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Images show Pope Francis baptising a newborn baby, named Miguel Angel, in Rome's Gemelli hospital during his stay there, hospitalised with bronchitis. The Vatican says the Pope went to visit children in the pediatric department, and that he is expected to return home on Saturday after what will have been three nights in hospital. IMAGES
ECB chief Christine Lagarde stresses the urgency for EU governments to ratify a 750-billion-euro ($885 billion) EU coronavirus recovery fund, so that it can be quickly deployed to help mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. SOUNDBITE
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Palazzo Chigi in Rome, while several dozen pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in front of the Palazzo against Herzog's visit. IMAGES
Recovery operations are underway in Kathmandu after a passenger plane crashed on take-off, with the pilot rescued from the flaming wreckage but all 18 others aboard killed, police in the Nepali capital told AFP. IMAGES
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva welcomes Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella in the Planalto palace in Brasilia. IMAGES
Fire brigade teams scour the Piedmont region in the northwest Italy after heavy rain triggered extensive flooding. Across the border in Switzerland's southwest, two people have died and a third is missing after torrential rains caused a landslide, police said on Sunday. IMAGES