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A river terminal south of Dhaka is packed with thousands of people trying to leave the Bangladesh capital and return to rural areas ahead of a tough new lockdown to be imposed on Monday. IMAGES
On the eve of a new lockdown in the Ile-de-France region surrounding Paris, there is a distinct lack of crowds at the usually busy Montparnasse station in the French capital. The SNCF has seen a 20% rise in bookings for departures this weekend, but few travellers are rushing to escape Paris. IMAGES
French so-called "non-essential" shops should soon find out whether they can reopen or not: a Defence council starts at the Elysee Palace, where President Macron and his ministers are expected to take several decisions, two weeks after the start of a second lockdown and before a new PM presser later in the day. IMAGES
Retail stores welcome back customers in Melbourne as a gruelling months-long lockdown ends. The city as well as the surrounding state of Victoria has been the epicentre of Australia's second wave, with an outbreak that peaked at more than 700 daily cases in August. On Monday the state recorded no new cases or deaths. IMAGES
Scene in central Manchester at what would have been rush hour after the region was moved to tier three ("very high" alert) on Friday. Swathes of northern England, including Manchester, have been placed under more stringent restrictions, joining Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales with tighter curbs to help stem spiking coronavirus infections. Pubs will have to close and people will be barred from mixing with members of other households. IMAGES
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