A mass shooting at a Texas elementary school left 19 students and two teachers dead on Tuesday, throwing the nation into mourning.
The shooting took place at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, which is about 90 miles west of San Antonio. The gunman, identified as Salvador Ramos, was on the school premises for up to an hour before law enforcement forcibly entered a classroom and killed him, officials said Wednesday. Moreover, Ramos also shot his grandmother before proceeding to the school.
Tuesday’s massacre is the second-deadliest school shooting since 2012, when 26 children and adults were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Headlines and Highlights
Here are some notable stories that made headlines over the past week, along with intriguing images that caught our attention.
US President Joe Biden, front left, walks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a welcome ceremony in Tokyo on Monday, May 23. Biden visited Japan and South Korea on what was his first trip to Asia as President. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool/APIracema Guimaraes da Costa wades through floodwaters in front of her relatives’ house in Careiro da Várzea, Brazil, on Friday, May 20. Several riverside villages were affected by flooding. Bruno Kelly/ReutersA rocket carrying the Boeing Starliner spacecraft launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday, May 19. The unmanned spacecraft safely returned home five days later from the International Space Station. The long-awaited test mission could pave the way for the Starliner to launch astronauts for the first time later this year. John Raoux/APThe Philippines’ Khrizzie Pabulayan Mamero competes against Indonesia’s Maryam Maharani March during a judo match at the Southeast Asian Games on Friday, May 20.More than two dozen people work together to help clean up what’s left of a home in Gaylord, Michigan, on Saturday, May 21. A powerful tornado ripped roofs off buildings and flipped cars in Gaylord the day before, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency for the area. Jake May/The Flint Journal/APWiggins Nordelus cuts his son Samuel’s hair outside of a migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday, May 23. Nordelus, who is from Haiti, has been waiting in Mexico as he hopes to apply for asylum in the United States. Gregory Bull/APLightning is seen behind wind turbines in Jacobsdorf, Germany, on Friday, May 20.
National Responses
In response to the tragic events, US President Joe Biden addressed the nation from the White House regarding the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. He questioned, “Why are we willing to live with this carnage?” while highlighting the urgent necessity for “common-sense” gun control laws.
Workers remove New York City’s last pay phone on Monday, May 23. It was in midtown Manhattan near Seventh Avenue and 50th Street.
