 Protesters burn an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping at a demonstration requesting that consumers boycott Chinese goods at Karol Bagh market in New Delhi on June 22. Photographer: T. Narayan/Bloomberg Click here for more on the diplomatic minefield that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has walked into over India's disputed border with China and here for more of Bloomberg's most compelling political images from the past week. Tell us how we're doing or what we're missing at balancepower@bloomberg.net.
Trump Rally Drew People From Counties Experiencing Covid Spikes
Mobile-phone location data from people who attended President Donald Trump's rally in Oklahoma show that most came from outside Tulsa, hailing from at least 44 counties spread across 12 states. Covid-19 is on the rise in 33 of them, Rachel Adams-Heard, Andre Tartar and Aaron Kessler report.
In Role Swap, Trump Runs as an Outsider, Biden Plays Incumbent
The president blames others for the pandemic and unrest, while his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, enjoys familiarity from his two terms as Obama's vice president. Joshua Green explains why the traditional incumbent-versus challenger dynamic has been turned on its head.  Hotez is the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, where hospitals risk being overwhelmed by a spike in virus cases. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Facial-Recognition Backlash Brews After Fury Over Police Conduct
Civil-rights advocates have long complained that facial recognition tools promote bias by misidentifying people of color. But, as Naomi Nix and Rebecca Kern write, it's taken the widespread anger and sorrow over the death of George Floyd to galvanize the debate. The Pandemic's Worst-Case Scenario Is Unfolding in Brazil
Overflowing hospitals. Widespread corruption. And a chloroquine-obsessed populist in charge. When Covid-19 finally recedes, it's possible Brazil will have been hit harder than any other country. Julia Leite, Simone Preissler Iglesias, Martha Viotti Beck and Ethan Bronner explain. Commuters wearing protective masks walk inside the Luz train station in Sao Paulo on June 22. Photographer: Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg China Shapes the Fears and Ambitions for Germany After Merkel
German politicians contemplating life after Angela Merkel departs from the scene are taking inspiration from China. As Arne Delfs writes, a balancing act between Washington and Beijing has been at the heart of Germany's economic success for a generation. As Zimbabwe's Economy Crumbles, Mugabe's Successor Courts Unrest
Two-and-a-half years after Zimbabweans poured into the streets to celebrate the military ouster of Robert Mugabe, the party is over. As Antony Sguazzin, Ray Ndlovu and Brian Latham explain, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to deliver on his promises of political reform and a wave of foreign investment. Over $100 Billion in PPP Loans Left Unclaimed in U.S. Relief Aid
Back in April, when the U.S. Small Business Administration was approving about $25 billion in coronavirus loans a day, lawmakers and companies were concerned that $669 billion in relief would quickly run dry. Yet the Paycheck Protection Program had more than $100 billion in funding left as of last Saturday, Mark Niquette reports. Pandemic Exposes Plight of Portugal's African Migrants
As new coronavirus infections are springing up in shantytowns inhabited by families of mostly African descent on the outskirts of Lisbon, Henrique Almeida examines the social disparities that have been thrust onto the political agenda in the era of coronavirus.
And finally ... As the space race gets cheaper and more accessible, new countries are jockeying to join. The United Arab Emirates, with a population of just under 10 million, recently became the 40th spacefaring nation. John Beck takes a closer look at how international arrangements, cost-lowering technological advancements and new commercial ventures have made the cosmos no longer the sole preserve of great powers.  UAE Minister for Advanced Sciences Sarah Al Amiri gives a talk in Dubai in 2015 to discuss planning for the Arab world's first space probe to Mars. Photographer: Kamran Jebreili/AP | 
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