Xavier Minor, 10; his mother, Barbie Minor; Kali Minor, 14; and father, Kamon Minor, from left, participate in a protest in Portland, Ore., Friday evening, July 24, 2020. On the streets of Portland, a strange armed conflict unfolds night after night. It is raw, frightening and painful on both sides of an iron fence separating the protesters on the outside and federal agents guarding a courthouse inside. This weekend, journalists for The Associated Press spent the weekend both outside, with the protesters, and inside the courthouse, with the federal agents, documenting the fight that has become an unlikely centerpiece of the protest movement gripping America. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus)
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1. ANGER, FEAR AND A BARRIER THAT DIVIDES The fence protecting the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, from nightly assault by protesters is a stark dividing line between two radically different world views.
2. AS VIRUS SURGES, TOURISM AND DIPLOMACY FACING PUSHBACK Countries are considering putting away their welcome mats to tourists and putting regional meetings put on hold as the pandemic strengthens its grip in many of the worst-affected countries.
3. DOUGLAS UNCOMFORTABLY CLOSE TO HAWAII Meteorologists cautioned the hurricane's path could shift slightly and could still unload its destructive power on the islands of Oahu and Kauai.
4. GOLD HITS RECORD, CLOSE TO $2,000 AN OUNCE The price surged as investors moved money into an asset seen as a safe haven amid jitters about U.S.-Chinese tension and the coronavirus recovery.
5. YOUNG ISRAELIS LEAD NEW PROTESTS Young Israelis have emerged as a driving force in the wave of colorful and emotionally charged protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his handling of the pandemic and economic crises.
A merry-go-round at a park is closed due to the coronavirus, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Sunday, July 26, 2020. As Latin America struggles to contain coronavirus, Uruguay has managed to keep case numbers low, but in the last weeks some new cases of COVID-19 were reported. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
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A surfer takes on a wave generated by Hurricane Douglas at Laie Beach Park, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Laie, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner)
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FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, a customer puts gold bars on basket for sell to a gold shop in Bangkok, Thailand. The price of gold surged more than $30 on Monday, July 27, 2020 to over $1,926 per ounce as investors step up buying of the precious metal often sought in times of uncertainty. Gold was trading at $1,926.20 by early afternoon in Asia, up 1.5%, after surging over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)
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File - In this Wednesday, July 22, 2020 file photo, Israeli police scuffle with demonstrators during a protest against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside his residence in Jerusalem, early. Protesters demanded that the embattled leader resign as he faces a trial on corruption charges and grapples with a deepening coronavirus crisis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)
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