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Luz Belliard, her granddaughter Victoria Alverez, 9, and a cousin of her daughter outside Public School 4 in New York, May 25, 2022. A day after a gunman massacred 19 children in a classroom in Uvalde, Texas, parents and caregivers all over the country grappled once again with a troubling question: Are our children safe at school? (Gregg Vigliotti/The New York Times) XNYT178 XNYT178

Parents face a haunting question: Is any schoolchild safe?

Across the country Wednesday, children, parents and caregivers grappled with the aftermath of the deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where an 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children.

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Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta meets with advocates of a writer’s guild to discuss antitrust issues at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles. MUST CREDIT: Photo for The Washington Post by Allison Zaucha
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In this photo provided by Nate Sink, the Missoula, Montana-based firefighter, cradles a newborn elk calf that he encountered in a remote, fire-scarred area of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Mora, N.M., on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Sink says he saw no signs of the calf’s mother and helped transport the abandoned baby bull to a wildlife rehabilitation center to be raised alongside a surrogate gown elk. (Nate Sink via AP) FX308 FX308
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The Pile River flows into Lake Iliamna at the base of the Alaskan Peninsula, headwaters of the Bristol Bay region, which is one of the world’s richest salmon fisheries. Efforts to mine $300 billion in precious metals could destroy the industry. Illustrates ALASKA-MINE (category a) by Margot Roosevelt (c) 2007, Los Angeles Times. Moved Friday, Sept. 7, 2007. (MUST CREDIT: Los Angeles Times photo by Luis Sinco.)
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EPA proposes protections for world’s biggest sockeye salmon fishery

Residents say a prayer with a Texas state trooper at the entrance of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Everyone in Uvalde seemed to know one of the children who had been gunned down. Or had gone to high school with their parents or grandparents. Some had lost several family members. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The New York Times) XNYT180 XNYT180
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‘Why the kids?’ In close-knit Uvalde, it’s everyone’s loss

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In this photo released by Warner Bros., talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, right, is embraced by Jennifer Aniston during the final taping of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” at the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank, Calif. (Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. via AP) NYET430 NYET430

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This combination image shows Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp Tuesday, May 24, 2022, in Atlanta, left, and Georgia Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams on Dec. 16, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. The governor’s race in Georgia between Republican incumbent Kemp and Democratic challenger Abrams promises to be a brutal battle that will further amp up the state’s charged political environment. (AP Photo) BKWS301 BKWS301

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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, Russian army tanks move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia. In what could be another sign that the Kremlin would like to lower the temperature, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that some units participating in military exercises would begin returning to their bases. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP) XAZ139 XAZ139

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FILE — A spin class in the Brooklyn neighborhood of New York, April 24, 2018. A May 2022 study found exercisers expel a shocking number of tiny aerosol particles when they are working hard. (George Etheredge/The New York Times)

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Crocodiles sun themselves. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Naashon Zalk.

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