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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 fans in Beijing watching footage of Japanese skater Yuzuru Hanyu as he competes in the Winter Olympics. His Olympic title defence looked in deep trouble Thursday however as he fell twice in the men's free skate. IMAGES
Images show the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, in Flushing Meadows, in Queens, New York, where the US Open Tennis Championship takes place at the end of summer. After weeks of uncertainty surrounding the tournament, which is being staged in the epicentre of the US coronavirus crisis, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the US Open will be held, but without fans. IMAGES
Britain is "past the peak" of its coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says during a press conference, despite recording another 674 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the toll to 26,711. SOUNDBITE
Temperature checks on voters and gloves distributed at polling stations: South Koreans headed to the polls with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat. IMAGES
Images of Edinburgh as the Scottish capital is on lockdown in a bid to halt the spread of the coronavirus. Britain currently has 55,000 positive cases of COVID-19 and has seen nearly 6,200 deaths as a result of the virus. IMAGES
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