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![The Health Ministry has recorded over 551,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic and more than 4,000 deaths [Jack Guez/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YJ7G9.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![An empty arrivals and departures security point at the Qantas terminal at Sydney Airport. Australia says it may keep its borders close throughout 2021 even as it rolls out vaccinations [File: Bianca de Marchi/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56174906-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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![High overseas demand for Chinese electronics and medical equipment, combined with strong domestic consumer spending propelled China's economy to faster-than-expected growth in the fourth quarter of 2020 [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_20318380605517-1.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
![Members of the National Guard patrol outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC [File: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21014719489983.jpg?resize=120%2C80)
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Guatemalan soldiers block part of a Honduran migrant caravan in Vado Hondo, hoping to block the caravan's progress to the US border. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]
![Guatemalan security forces used batons and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the US. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017546694986.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Guatemalan security forces used batons and tear gas to beat back a large migrant caravan bound for the US. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]
![Guatemalan security forces surround the migrant caravan on a road near the border with Honduras. [Esteban Biba/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/h_56626292.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Guatemalan security forces surround the migrant caravan on a road near the border with Honduras. [Esteban Biba/EPA]
![Guatemalan soldiers detain a Honduran migrant. [Johan Ordonez/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YX7KF.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Guatemalan soldiers detain a Honduran migrant. [Johan Ordonez/AFP]
![The large contingent of Guatemalan security forces stopped the migrants from advancing beyond Vado Hondo. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017554788392.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The large contingent of Guatemalan security forces stopped the migrants from advancing beyond Vado Hondo. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]
![Injured female members of the Honduran migrant caravan sit on the side of a highway after being turned back by Guatemalan security forces. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017686436661.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Injured female members of the Honduran migrant caravan sit on the side of a highway after being turned back by Guatemalan security forces. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]
![Honduran migrants show their route on a map of Mexico and Central America, as they sit near a police roadblock. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21017686168058.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Honduran migrants show their route on a map of Mexico and Central America, as they sit near a police roadblock. [Sandra Sebastian/AP Photo]
![The first migrant caravan of the year comes days before Joe Biden takes office, promising to adopt a more humane approach to migration than Donald Trump. [Luis Echeverria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-17T165951Z_212004427_RC2S9L9DD923_RTRMADP_3_USA-IMMIGRATION-CARAVAN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
The first migrant caravan of the year comes days before Joe Biden takes office, promising to adopt a more humane approach to migration than Donald Trump. [Luis Echeverria/Reuters]
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Israeli fighter jets target Gaza Strip; no casualties reported
Israeli army says it targeted Hamas sites and tunnels after rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.
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Afghanistan launches year’s first polio vaccination drive
Nationwide campaign to vaccinate nearly 10 million children under the age of five has begun, say officials.
![An Afghan girl is vaccinated during polio eradication campaign in Kabul [File: Mariam Zuhaib/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_20237430664092.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Tunisia: Protests over moribund economy spread to a dozen cities
Local media report Tunisian authorities saying some 240 people were arrested after two-day clashes with police.
![Demonstrators blocked roads by burning tyres and threw stones and other objects at police and businesses [Fethi Belaid/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/000_8YY3T6.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Two of India’s richest men face farmers’ ire over new laws
Protestors allege, without evidence, that the new laws were framed to allow the tycoons to enter farming.
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Hondurans remain hopeful as Guatemala cracks down on caravan
Security forces are blocking thousands of migrants and asylum seekers fleeing hurricane destruction and unemployment.
![Hondurans taking part in a new caravan of migrants heading to the United States rest in Vado Hondo, Guatemala on January 17 [Luis Echeverria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-17T165950Z_91013936_RC2S9L9MVC10_RTRMADP_3_USA-IMMIGRATION-CARAVAN.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
Rescue efforts stepped up as toll from Indonesia quake rises
Rescue efforts continue in Sulawesi with 81 people now confirmed dead following Friday’s earthquake.
![At least 81 people have been confirmed dead in the earthquake that hit Sulawesi as many people were sleeping [Yusuf Wahil/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21018082975778.jpg?resize=570%2C380)
