RUSSIA BELARUS DIPLOMACY
epa09152941 Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 22 April 2021. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is on a working visit to Moscow. EPA/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / KREMLIN / SPUTNIK POOL
TURKEY PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epa09152927 People shopping at Egyptian Bazaar before lockdown in Istanbul, Turkey, 22 April 2021. Turkey announced that this weekend's curfew will be extended to three days to include the upcoming Sovereignty Day national holiday. According to the Interior Ministry, the three-day lockdown will begin at 7pm on 22 April and will come into force across all provinces in the country. EPA/SEDAT SUNA
USA GOVERNMENT CONGRESS
epa09152925 Clouds pass over the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC, USA, 22 April 2021. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS
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(210422) -- ZHUJI, April 22, 2021 (Xinhua) -- Xu Jie (front) of Guangdong Southern Tigers breaks through during the semifinal match between Shandong Heroes and Guangdong Southern Tigers at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
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(210422) -- BEIJING, April 22, 2021 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of U.S. President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the Leaders Summit on Climate via video link and delivers an important speech titled 'For Man and Nature: Building a Community of Life Together' in Beijing, capital of China, April 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)
INDIA PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID19
epa09152889 A general view showing the electronics and hardware shops after they were shut down at silver jubilee park as part of the partial lockdown imposed in the wake of rising COVID19 cases in Bangalore, India, 22 April 2021. The Karnataka government is contemplating a partial lockdown of the city in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases, extending the night curfew and imposed a weekend curfew which include closure of cinema halls, bars and pubs, gyms and colleges. India recorded a massive surge of 314,835 fresh Covid-19 cases the highest single-day spike in COVID-19 infections. EPA/JAGADEESH NV
EGYPT RAMADAN ISLAM BELIEF
epa09152876 An Egyptian baker wraps freshly-baked Qatayef, a traditional pastry sold during Muslims fasting month of Ramadan, at a market in old Cairo, Egypt, Egypt, 22 April 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the Koran's first verses occurred during its last 10 nights. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI
SYRIA RAMADAN ISLAM BELIEF
epa09152871 A Syrian chef packs Kibbeh, a famous Syrian food, at a shop in Damascus, Syria, 22 April 2021. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in Koran was during its last 10 nights. EPA/YOUSSEF BADAWI
CZECH REPUBLIC RUSSIA DIPLOMACY
epa09152855 A national flag of Russia flies on the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, 22 April 2021. After no answer on ultimatum of Foreign Minister Kulhanek on 21 April to Russian ambassador to allow the return of Czech diplomats to Czech embassy in Russia till noon of 22 April, Kulhanek said that the same number of diplomats will remain at the Russian embassy in Prague as at the Czech embassy in Moscow. They have time till end of May to leave the Czech Republic. Russia expels 20 diplomats of the Czech embassy in Moscow in response to the decision of Czech authorities to expel 18 diplomats from the Russian embassy in Prague over accusation of alleged involvement of Russian intelligence services in an ammunition depot explosion in Vrbetice in 2014. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
ITALY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC COVID19 VACCINATION
epa09152852 Men at work outside the Palazzo delle Scintille vaccination hub, in Milan, Italy, 22 April 2021. Last preparations are underway at the Palazzo delle Scintille in Milan, the largest vaccination hub in Italy, one of the largest in Europe, with a capacity of 10,000 doses per day. The new vaccination center will open on 25 April. EPA/Paolo Salmoirago
