Protesters hold signs reading "Delay = Death" and "Support WTO Trips Waiver" during a demonstration ahead of the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel near the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2021.

Protesters hold signs reading "Delay = Death" and "Support WTO Trips Waiver" during a demonstration ahead of the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel near the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2021.

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