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Police stand guard in the pouring rain outside the late Silvio Berlusconi's villa in Arcore, with friends and family of Italy's Prime Minister due to pay their respects ahead of his state funeral on Wednesday. Berlusconi, who reshaped Italy's political and cultural landscape while fending off multiple legal and sex scandals, died on Monday aged 86. IMAGES
Arrivals at Rebibbia bunker-courtroom in Rome where the verdict is expected in the murder trial of two US students who are charged with the fatal stabbing of an Italian police officer. IMAGES
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty by the jury on all counts, including second-degree murder in the death of George Floyd. Judge Peter Cahill reads the verdict after the jury deliberated for less than two days at the end of a three-week trial. SOUNDBITE
The state funerals of Ambassador Luca Attanasio and police officer Vittorio Iacovacci, killed in an attack in DR Congo, are held in Rome. Italy said it has asked the United Nations to launch an investigation into the killing of the 43-year-old ambassador, who died on Monday after a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy was ambushed in a dangerous part of the eastern DRC near the border with Rwanda. IMAGES
Journalists gather outside the courtroom in Italy's southern Calabrian town of Lamezia Terme, where the largest mafia trial in more than 30 years is set to begin. IMAGES outside the court
Demonstrators clash with police during an anti-virus restrictions protest in Rome over the mandatory early closure of restaurants and other businesses. IMAGES