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In this handout photo taken Aug. 6, 2020, and provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, an employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia.

How close are we to a vaccine for COVID-19?

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In this handout photo Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, and provided by Russian Direct Investment Fund, an employee shows a new vaccine at the Nikolai Gamaleya National Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, Russia. 

Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/ Russian Direct Investment Fund via AP

How close are we to a vaccine for COVID-19, and what might a vaccine rollout look like in various countries? The task of distributing it to populations around the world could be daunting. Also, in Sofia, Bulgaria, demonstrations have been taking place every night for nearly two months now. Protesters want their prime minister and his government to resign. And, it’s been a summer of wildfires across the Arctic, of all places.

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