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Dozens of shoppers rush into the Printemps department store in Paris for the start of the winter sales amid record numbers of Covid cases. IMAGES
Heavy machinery moves soil at a makeshift dam while workers hoist giant pipes over mounds of earth at two construction sites in the south of Uruguay, as the South American country struggles to enhance its aging water delivery infrastructure to cope with an unprecedented three-year-long drought that has put at risk the supply of tap water for about 60% of the population. IMAGES
Angolan president, Joao Lourenco, hosts talks in Luanda to discuss the rising tensions in eastern DRC with their neighbours, Rwanda. Several heads of state can be seen arriving, including the President of Burundi and former president of Kenya. Paul Kagame, the Rwandan president was not in attendance, instead Vincent Biruta, minister for foreign affairs represented the country at the summit. Eastern DRC has witnessed fierce fighting in recent months between Congolese troops and the M23 rebel group, prompting the East African Community (EAC) bloc to deploy a joint regional force to quell the violence. IMAGES
Members of Germany's far right gather in Berlin to protest rising prices. IMAGES
A paramedic tends to a young Palestinian injured during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians amid rising tensions in the West Bankcity of Ramallah. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI32KM7NQ_EN
Senegalese police surround the home of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko in Dakar after his call to defy a ban on demonstrations on the same day amid growing pre-election tensions. IMAGES