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At least 10,000 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, are stranded in Necoclí, a port town on the Colombian coast near Panama. According to the local ombudsman, the migrants are held up waiting for boats to take them to the border with the Central American country, in the hope of eventually reaching the United States. IMAGES
The trucker blockade that has shut down central Ottawa over Covid-19 restrictions continues into the night, as the two-week long protest movement continues to disrupt the Canadian economy and cross-border trade. IMAGES
Staff at a vaccine centre in a Bangalore hospital create a colourful floor display to mark India administering its one billionth Covid-19 vaccine dose on Thursday. About three-quarters of adults in the country of 1.3 billion people have had one shot and 30 percent are fully vaccinated, according to government figures. IMAGES
The B.1.617 Covid-19 variant spreading in India appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being "of concern at the global level", Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's lead on Covid-19, says. SOUNDBITE
Coronavirus aid sent by the French government touches down in India early Sunday with 28 tons of medical equipment, according to a press release from the French embassy in New Delhi. The supplies include eight 'high capacity oxygen generator plants' and 28 ventilators. IMAGES
A plane transporting 150,000 doses of the Russia'S Sputnik V Covid vaccine lands in Hyderabad, India. Two months ago the health minister said India was in the "end game" of the pandemic as it sent millions of vaccines abroad, but now exports have stopped and people are desperate to be inoculated. IMAGES
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