President Joe Biden speaks to reporters outside the White House on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, to investigate the origins of the coronavirus, indicating publicly that his administration takes seriously the possibility that the virus was accidentally leaked from a lab, as well as the prevailing theory that it was transmitted by an animal to humans; Image: Doug Mills/The New York Times
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