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Images of the situation in El Paso, Texas, near the US-Mexico border, where migrants wait on the streets as the United States is girding for the arrival of thousands of migrants this week, with the lapse of pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the border all but impossible. IMAGES
French government spokesman Gabriel Attal announces that a "detailed timetable for the gradual lifting of the latest measures" against the Covid epidemic will be announced by ministers Jean Castex and Olivier Véran. SOUNDBITE
International passengers arrive at JFK airport as the US reopens to vaccinated visitors, ending 20 months of Covid-19 restrictions that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties. IMAGES
The World Health Organization strengthens its air quality guidelines as WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says air pollution "contributes to seven million deaths a year." The WHO's new guidelines recommend air quality levels for six pollutants, including ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide. SOUNDBITE