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People in Tokyo pay tribute to the former prime minister Shinzo Abe as Japan marks a year since the shocking assassination of the country's longest-serving leader and a towering political figure. IMAGES
India will overtake China as the world's most populous country this week, hitting almost 1.43 billion people, the United Nations says. "India is projected to overtake China as the world's most populous country during the current month - April of 2023," says John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. "Projections indicate that the size of the Chinese population could drop below 1 billion before the end of the century. In India, by contrast the population is expected to continue growing for several decades," he adds. SOUNDBITE
The European Central Bank will begin shrinking its enormous bond portfolio from March 2023, as part of efforts to fight high eurozone inflation, says ECB's president Christine Lagarde at a press conference in Frankfurt, Germany. SOUNDBITE
Foreign dignitaries pay tribute to former Japanese PM Abe during state funeral in Tokyo. US Vice-President Kamala Harris, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Australian PM Anthony Albanese were among the attendees. IMAGES
The ashes of assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, carried by his widow Akie, arrive at Nippon Budokan venue in Tokyo as controversial state funeral attended by Japanese and foreign dignitaries begins. IMAGES
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