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New York's Empire State Building is lit up in blue to honor the two NYPD officers killed in Brooklyn last week. Mana Rabiee reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signs a memorandum of understanding with Qatar's deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in the capital Doha, during his visit to the Gulf country as the World Cup 2022 tournament kicks off. IMAGES
New York, Jan 19 (EFE / EPA) .-The United States' president-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to take the reins of a country overwhelmed by a convergence of crises derived from the Covid-19 pandemic and political divisions, which he aims to tackle beginning with a call for unity. Hours before becoming the US' 46th president, Biden left his home state of Delaware, where he launched his political career, and traveled to Washington to meet with what will be the country's first female vice president, Kamala Harris.The two participated together in their first event in Washington before the inauguration on Wednesday: a tribute to the victims of the epidemic in the US, where a few hours earlier the grim record of 400,000 deaths due to Covid-19 had been reached. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY)SHOT LIST: A LIT UP EMPIRE STATE BUILDING TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE VICTIMS OF COVID-19 THE US.
The Empire State building lights up in red during the last night of the #HeroesShineBright campaign to symbolize a red heartbeat and to bring global awareness regarding those who are involved in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The nine-day initiative started on April 24 in New York and each night a different colour is used to salute various groups including healthcare staff, transport workers as well as police and military personnel. Other landmarks all over the world have also joined the campaign. IMAGES
The Empire State building lights up in New York and mimics a heartbeat in honor of medical workers fighting the novel coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
New York, March 31 (EFE) .- The Empire State Building in New York lit up like an ambulance siren on Monday night to thank medical workers for fighting against the coronavirus.(CAMERA: Nora Quintanilla)