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INDIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID 19 VACCINATION DRIVE
epa08945283 A health worker waits to receive a shot with a COVID-19 vaccine, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, inside the Vaccination Centre at Amri hospital in Kolkata, eastern India, 18 January 2021. One of the world's biggest and nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination drives was launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and is aimed at inoculating 30 million people, starting with front line workers like Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) doctors, MBBS students, and nurses. EPA/PIYAL ADHIKARY
USWASHINGTON DCSECURITY
(210118) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 18, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Security staff are seen near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 17, 2021. Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Sunday expressed concern about possible attacks on the city's residential area as President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration approached. \r\n 'I'm not only concerned about other state capitols. I'm also concerned about other parts of Washington, D.C.,' Bowser said during an appearance on NBC News' Meet the Press. \r\n Up to 25,000 National Guard members have been authorized for the city to ensure the security of Wednesday's inauguration, transforming the city into what some U.S. media called 'a war zone.' (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
USWASHINGTON DCSECURITYNIGHT VIEW
(210118) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 18, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Security staff are seen near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., the United States, Jan. 17, 2021. Up to 25,000 National Guard members have been authorized for the city to ensure the security of Wednesday's inauguration, transforming the city into what some U.S. media called 'a war zone.' (Xinhua/Liu Jie)
AFGHANISTAN KABUL EXPLOSION
epa08945279 A view of a broken vehicle's glass sitting on the ground at the scene of a magnetic improvised explosive device (IED) explosion that targeted a soft-skinned vehicle of the Ministry of Telecommunications and IT, in Kabul, Afghanistan, 18 January 2021. According to reports quoting the police 'no one was hurt in the explosion'. No individual or group has yet claimed responsibility for the incident, media added. The incident occurred a day after two female judges of the Supreme Court were killed in the capital. EPA/HEDAYATULLAH AMID
GREECE PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19 VACCINE
epa08945275 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsoakis (C) leaves the Attikon University Hospital after receiving a shot of the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Athens, Greece, 18 January 2021. EPA/YANNIS KOLESIDIS
CHINA HONG KONG CIVIL SERVANTS
epa08945270 A man walks on a bridge leading to the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, China, 18 January 2021. Around 180,000 civil servants in the city have been told they face dismissal unless they sign an declaration affirming that they will endorse the Basic Law, Hong Kong's mini constitution, and pledge allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR), local media reported. EPA/JEROME FAVRE
FILE AUSTRIA ALPINE SKIING PANDEMIC COVID 19
epa08945265 (FILE) - Markus Waldner of Austria, FIS race director, talks on the radio during the Men's Giant Slalom race at the FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup in Saalbach Hinterglemm, Austria, 19 December 2018 (reissued 18 January 2021). According to media reports on 18 January, FIS race director Markus Waldner tested positive for COVID-19. EPA/CHRISTIAN BRUNA
CHINAECONOMYYEAR 2020 CN
(210118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2021 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the packaging quality of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd. in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 25, 2020. China's gross domestic product (GDP) exceeded the 100-trillion-yuan (15.42 trillion U.S. dollars) threshold as it posted a 2.3 percent year-on-year expansion to 101.5986 trillion yuan in 2020, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Monday. (Xinhua/Zhang Yuwei)
EGYPT CHINA CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
epa08945251 General view of the construction site of centeral business district of the new administrative capital, 45 kilometers east of Cairo, Egypt, 18 January 2021. Egypt started the construction of the new administrative and financial capital of Egypt, partnering with the China State Construction Engineering Company (CSCEC) as part of China's larger Belt and Road Initiative which was announced during the economic development conference in March 2015. The new city is located 45 kilometers east of Cairo, in an area halfway to the seaport city of Suez. According to the plans, main government departments and ministries will be relocated in the new city. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
SOUTH KOREA WEATHER
epa08945250 A general view of the snow-covered Baekdudaegan mountain range seen from Guryongnyeong Pass in Yangyang, Gangwon Province, northeastern South Korea, 18 January 2021, after 16.2 centimeters of snowfall was recorded in the range from 9 p.m. the previous day through 2 p.m. the same day. EPA/YONHAP SOUTH KOREA OUT
