Participants watch the pop singer Tim Bendzko perform Saturday at the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig, Germany, during a study about the coronavirus and live events. For volunteers, the experiment was an opportunity to hear live music for the first time in several months. (Gordon Welters/The New York Times)
Participants watch the pop singer Tim Bendzko perform Saturday at the Quarterback Immobilien Arena in Leipzig, Germany, during a study about the coronavirus and live events. For volunteers, the experiment was an opportunity to hear live music for the first time in several months. (Gordon Welters / The New York Times)
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Dylan Bowman breaks The Fastest Known Time on the Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainer in Washington, USA on 19 August, 2020.
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Ultrarunner Dylan Bowman sets running record on Mount Rainier’s Wonderland Trail

On Aug. 19, 2020, Portland-based Red Bull athlete Dylan Bowman set out from Cougar Rock Campground around 4 a.m. After a casual, 93-mile jog around Mount Rainier, Bowman returned less than 17 hours later. They aren't called ultrarunners for nothing.

Friday, August 21, 2020 Sgt. Kevin Haistings at the police boat dock on the north end of Lake Union. 214845
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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll directs players as the Seattle Seahawks hold training camp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton Thursday August 20, 2020. 214789
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Seattle Art Museum closed its doors on Friday, along with several other museums, due to coronavirus concerns. Downtown Seattle is quieter than usual. On Friday, March 13, 2020. 213326
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Collin DeLong, 25, top, a first-year student at Walla Walla Community College’s Institute for Enology and Viticulture, picks petit verdot grapes Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Walla Walla. Already working professionally in a cellar for four years, DeLong said he went to school to go deeper into the wine industry. 207800
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A student, wearing a face mask and shield, returns to the Melpark Primary School in Johannesburg, Monday Aug. 24, 2020. Remaining grades returned to classes on day 151 of lockdown after schools were closed in March in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Some grades returned to classes several weeks ago. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell) XDF101 XDF101
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A still from a video shows former Tukwila police officer Nick Hogan used an unsanctioned takedown against Alvin Walker in 2011, breaking Walker’s elbow. Hogan was fired after multiple investigations found he violated department policy, and later pleaded guilty to violating a suspect’s civil rights, but he retained his state certification.

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis answers a question during a roundtable meeting with transportation industry leaders at the Hilton Orlando-Bonnet Creek Resort in Orlando, Fla., Friday, August 7, 2020. DeSantis addressed coronavirus and state transportation construction concerns. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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Demonstrators set fire to tires outside the Nissan Motor Co. plant in Barcelona, Spain, on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Nissan said it intends to close its Barcelona plant, in addition to the one it is planning to shutter in Indonesia. Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg 775516603

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Collin DeLong, 25, top, a first-year student at Walla Walla Community College’s Institute for Enology and Viticulture, picks petit verdot grapes Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Walla Walla. Already working professionally in a cellar for four years, DeLong said he went to school to go deeper into the wine industry. 207800

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Kiyoko Neumiller is a hibakisha, a survivor of a nuclear bomb. She was 15 and working in a factory on Aug. 6, 1945, when her hometown of Hiroshima, Japan was bombed. (Courtey Kiyoko / )

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This artwork by William Brown relates to students buying clothes and supplies as they return to school for the fall term.

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Mariners center fielder Kyle Lewis looks skyward and puts a hand over his heart after a solo homer in the first inning against Texas, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. 214844

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Dylan Bowman breaks The Fastest Known Time on the Wonderland Trail around Mt. Rainer in Washington, USA on 19 August, 2020.

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Wednesday, August 19, 2020, politicians and members of the media were led on a tour through the East Link Bellevue tunnel which will connect the East Main and Bellevue Downtown Stations when East Link begins operation in 2023. The area at top of frame is the mid tunnel access point where jet fans will be installed. Three years after excavation began, the tunnel structure is complete. Track and systems installation will continue. Excavation of the 2,500 foot long tunnel began in 2017. “When East Link light rail service begins, eastbound trains will enter the tunnel north of the East Main station at 112th Ave. SE and Main Street and travel approximately 1/3 of a mile under 110th Ave. NE, turning east near NE 6th St. to emerge at the future Bellevue Downtown Station,” according to a press release. “East Link’s opening in 2023 will be preceded in 2021 by Northgate Link and in 2022 by the Tacoma Link Hilltop Extension. One year later, in 2024, we will extend Link to downtown Redmond, Lynnwood and Federal Way,” said Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff. East Link will add 14 miles from downtown Seattle to downtown Bellevue and the Overlake area of Redmond via I-90, with ten stations, according to the press release. For more information on the East Link Extension, see: www.soundtransit.org/Eastlink. 214835
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Volvo 1800’s from the 1960’s have their own line up a the 12th annual Swedish National Holiday Classic Car Show at the Swedish Club on Dexter Avenue North. Ref to more photos online. Saturday August 15, 2020 LO Linesonly 214801
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Photos: Swedish car classics on display  VIEW

Defensive tackles Bryan Mone, left, and Cedrick Lattimore, right, square off in defensive line drills as the Seattle Seahawks hold training camp at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton Friday August 14, 2020. 214763
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A honey bee climbs on top of a lily flower at Martha Lake in Lynnwood on August 11, 2020. Red and white lily flowers line the shore in several areas of the lake. Photographed on August 11, 2020. LO LO LO 214751
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Sure signs of summer: Flowers, bees and flies