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New York City honors its essential workers during the Covid-19 pandemic in a "Hometown Heroes" ticker-tape parade in Lower Manhattan. Among those partaking are Eric Adams, the newly-declared winner of the New York mayoral race's Democratic primary, and Sandra Lindsay, a critical care nurse who became the first American to receive an authorized coronavirus vaccine. IMAGES
Photographed portraits of healthcare workers deck the facade of Opéra Bastille in Paris. Made by the artist JR, known for his photography work, they serve as a tribute to their work during the Covid 19 epidemic. IMAGES
Workers from Britain's National Health Service (NHS) hold a picket line outside St Bartholomew's Hospital in London as both junior and senior doctors go on strike for the longest period yet. Junior doctors and first time consultants in England launched their first ever joint strike day on September 20. Now, joint action in their pay dispute with the government will last for three days from 0600 GMT on Monday 2 October to 0600 GMT on Thursday 5 October. Service will be maintained at lower levels usually only seen on Christmas Day. IMAGES
Health workers treat people injured in a school dormitory fire in Guyana as they are unloaded from a plane at Eugene Correia International Airport in the capital Georgetown. At least 20 people were killed in the fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in central Guyana. IMAGES
Ambulances can be seen outside the emergency department of the Royal London Hospital, as drivers and paramedics stage a second strike, calling for pay increases that more closely match high inflation, joined this time by emergency call handlers. The government has introduced legislation which will enforce minimum service levels from striking workers. Unions say life-threatening emergencies are still being responded to, and that the new law would be unworkable. IMAGES
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