Picture of the Day
A Chipotle Mexican Grill sign is shown in Houston, Texas. Menu prices at the Chipotle Mexican Grill have risen by roughly 4% to cover the costs of raising its’ minimum wage to $15 an hour for employees. The restaurant industry has been boosting wages in the hopes of attracting workers during a labor crunch. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
This original Star-Spangled banner currently hanging in Flag Hall of the National Museum of American History in Washington, DC, inspired Francis Scott Key and the words of our National Anthem after it was flown over Fort McHenry in 1814. President Joseph R. Biden proclaimed June 14, 2021, as Flag Day, and the week starting June 13, 2021, as National Flag Week and flag week. (Smithsonian Archives/History Div)
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released a series of photos from the surface of Mars, June 11, 2021 taken by Mars rover Zhurong. This photo of the Zhurong rover itself, also known as a “selfie,” was taken from a wireless remote camera that was dropped into position by the rover. (China National Space Administration)
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife Carrie Johnson and U.S. President Joe Biden with First Lady Jill Biden walk outside Carbis Bay Hotel, on June 10, 2021 near St Ives, England. UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, will host leaders from the USA, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Canada at the G7 Summit that begins on Friday, June 11 2021. (Photo by Toby Melville – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
The developer behind the Keystone XL pipeline officially canceled the project yesterday. On April 22, 2014, Members of the Cowboy Indian Alliance, including Native Americans, farmers and ranchers from across the United States, ride horseback down Independence Avenue as part of a demonstration against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
A lone Chinese demonstrator (also known as “Tank Man”) stands down a column of tanks June 5, 1989 at the entrance to Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. The incident took place on the morning after Chinese troops fired upon pro-democracy students who had been protesting in the square since April 15, 1989. Last Friday, on the 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Square, images and videos of “Tank Man” were taken down worldwide from Bing, Microsoft’s search engine. Later, a Microsoft (MSFT) spokesman said they were taken offline “by mistake” attributing the removal to ‘human error.’ The images reappeared on Saturday globally outside of China. (Photo by CNN via Getty Images)
University students clean the Pillar of Shame sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiot, to remember the victims of the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, at the University of Hong Kong on June 4, 2021 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong activists planned private vigils and religious services to commemorate China’s deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, as a prominent organizer was arrested and thousands of police were deployed to prevent any mass protests. (Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)
A visitor views Diana, Princess of Wales’s wedding dress displayed complete with its spectacular sequin encrusted train during the “Royal Style In The Making” exhibition photocall at Kensington Palace on June 02, 2021 in London, England. Royal Style in the Making is scheduled to open at Kensington Palace on 3 June ,2021 and will run until 2 January, 2022. (Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
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