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A live album featuring the performances from the 'One World: Together At Home' event has been released to stream, with profits going to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The 93 year-old Monarch issued a special message for key health workers battling the coronavirus, saying their dedication to caring for others "is an example to us all".
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says the Covid-19 pandemic will be over when "the world chooses to end it", adding "we have all the tools we need, but the world has not used those tools well". SOUNDBITE
A Middle East Airlines plane carrying an expected first batch of 28,500 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech flown in from Belgium lands in Beirut airport, a day before vaccinations kick off in the crisis-hit Mediterranean country. IMAGES
Eight thousand doses of the Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 arrive in Quito, Ecuador, as the country starts its immunization program against the new coronavirus. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.