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New surge feared as US virus death toll hits 350,000

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Covid-19 testing in Hyderabad, India

India approves Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and local jab

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Senator Ted Cruz greets a crowd before he speaks at a campaign rally

More Republicans join Trump’s effort to overturn Biden’s election win

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Rescue crews work in the area at Ask (Tor Erik Schroeder/AP)

Three bodies recovered and seven still missing after Norway landslide

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Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi

Suspected leader of Mumbai attacks group arrested in Pakistan

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Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell walking out of the Senate

Republicans rebuff Trump on aid cheques and defence bill as Congress wraps up

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A satellite photo showing the Fordo underground nuclear facility in Iran

Iran tells inspectors it plans up to 20% enrichment at Fordo

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Healthcare professionals administer the Covid-19 vaccine at Lake-Sumter State College in Leesburg, Florida

US hits 20 million coronavirus cases

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The US Capitol seen in the rain

Republicans torn over Trump’s Electoral College challenge of Biden

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Stanley Johnson, father of Prime Minister Boris Johnson

France praises nationality bid by Boris Johnson’s father Stanley

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A woman walks in front of the Duomo cathedral in Milan, Italy

Italy’s coronavirus death toll now highest in Europe

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Confetti lies on the street after the New Year’s Eve ball dropped in a nearly empty Times Square in New York early on January 1 2021

In Pictures: Then-and-now images show contrast in New Year’s Eve celebrations

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Two people stand in an empty St Peter’s Square, at the Vatican as Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer in his studio

Pope pushes through nerve pain to give new year’s blessing

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Street cats Pipi, right, and Laoda (boss) sit on the roof of a Midnight Cafeteria in Taipei, Taiwan

Midnight Cafeteria feeds Taipei’s stray cats

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Norway has banned flights from the UK since 21 December

Norway lifts UK flight ban as it introduces compulsory Covid tests on people arriving from abroad

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A mother holds her baby as she is transported by dugout canoe through floodwaters in the village of Wang Chot, Old Fangak county, Jonglei state, South Sudan

‘Our children die in our hands’: Floods ravage South Sudan

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un writes his New Year card to the public

Kim Jong Un thanks North Korean people in rare New Year cards

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Caronte by artist Federico Zuccari

Italy’s Uffizi marks 700th anniversary of Dante’s death with virtual exhibition

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