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Presents photographs of events in the United States in 2004. Damage caused by Hurricane Ivan in Alabama; Nancy Reagan in mourning at the wake of husband and former U.S. President Ronald Reagan; Coffins of American troops in a cargo plane at Kuwait International Airport; Marriage ceremony of Tom Rogers and Joe Weikle, the first same-sex couple to be wed in City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts.

Offers an overview of news events in the United States as of October 23, 2001. Concerns in Washington, D.C., over the bioterrorism threat following the deaths and infections of postal workers from anthrax; The air strikes in Afghanistan against Taliban front-line troops; How the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have had a worldwide impact, sometimes in unexpected ways.