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Dubai opens its extravagant Expo 2020 with a flashy opening ceremony of lights displays as it attempts to woo the world despite the pandemic. IMAGES
World number one Novak Djokovic visits the Serbia pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai ahead of his game at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. IMAGES
The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimates -- up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease. The World Health Organization's long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic -- including lives lost to its knock-on effects -- finally puts a number on the broader impact of the crisis. SOUNDBITE
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) throws open its doors to thousands in Las Vegas despite surging Covid-19 cases in the United States, as one of the world's largest trade fairs tries to get back to business. IMAGES
A Christmas market in Vienna opens as a partial confinement, in place since last month due to soaring Covid cases, comes to an end. However, only the vaccinated will be able to regain their freedoms, those who have not received the required doses will have to remain at home. IMAGES