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The streets of London's Oxford Circus are busier than in recent weeks, as non-essential shops reopen for the first time in nearly three months, as the government continues to ease its coronavirus lockdown. IMAGES
A large number of people enjoy the warm weather in Clapham Common park in London despite the lockdown put in place in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus. Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock on Sunday warned the government could ban outside exercise if people continue to flout stringent guidelines to cut the spread of infections. IMAGES
The new London field hospital for coronavirus, set up at the Excel London exhibition centre, is ready to receive its first patients. The Excel centre has been converted into the NHS Nightingale hospital to provide an extra 4000 beds. IMAGES
Images from an arrival hall at an international airport in Shanghai as China starts issuing a range of visas to foreigners again. The move marks the latest step towards reopening China to the outside world, as Beijing breaks with the strict zero-Covid strategy that defined its pandemic response until a few months ago. IMAGES
The group of environmental activists Extinction Rebellion ('XR') begins ‘weekend of resistance’ with march from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street in London, to denounce the use of fossil fuels and inaction on climate change, while the country is going through a political and economic crisis linked to the rise in energy prices that just led Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her Finance minister. IMAGES