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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and other campaigners block the entrance to the Swedish Parliament to denounce the Swedish authorities' lack of action on climate issues. IMAGES
Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson says the "northern flank of NATO is more complete" as he holds a press conference with his Norwegian and Finnish counterparts in Troms, Norway. Swedish troops are taking part in a vast NATO military exercise to simulate repelling an invasion of neighbouring Norway. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte arrive at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, accompanied by the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia. Macron is on a two-day state visit to Sweden, with the Nordic country on the cusp of becoming a NATO member following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
US-based Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov are named by the Swedish Academy of Sciences as the winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize. IMAGES
Images of the procession in Stockholm, Sweden, before the banquet which marks 50 years on the thrown for King Carl XVI Gustaf. The King and Queen Silvia walk at the end of the procession line. Crown Princess Victoria is also present, wearing a white and blue dress. IMAGES