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The flag above Buckingham Palace flutters in the wind the morning after the palace announced that King Charles III was diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment, a week after he was discharged from hospital for prostate surgery. The 75-year-old British monarch, who became king upon the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, had been advised by doctors to postpone public duties, although he would continue to "undertake state business and official paperwork as usual", the palace added. IMAGES
Belgium celebrates the heroes of the coronavirus crisis at the annual National Day ceremony in Brussels. The ceremony is attended by Belgian King Philippe and his family. IMAGES
The number of new coronavirus cases for the past week has "exceeded 160,000 on every single day," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says at a virtual briefing, while reiterating that taking a "comprehensive approach" is the best way to rein in the virus. SOUNDBITE of a WHO virtual press conference
"We are now having 40-plus thousand new cases a day. I would not be surprised if we go up to 100,000 a day if this does not turn around," warns top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci as he testifies before the Senate. SOUNDBITE
Despite being confined, many Parisians, armed with masks and sunglasses, shop in the rue Mouffetard in Paris, trying to keep a safe distance from each other on what is the 34th day of the French lockdown. IMAGES
On the 34th day of France's lockdown against the coronavirus, time in the Pantheon district of Paris seems to stand still. On a warm, spring day only the sound of a few walkers, joggers and the occasional vehicle break the silence. IMAGES
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