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Israeli security forces in protective gear check vehicles at the Walajah checkpoint in Jerusalem on a road leading to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The city of Bethlehem was under lockdown on Friday after the first Palestinian cases of the deadly coronavirus were discovered there and authorities announced a state of emergency. IMAGES
Dozens of police officers at an intersection in Shanghai guard the site where hundreds of people took to the streets on Saturday night to protest against China's zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. IMAGES
Police are carrying out checks on the Paris ring road at the Porte de Saint-Cloud as convoys of protesters against vaccine passes inspired by similar protests in Ottawa begin to arrive in Paris with the aim of defying a prefectural ban on public demonstrations. IMAGES
A drive-in has been set up behind the Italian parliament to allow Italian MPs and regional delegates who are isolating or in quarantine due to Covid-19 to vote for new president. Italy's parliament starts voting Monday for a new president, a process that could take several days and, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi tipped for the job, risks destabilising the government. IMAGES
A woman believed to be Czech tennis player Renata Voracova looks out of her window at the Park Hotel in Australia's Melbourne, the same hotel were Novak Djokovic is thought to be held. The 38-year-old player was detained by officials of the Australian Border Force, said reports by national broadcaster ABC, The Age newspaper and the Sydney Morning Herald, all quoting a government source. IMAGES
People queue in their cars to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at a drive-thu vaccination centre in Cape Town. Dozens of nations from Europe to Asia have imposed travel restrictions on South Africa and its neighbours since its scientists flagged Omicron last week. IMAGES