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People wait in line at a food bank in Chelsea, Massachusetts, ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday, as the US grapples with supply chain challenges and increased prices caused by a surge in inflation. IMAGES
A convoy of protesting farmers on their way to the wholesale Rungis market, south of Paris -- a key food distribution hub for the capital, was blocked by police at Sully-sur-Loire, in north-central France. IMAGES
After a meeting with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Belfast on talks over the controversial Northern Ireland Protocol, Naomi Long, the leader of Northern Ireland's centrist Alliance Party, says that "things are gradually moving in the direction of a potential deal" but cautions that "we are not over the line yet." The protocol on post-Brexit trading rules, signed between London and Brussels keeps Northern Ireland in the European single market and customs union and stipulates checks on goods moving from the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland. It has proved deeply unpopular with the UK-run province's unionist politicians, causing months of political deadlock. SOUNDBITE
At the Vaalimaa border post between Finland and Russia a long queue of Russian cars stretches behind the frontier the day after President Vladimir Putin announced a partial draft of reservists to fight in Ukraine. Finland said Wednesday it is is preparing a national solution to "limit or completely prevent" tourism from Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
A long line of people snakes across a park in Washington, DC, at a makeshift Covid-19 test site near the White House, as people prepare for holiday festivities, just a few days away. IMAGES