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A demonstrator confronts a police officers during clashes, following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Black man Daunte Wright in Minnesota, April 12, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video on April 13, 2021.

05:39 GMT 19 April 2021 / updated: 05:40 GMT US

GOP Member Greene Wants Maxine Waters to Be Expelled From Congress for 'Inciting' Minnesota Violence

A nurse prepares a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the Glangwili General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, Britain April 7, 2021.

Oxford Scientists Infect Volunteers With COVID-19 After Recovery for Future Vaccines - Report

The gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) stands open at the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers, (18 miles) north of Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 1945.

Parties, Interest Organisations Sceptical as Swedish Government Seeks to Ban Holocaust Denial

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine are pictured amid a vaccination campaign in Bierset, Belgium March 17, 2021

'It Feels Very Unfortunate': Vaccine Doses Ditched in Sweden Amid AstraZeneca Refusal

An image of George Floyd's arrest by Officer Derek Chauvin plays on a screen, on the eighth day of the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. April 7, 2021 in this courtroom sketch

Vandals Leave Severed Pig's Head, Smear Blood on Former Home of Chauvin Trial Witness - Photos

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