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Some foreign visitors are returning to Bangkok's tourist destination Grand Palace as Thailand reopen to vaccinated tourists from "low-risk" countries. IMAGES
The first batch of travellers arrive at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport as Thailand reboots its tourism industry after 18 months of Covid curbs. The coronavirus pandemic hammered the kingdom's tourism-reliant economy, which last year saw its worst performance since the 1997 Asian financial crisis with arrivals down more than 80 percent. Thai authorities have given the green light to vaccinated tourists from more than 60 "low-risk" countries to skip hotel quarantine -- providing the sector a much-needed lifeline. IMAGES
Tourists gather at a viewpoint atop Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain and visit the iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer, one of the Brazilian city's main attractions, as they reopen to the public after remaining closed for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Foreign Ministers from 10 Southeast Asian countries meet at the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers meeting in Bangkok. US-China rivalry is set to be sharpened at the summit where Washington's top diplomat will insist his nation remains a key Asia-Pacific power in the face of Beijing's military machinations in contested seas and airspace. IMAGES
A young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), eager to make his name as a hungry second son of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock meet in Tel Aviv during her diplomatic tour of the Middle East as efforts continue towards a deal between Israel and Hamas to end the Gaza war. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI36FN68P_EN