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Novak Djokovic pictured at a PR event (centre back) with dozens of children the day after his lawyers allege he tested positive for Covid-19.
 

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Iranian poet jailed for criticizing Islamic Republic, chained to hospital bed
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Iranian poet and filmmaker Baktash Abtin, who was serving a jail sentence in Tehran on security charges, has died after falling ill with Covid-19, rights groups said on Saturday.
 
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Cologne, Germany
Parents register their children for vaccination in a decommissioned Airbus A300 Zero-G airplane at Cologne Bonn airport. The city is hosting a special vaccination event for children ages five to 11. Only the BioNTech paediatric vaccine, which differs in handling and dosage from the regular vaccine, is being used for vaccination
Photograph: Sascha Steinbach/EPA
 

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Melbourne, Australia
A priest conducts a service for Serbians rallying outside a government detention hotel where Serbia’s tennis champion, Novak Djokovic, is staying
Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images
 
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Russia
In an image released by the Russian Defence Ministry, Russian military vehicles are shown loading a military cargo plane departing to Kazakhstan at the Ivanovo airport
Photograph: Russian Defence Ministry/AFP/Getty Images
 
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Members of the police forces of Republic of Srpska march during a parade marking the 30th anniversary of the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka, northern Bosnia
 
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Melbourne, Australia
Members of the Serbian community march in support of Novak Djokovic, who was released from an immigration detention centre in Melbourne after an order by the federal circuit court.
Photograph: James Ross/EPA

Australian Immigration Minister, Alex Hawk says the government is still considering whether to cancel Novak Djokovic’s visa, saying they still have the power to do so, despite a court ruling in the tennis star’s favour.
 
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Vatican City
Pope Francis delivers what has come to be known as his ‘state of the world’ address to diplomats from more than 180 countries
Photograph: Vatican Media/Reuters
 
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The Hague, Netherlands
King Willem-Alexander (left) and the country’s prime minister, Mark Rutte, complete the signing of royal decrees at Noordeinde Palace for the inauguration of the new government cabinet
Photograph: Anp Pool Royal Images Sem van der Wal/EPA
 
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SAFE AT LAST: A child is returned to their mother by a firefighter at the scene of a fire in a high-rise building in the Tremont section of the Bronx on Sunday. At least 19 people, including nine children, died in the fire in an apartment building on Sunday morning. Photograph: David Dee Delgado/New York Times
 
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Kathmandu, Nepal
The former king, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, waves from a car during celebrations for the 300th anniversary of the birth of the founder of modern Nepal, King Prithvi Narayan Shah
Photograph: Nisha Bhandari/AFP/Getty Images
 
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Two Oklahoma death row inmates facing executions in the coming months offered firing squad as a less problematic alternative to the state's three-drug lethal injection, “While it may be gruesome to look at, we all agree it will be quicker," attorney Jim Stronski told Friot after a day-long hearing in Oklahoma City.
 
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Thiago Monteiro, the Brazilian number one male tennis player

Ranked number 89, the Brazilian could not really risk being denied a place in the Australian Open, mainly because he will earn $100,000 in prize money just by showing up to his first round match.
 
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The Duke of York has settled a £6.6m debt with a French socialite allowing him to sell a Swiss chalet as he faces escalating legal bills over the sexual assault civil lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, according to reports. Isabelle de Rouvre, 74, who sold the property to Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, in 2014 for a reported £18m, said: “The war is over. He has paid the money.”

Andrew and his ex-wife had agreed with Rouvre that Chalet Helora in the ski resort of Verbier in the Swiss Alps, would be paid for in instalments. But Rouvre claimed the two failed to make the final £5m instalment.
 
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After 12 months of extensive refurbishment Disneyland Paris has finally re-opened Sleeping Beauty Castle to guests ahead of the 30th anniversary celebrations which begin on 6th March 2022. Sleeping Beauty Castle which stands at 43 metres high, was built in line with the European heritage that inspired Disney movies, is the symbol of Disneyland Paris and took over 50,000 hours to renovate. The yearlong renovations have restored the Castle to its former glory in its first major refurbishment since
Disneyland Paris opened in 1992.
 
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King Khoisan South Africa holds on to a cannabis plant as a Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) member drags him as they try to confiscate the plants during a raid at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa on January 12th. King Khaoisan has been camping with his family outside the seat of government for over three years, fighting for the official recognition of their languages and to negotiate land ownership. Photograph: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images
 
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SWAN LAKE: Dancers of the Aalto Ballett Essen perform Swan Lake (El Lago de los cisnes) by Russian composer Tchaikovski, directed by Belgian choreographer Ben Van Cauwenbergh, during a dress rehearsal at the La Maestranza theater in Seville, on January 12th. Photograph: Cristina Quicler/AFP via Getty Images
 
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London, England
Workers remove scaffolding from the Elizabeth Tower as restoration works continue at the Houses of Parliament
Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters
 
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
A commuter pays a fine to a magistrate at a mobile court after being stopped and charged by police while outdoors without a face mask
Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images
 

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