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Hong Kong protesters gather for a massive pro-democracy rally after seeing in the New Year with an evening of peaceful protests that morphed into clashes between hardcore demonstrators and police. IMAGES
The World Health Organization team, investigating the origins of the coronavirus, leaves the provincial disease control centre in Wuhan after a visit. A team member tells reporters: "excellent facilities, very informative meeting." IMAGES
People walk along a busy commercial street in Wuhan, China's central Hubei province, one year after the city went into lockdown to curb the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. IMAGES
Sun rises in Wuhan, the Chinese city where Covid-19 was first detected, a year after China confirming its first death from the virus. Nearly two million deaths later, the pandemic is out of control across much of the world, leaving tens of millions ill, a pulverised global economy and recriminations flying between nations. IMAGES
Thousands of travellers flock to catch trains leaving Wuhan, minutes before authorities lift a ban on outbound travel from the hard-hit city where the coronavirus pandemic first emerged. The lockdown had been in place since January 23. IMAGES