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TUNIS: Cafes and shops are shuttered in the capital amid a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday as the country marks 10 years since its revolution. - AFP n

Locked-down Tunisia marks decade since dictator's fall
WUHAN: Vladimir G Dedkov (center), a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, boards a bus following the team's arrival yesterday.-AFP n

China logs first COVID death in eight months
GANGASAGAR, India : Hindu pilgrims pray after taking a holy dip at the confluence of Ganges and the Bay of Bengal during the Gangasagar Mela on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.-AFP n

COVID fails to deter India's massive Ganges pilgrimage
MEXICO CITY: A restaurant worker packs food in a biodegradable and compostable container after receiving a call to order delivery food in Mexico City. After years of discussion, single-use plastics were banned in Mexico City. - AFPn

Mexico City plastic ban poses challenge for virus-hit firms
KUALA LUMPUR: A medical personnel wearing a protective suit waits at the COVID-19 coronavirus drive-thru test centre outside the Ajwa Private Clinic in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur yesterday as Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a coronavirus surge. - AFPn

Malaysia declares emergency, suspends parliament over virus
BEIRUT: People shop at a supermarket in Beirut as they stock up on provisions two days before a full lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday.-AFPn

Lebanon tightens COVID-19 curbs as infections skyrocket
LONDON: Robert Williams, 84, receives an injection of COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination hub at Robertson House in Stevenage, north of London, yesterday. Seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites opened across England yesterday as the government races to dose millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country. - AFPn

WHO to probe virus origins in China
WUHAN: Elderly people dance in a public area along the Yangtze River in Wuhan yesterday as the city marks the first anniversary of when China confirmed its first death from the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFPn

A year on from first COVID-19 death, Wuhan basks in recovery
WUHAN, China: People register their travel itinerary with an official at an arrival gate at the main railway station yesterday. – AFP n

A year after first death, coronavirus source still a puzzle
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m