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Migrants wait between two walls on the United States side of the border with Mexico, as pandemic-era controls barring migrants from claiming US asylum expire at midnight Thursday amid fears of chaos at the border, with a tough new policy spelling uncertainty for thousands seeking refuge in America. IMAGES
Aerials show migrants gathering at the US-Mexico border and being searched by agents as they surrender themselves for the processing of immigration and asylum claims ahead of the expiration of Title 42. IMAGES
Hong Kong's leader John Lee announces that the city will fully scrap the mask mandate: "I have an announcement to make, the mask mandate will be fully scrapped starting tomorrow, 1st March." SOUNDBITE
Few tourists can be seen at Beijing's Temple of Heaven for the annual Labour Day holiday as Covid restrictions are tightened. Restaurants across the Chinese capital are temporarily banning dining-in and residents need to clear Covid tests to visit public spaces. The five-day break is typically one of China's busiest travel periods, but the country's worst Covid resurgence since early in the pandemic is keeping people home. IMAGES
Images of reduced traffic on streets Wednesday in China's largest city Shanghai which remains under a slew of restrictions. China reported 5,280 new Covid-19 cases nationwide on Tuesday, more than double the previous day's tally, as the highly transmissible Omicron variant spread across a country that has stuck tightly to a zero-Covid strategy. IMAGES
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