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Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva arrives in Rome for an official visit during which he will meet Pope Francis at the Vatican and Italian President Sergio Mattarella. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden arrives at the G20 summit in Rome and is welcomed by Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. The summit is the G20's first in-person gathering since the pandemic. IMAGES
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrives in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a meeting with Guyana's President Irfaan Ali, amid growing tensions over the long-standing territorial dispute between the two countries. IMAGES
The defence of Europe without Ukraine would be a "futile task", Kyiv's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba tells the press as he arrives for a meeting of his North Atlantic Treaty Organization counterparts in Brussels. Speaking after greeting the US-led defence alliance's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Kuleba adds that he believes the Ukrainian armed forces to now be currently "the strongest and the most battle-hardened army in Europe" as its war against Russia's invading forces drags on towards a third year. Kuleba and his NATO counterparts on Wednesday are set to agree on a plan for reforms aimed at helping Ukraine towards eventual membership in the alliance. IMAGES
Ultra-liberal president elect Javier Milei arrives at the Libertador Hotel in Buenos Aires after meeting with Argentine President, Alberto Fernandez, at the beginning of the government transition for the investiture on December 10. IMAGES