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The Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded jointly to Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko and American physician Drew Weissman for their work on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology that led to the creation of Covid-19 vaccinations. SOUNDBITE
Images show vehicles driving on a highway in Israel's Shar Agay area, west of Jerusalem, as they participate in the "Freedom Convoy" against the government's Covid-19 restrictions. IMAGES
Canadian truckers stage a protest outside the parliament against Covid vaccine mandates, in Canada's capital Ottawa. The trucker-led protests have shut down central Ottawa for 14 days, trying to force the government to lift Covid-19 health regulations. The so-called Freedom Convoy began last month in western Canada -- launched in anger at requirements that truckers either be vaccinated, or test and isolate, when crossing the US-Canada border. IMAGES
Thousands of demonstrators from across the US march in Washington, DC, to decry Covid-19 mandates. Mostly maskless, the protesters walk from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial in a city that has adopted mask and vaccine mandates. IMAGES
Hundreds gather in Stockholm to protest against Covid vaccination passes after the government recently expanded its use. Sweden is registering record case numbers fuelled by the Omicron variant. IMAGES