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Crowds of mourners gather near the City Hall memorial site to commemorate the 156 people killed in a Halloween crowd crush, with public anger growing over one of the country's deadliest peacetime disasters. IMAGES
In Switzerland, the watchman of Lausanne's cathedral rings the emergency bell to pay tribute to Covid-19 victims during a national commemoration day. IMAGES
The New York Stock Exchange opening bell rings as US stocks surge higher, with all three major indices breaking records after Pfizer announced that its vaccine was 90 percent effective in protecting against Covid-19 infections. IMAGES
A thousand crosses are placed in front of the Brazilian Congress to honour the people who died of Covid-19, and to denounce President Jair Bolsonaro handling of the pandemic. Brazil has the second-highest number of infections and deaths from the new coronavirus worldwide, after the United States: more than 1.2 million and 55,000, respectively. IMAGES
President of the Autonomous Community of Madrid, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, takes part in a national minute of silence for COVID-19 victims. Lockdown measures have been eased in the country's two biggest cities, Madrid and Barcelona, where people can now meet in groups of up to 10 in their homes and in parks or on the terraces of bars and restaurants. IMAGES