outside the Maricopa County Election headquarters in Phoenix on Nov. 7, 2020. Chansley, a prominent supporter of the Q-Anon conspiracy movement, rallied with other Trump supporters to demand election officials stopped counting votes as Joe Biden pulled ahead in the presidential race in Arizona. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
Trump supporters clash with U.S Capitol police officers in an attempt to breach the building and prevent the ratification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The mob later stormed the building, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated to safe locations within the Capitol and temporarily halted the proceedings. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
Enraged Trump supporters curse at police officers before clashing with them in an attempt to enter the U.S Capitol building and prevent the ratification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The mob later stormed the building, forcing lawmakers to be evacuated to safe locations within the Capitol and temporarily halted the proceedings. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)
A mob of Trump supporters storms the U.S Capitol from the western side in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The mob’s storming of the building to prevent the ratification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory forced lawmakers to be evacuated to safe locations within the Capitol and temporarily halted the proceedings. (Photo by Alberto Mariani)