U.S. President Joe Biden used his first address to a joint session of Congress to a call for “a once-in-a-generation investment in our families,” outlining trillions of dollars in new spending for infrastructure, child care, paid leave, community college tuition, and subsidies for working-class families.
In India, the second wave of the coronavirus has grown into a tsunami, with the country setting records for the world’s highest number of daily cases and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government coming under increasing pressure.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced a rising tide of allegations of “sleaze” after a former aide accused him of pursuing plans that were “unethical, foolish, possibly illegal.”
These were among the topics of this week’s most compelling political images.
Biden speaks with Democratic Representative Maxine Waters following a joint session of Congress in Washington on Wednesday. Biden took the riskiest step of his presidency with a call for higher taxes on the wealthy to fund a massive investment in the nation’s social safety net.
Photographer: Melina Mara/The Washington Post/Bloomberg
The Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village in Hollywood on Tuesday. Biden used his address to Congress to outline ambitious plans to spend trillions on infrastructure, education and child care, saying “America is on the move again.”
Photographer: David Swanson/Bloomberg
People wait at an entry gate of a vaccination center in Mumbai on Tuesday. India is setting daily records for new infections as a second wave overwhelms hospitals and crematoriums.
Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg
A waiter serves customers outside a restaurant in Rome on Monday. Prime Minister Mario Draghi presented details of his $316 billion proposal to re-engineer the economy that will test the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund.
Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg
Johnson departs from number 10 Downing Street on his way to Parliament in London on Wednesday. Johnson has been forced to deny he broke the law, as a series of scandals that involve lobbying and what the opposition has dubbed “sleaze” threaten to engulf his government.
Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
Passengers wait with luggage at Orly Airport in Paris on Tuesday. France is moving toward a broad rollout of digital health certificates, putting the country at the forefront of an EU push for vaccine passports to jumpstart travel.
Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg
A manager attaches price tags to a new hunting rifle at a store in El Cajon, California, on Monday. Biden called on lawmakers to pass stricter gun safety laws, responding to a spate of gun violence across the U.S.
Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg
Pedro Castillo, the presidential candidate for the leftist Peru Libre party, speaks during a rally in Piura on Tuesday. Castillo suspended campaign events Thursday afternoon, citing health reasons.
Photographer: Miguel Yovera/Bloomberg
Visitors look at Volkswagen cars at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show on Tuesday. A global chip shortage is going from bad to worse, with automakers on three continents joining tech giants Apple and Samsung Electronics in flagging production cuts and lost revenue from the crisis.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
A lighthouse overlooking the sea on the Italian island of Ischia on Tuesday. Residents are hoping the 19-mile stretch of seawater that separates them from the mainland will help save their economy from another disastrous tourism season this summer.
Photographer: Alessio Paduano/Bloomberg
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