A uniformed off-duty Seattle police officer is on hand to help with traffic at a Seattle City Light job site in West Seattle. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
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Holden Village resident Krista Mathistad, center, is about to receive a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine administered by paramedic Mistaya Johnston on a porch of their community building on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Behind Mathistad are others who have been vaccinated or waiting for their vaccine. A total of 55 people received COVID-19 vaccines in the remote communities of Holden Village and Stehekin, along with workers at a mine remediation water treatment plant operated by Rio Tinto in the North Cascades.
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The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center lit the pre-dawn sky at 6:01 a.m. Sunday morning, March 14, 2021, in Florida. The rocket was carrying Starlink satellites and landed successfully on the drone ship Of Course I Still Love You. The booster for this launch had flown on eight previous missions. Five minute time exposure of the launch with the Westgate Cocoa Beach Pier in the foreground. (Malcolm Denemark/Florida Today via AP) FLROC101

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An undated handout photo, artist Will.i.am in the Xupermask, made by Honeywell. After the surgical mask and the do-it-yourself mask and the fashion mask: the smart mask. (via The New York Times)– NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY CONNECTED-MASK BY VANESSA FRIEDMAN FOR APRIL 7, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT174 XNYT174

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A Camellia’s prominent pollen-producing stamens venture out into the air at the Seattle Japanese Garden, one of countless extraordinary scenes often no bigger than a coin, as Spring unfolds around Seattle and viewed using a close-up lens Sunday, April 4, 2021. 216811
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