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Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists gather outside the US Supreme Court ahead of oral arguments in the fiercest challenge to abortion in a generation, as a Supreme Court dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump hears a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- are examining a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
Abortion in America will face its fiercest challenge in a generation when the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, dramatically reshaped by Donald Trump, will hear opening arguments in a case that could roll back 50 years of reproductive rights. The nine justices -- among them six conservatives -- will sit from 10:00 am (1500 GMT) to examine a 2018 law in the southern state of Mississippi that prohibits most terminations after 15 weeks of pregnancy. IMAGES
US Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee Kamala Harris visits the Supreme Court this morning to pay tribute to liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to ever serve on the Court. Justice Ginsburg died on Friday age 87-years-old after a fight with pancreatic cancer. IMAGES
Venezuelan presidential candidates walk into the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas after being summoned for a hearing regarding an appeal for the highest court to certify the election process. Opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, who claims to be the rightful winner, did not attend the hearing. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI368D7AV_EN
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, walk into the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, where they join other presidential candidates who have been summoned. Venezuela's supreme court has summoned all candidates to a hearing following Maduro's request that it initiate a process to investigate and certify the election result. IMAGES