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Greta Thunberg and other environmental activists gather outside the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, northeastern France, which is due to rule in three separate cases to decide wether states are doing enough in the face of climate change. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden arrives at the US House of Representatives to deliver his State of the Union address. IMAGES
Joe Biden's motorcade arrives at the US Capitol ahead of the US president's State of the Union address. IMAGES
The sun sets over the US Capitol building in Washington, DC, where President Joe Biden is to use his State of the Union address to take a swipe at rival Donald Trump's desire for "revenge and retribution" while touting the US economy's "greatest comeback story" under his own leadership, according to excerpts released ahead of the speech. IMAGES
"We do not need more warnings. The dystopian future is already here," UN right chief Volker Turk tells the United Nations Human Rights Council during the opening its the 54th session in Geneva. Climate change is sparking human rights emergencies in many countries, the UN rights chief added, also decrying widespread "nonchalance" to surging deaths of migrants. SOUNDBITE