Travel A year ago today, in pictures: George Floyd Memorial and more moments you may remember – Auburn Citizen News Editor - June 8, 2021 0 {{featured_button_text}} Today’s top pics: George Floyd Memorial and more APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Russia A woman wearing a face mask and gloves to protect against coronavirus looks at her cellphone inside the GUM, State Department store in Moscow, Russia, Monday, June 8, 2020.The Russian capital is ending a tight lockdown that has been in place for more than two months, citing a slowdown in the coronavirus outbreak. Moscow’s mayor said that starting Tuesday residents will no longer be required to obtain electronic passes for travel and can walk, use public transport and drive without any restrictions. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Alexander Zemlianichenko APTOPIX America Protests Congress House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, and other members of Congress, kneel and observe a moment of silence at the Capitol’s Emancipation Hall, Monday, June 8, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington, reading the names of George Floyd and others killed during police interactions. Democrats proposed a sweeping overhaul of police oversight and procedures Monday, an ambitious legislative response to the mass protests denouncing the deaths of black Americans at the hands of law enforcement. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Manuel Balce Ceneta APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain The track is kicked back as runners turn into the back straight at Chelmsford City Racecourse, in Chelmsford, England, Monday June 8, 2020. Horse racing is allowed as the highly contagious coronavirus restrictions are relaxed, although the public are still not allowed entrance, and no track side bookmakers are not allowed, as some restrictions remain. (Alan Crowhurst / PA via AP) Alan Crowhurst APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Texas Gov. Greg Abbott passes by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Mourner Charlene Thompson, of Houston, passes by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Austria Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz walks with a protective mask behind a reflective plexiglass shields at the federal chancellery in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 8, 2020. The Austrian government has moved to restrict freedom of movement for people, in an effort to slow the onset of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak) Ronald Zak APTOPIX George Floyd Memorials Mourners arrive at a public visitation for George Floyd at the Fountain of Praise Church on Monday, June 8, 2020 in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay APTOPIX George Floyd Memorials Mourners arrive at a public visitation for George Floyd on Monday, June 8, 2020 at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Peru People wearing masks amid the spread of the new coronavirus wait for hours, some for 10 hours, to refill their oxygen cylinders at a shop that sells oxygen in Callao, Peru, Monday, June 8, 2020. Long neglected hospitals in Peru and other parts of Latin America are reporting shortages of oxygen as they confront the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia) Martin Mejia APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Mourners pass by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Colombia Social distancing signs are posted in the men’s room at the Grand Station mall, during a temporary reopening of the shopping center in Bogota, Colombia, Monday, June 8, 2020. Bogota is performing a pilot test for the next eight days, requiring a distance of two meters between people, mandatory face masks, and a maximum mall occupancy of 35 percent. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara) Fernando Vergara APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Chile A Peruvian migrant is detained for appearing in a police database as positive for COVID-19, in downtown Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 8, 2020. The police have surrounded the area around the man with police tape to keep people from coming into contact with him. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Esteban Felix APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Chile A man wearing a mask as a precaution amid the spread of the new coronavirus poses for a photo after buying groceries at the market in Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Esteban Felix APTOPIX Trump President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials, Monday, June 8, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Patrick Semansky APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Bolivia Protests Musicians play amid the new coronavirus pandemic to protest a proposal by interim President Jeanine Anez to eliminate the Ministry of Culture, in La Paz, Bolivia, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Juan Karita APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Houston police chief Art Acevedo and Charlene Davis embrace after Davis prayed for him as she stood in line at a public visitation for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.(AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Houston police chief Art Acevedo bumps fists with a guest who is waiting in line at a public visitation for George Floyd at The Fountain of Praise church in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston.(AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Brazil Leo Freitas runs to take a wave at Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, June 8, 2020. For the 18-year-old skimboard athlete, people need to take appropriate precautions when they go out, amid the new coronavirus pandemic, after the authorities have started to reopen gradually some businesses and easing some protective measures. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Leo Correa APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Kisha Coleman pauses by the casket of George Floyd during a public visitation for Floyd at the Fountain of Praise church Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, Pool) David J. Phillip APTOPIX Mexico Protest A youth tears down a surveillance camera during a march in downtown Mexico City, Monday, June 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) Rebecca Blackwell APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Cuba Doctors A man waves at the doctors, part the first Cuban medical brigade of the Henry Reeve Contingent, after it arrived in Havana, Cuba, Monday, June 8, 2020. The Cuban doctors had gone to Italy on March 22 to help with the COVID-19 emergency in the Lombardy region. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) Ramon Espinosa APTOPIX George Floyd Memorial Local residents and Alumni of Jack Yates High School take part in a candle light vigil to honor George Floyd in Houston, Monday, June 8, 2020, in Houston. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis Police officers on May 25.(AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay APTOPIX George Floyd Memorials Cecil Munoz, center, and others attend a candlelight vigil honoring George Floyd at Jack Yates High School in Houston on Monday, June 8, 2020. Floyd died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP) Ricardo B. Brazziell APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain A London Underground worker, right, hands over a free face mask, gloves and hand sanitizer to a passenger at London’s Baker Street station, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Wearing a face mask will become compulsory on the London TFL public transport service starting from June 15, 2020, as a safety measure to contrast the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Frank Augstein APTOPIX Virus Outbreak India Migrant workers from other states rest on a pavement as they wait for trains to their home states in Hyderabad, India, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. India is reopening its restaurants, shopping malls and religious places in most of its states after a more than 2-month-old lockdown even as the country continues to witness a worrying rise in new coronavirus infections. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.) Mahesh Kumar A APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Cyprus Flights Two men wearing face masks are seated on an airport bench a seat apart in line with social distancing rules at Cyprus’ main airport in Larnaca, on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Cyprus re-opened its airports on Tuesday to a limited number of countries after nearly three months of commercial air traffic as a result of a strict lockdown aimed at staving off the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Petros Karadjias APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Britain A woman walks past a Wedding dress shop in London, Tuesday, June 9, 2020, where bride dresses pile unused in the shop window. Weddings in the UK have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and are probably allowed starting in July. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Frank Augstein APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Indonesia A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, the capital city has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions this week, saying that the spread of the virus in the city of 11 million has slowed after peaking in mid-April. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Dita Alangkara APTOPIX Virus Outbreak Indonesia A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, June 9, 2020. As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, the capital city has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions this week, saying that the spread of the virus in the city of 11 million has slowed after peaking in mid-April. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Dita Alangkara APTOPIX Indonesia Daily life Baby turtles released into the ocean in Bali, Indonesia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Roughly a hundred newly hatched Lekang turtles were released during a campaign to save the endangered sea turtles. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) Firdia Lisnawati With a weekly newsletter looking back at local history.