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Week In Photos: 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Begin, States Unmask

See photos from the first week of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, Amir Locke protests, Ambassador Bridge closed by trucker protest.

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Mikaela Shiffrin of United States makes a turn during the women's super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 11, in the Yanqing district of Beijing.
Mikaela Shiffrin of United States makes a turn during the women's super-G at the 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday, February 11, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati)

ACROSS AMERICA — Here are some of the best photos of the past week from around the country and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

In Minneapolis, hundreds gather to protest and mourn Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man who was killed by police executing a no-knock warrant. In Beijing, Team USA competed in the first week of the Olympic Games. A protest by Canadian truckers shut down the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, one of the busiest of U.S.-Canada border crossings.

And, in New York, one of the states lifting mask mandates as COVID-19 infections decline, Gov. Kathy Hochul allowed the indoor mask mandate to expire, except in some areas.

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A protester holds a sign demanding justice for Amir Locke at a rally on Saturday, in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body camera footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during a no-knock warrant. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)

People march at a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb.5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body cam footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during a no-knock warrant. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
The Ambassador Bridge, that connects the U.S and Canada, is devoid of traffic on Tuesday in Detroit. Canadian lawmakers expressed increasing worry Tuesday about the economic effects of disruptive demonstrations after the busiest border crossing between the U.S. and Canada became partially blocked by truckers protesting vaccine mandates and other COVID-19 restrictions. (Max Ortiz/Detroit News via AP)
The United States' Lindsey Jacobellis celebrates after winning a gold medal in the women's cross Wednesday at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The United States' Chloe Kim competes during the women's halfpipe finals Thursday at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Nathan Chen of the United States competes in the men's free skate program during the figure skating event Thursday at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
A man wears a mask while looking at the lower Manhattan skyline from a park in New York on Wednesday. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday that the state will end a COVID-19 mask mandate requiring face coverings in most indoor public settings but will keep masking rules in place in schools for now. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Some people wear masks while others do not while visiting a park in New York on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The Associated Press Contributed to this report.

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