 Members of the People's Liberation Army honor guards walk past a banner depicting Chinese President Xi Jinping near the Forbidden City in Beijing on May 21. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Click here for more of Bloomberg's most compelling political images from the past week. China Blew a Chance at Global Leadership Responding to Covid-19
As the coronavirus snaked out of Wuhan and accelerated around the world, China initially seemed to recognize the diplomatic potential of leading the global response. But, as Rosalind Mathieson writes, Beijing instead blundered gracelessly. The WHO Is Caught in a Dangerous Place Between Trump and China
The World Health Organization is fighting the worst pandemic in a century — and facing an unprecedented political challenge. Matthew Campbell, Jason Gale, John Lauerman and James Paton explain the perils of being wedged between Washington and Beijing. Coronavirus Is a Stress Test Many World Leaders Are Failing
It's too early to score countries on their overall responses to a pandemic whose life cycle is likely to be measured in years. Yet it's clear already that if a leader has a political weakness, coronavirus is finding it. Marc Champion takes a closer look.  Wilson, a school librarian in Fort Worth, Texas, said she's always been a reliable voter for Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump in 2016, but that she won't be voting for the president this year. Click here for more on how Trump's push to reopen the U.S. economy before the coronavirus outbreak abates may cost him Republican support. Biden Gets Slow Start in Arizona, Newly Winnable for Democrats
Biden's campaign doesn't have any staff in Arizona, a state many Democrats believe would give him a clear path to victory over Trump. He also hasn't campaigned there. But as Tyler Pager reports, Biden's campaign promises to make up ground quickly. In an Upside-Down World, Alaska Briefly Had Busiest U.S. Airport
As runways around the world fell nearly silent in recent months due to the pandemic, one U.S. airport stood out. Sitting about halfway between Asia's industrial centers and North America, Ted Stevens Anchorage International has been booming with cargo shipments, including loads of masks and other medical equipment, aboard planes stopping to refuel. Alan Levin takes a closer look. Americans Venture Out for Holiday Travel in Test of Containment
Americans are fleeing weeks of home isolation for beaches, parks and other leisure destinations over the Memorial Day weekend. And that has pandemic experts and businesses concerned about a spike in coronavirus cases, Ryan Beene and Alan Levin report.  People lay on the grass in circles drawn to promote social distancing at Dolores Park in San Francisco. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Saudi Prayers No Longer Disrupt Shopping in Time of Coronavirus
As the call to noon prayer sounded at a shopping mall in Riyadh, a woman walking into a boutique was having her temperature checked. A man pushed his trolley into a supermarket. With movement limited, many stores are no longer closing for worship, Donna Abu-Nasr reports. The Pandemic Makes Fannie and Freddie Even More Indispensable
The pandemic has pulled Uncle Sam deeper into the housing market again. This time he may become too embedded to ever leave. Joe Light and Prashant Gopal explain why. And finally ... The secretive world of British billionaire twins Frederick and David Barclay started to unravel with a hidden camera and a discrete taping system. The brothers, who spent decades avoiding media attention by isolating themselves on an island in the middle of the English Channel, are now front-page news due to the latest part of the family's multi-generational legal dispute over the sale of London's Ritz Hotel. Ellen Milligan, Jonathan Browning and Benjamin Stupples tell the tale.  The Ritz Hotel in central London. The sale of the five-star hotel to the brother-in-law of the ruler of Qatar is at the center of a family dispute. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg | 
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