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New Zealand's former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins emerges as the sole nominee to replace Jacinda Ardern as the country's new prime minister. Speaking to reporters outside parliament in the capital Wellington, Hipkins said he will strive to "reach a consensus about who was best to lead Labour and therefore New Zealand forward." SOUNDBITE
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
The World Health Organization gives emergency use approval to AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccines, allowing distribution to some of the world's poorest countries to begin. SOUNDBITE
Scene at Green-Wood Cemetery in New York as the total confirmed deaths from Covid-19 around the world passes two million, according to a count by AFP. The grim milestone comes as countries around the globe battle rising infections, despite the gradual rollout of vaccination campaigns. IMAGES
Healthcare workers in Buenos Aires test residents for the new coronavirus at a drive-through testing site, as the world nears 2 million Covid-19 deaths. IMAGES
Images of the Covid-19 monument opposite Madrid's Cibeles Palace in memory of the victims, as the global coronavirus death tolls nears two million. IMAGES
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