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Pupils and teachers at the Montaigne secondary school in Bordeaux, in the presence of the mayor of Bordeaux, Pierre Hurmic, observed a minute's silence in tribute of the teacher stabbed to death by a radicalised young man in the northern city of Arras. IMAGES
Russians MPs observe a minute of silence during a session at the State Duma after the death of Vladimir Zhirinovsky. The firebrand Russian nationalist politician, a key figure in the country's post-Soviet history, is dead at the age of 75, according to the head of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav Volodin. IMAGES
The medical staff at La Paz hospital in Madrid observe a minute of silence for health workers that lost their lives in the COVID-19 pandemic. Spain is one of the hardest hit nations in the global pandemic, with more than 27,000 deaths and around 228,600 cases confirmed by testing since the outbreak began in China late last year. IMAGES
Italy marks a minute of silence and flies flags at half mast to mourn 11,591 people who have died of the coronavirus pandemic that has altered the Mediterranean country's life. The nation of 60 million has recorded nearly a third of all fatalities cause by the once-in-a-century disease since first detecting it near Milan in late February. The day of mourning marks a month in which Italy saw more deaths from a single disaster that at any time since World War II. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk hold a minute of silence at a joint press conference in Warsaw for the victims of Monday's deadly barrage of Russian strikes. They also sign a bilateral security deal, ahead of Zelensky's trip to the NATO summit in Washington. IMAGES