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Images show the roof of Colombia's Congress building damaged after a strong quake shook the capital. The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) put the magnitude of the quake at 6.1, while the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported it at 6.3. IMAGES
A strong earthquake has struck the Colombian capital Bogota, the country's geological services reported, setting off sirens and sparking brief panic on the streets. The epicenter of the 6.1-magnitude quake, which struck at 12:04 pm (1704 GMT), was located in El Calvario in the center of the country, and was followed by a 5.9-magnitude aftershock, the agency posted on social media. IMAGES
Images of heavy security in Colombo, after Sri Lankan police have been ordered to go on the offensive and use live ammunition to stop rioting. IMAGES
Parisians enjoy a last evening at restaurants and bars before curfew kicks in, in a bid to stop the further spread of Covid-19. Paris, its surrounding region and eight other metropolises will be subject to curfews from Friday midnight. In the last 24 hours a record 30,000 cases of Covid are registered in France. IMAGES
Colombians rally in the center of the capital, in Plaza Bolivar, in support of President Gustavo Petro. IMAGES
Hundreds of Mexicans gather outside the National Autonomous University of Mexico in the capital to watch a rare total solar eclipse. The "path of totality," where the Moon completely obscures the Sun's light, will streak across Mexico and the United States, before returning to the ocean over Canada's Atlantic coast, in a celestial spectacle witnessed by tens of millions of people. IMAGES