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China's annual National People's Congress (NPC) starts at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The key parliamentary meeting, attended by President Xi Jinping and thousands of delegates from around the country, kicked off to a rendition of the national anthem. IMAGES
Beijing residents queue for Covid tests as China faces its worst outbreak since the peak of the first wave in early 2020. The capital city is sealing off whole neighbourhoods where handfuls of cases have been detected, while eastern Shanghai is recording dozens of daily deaths. IMAGES
People in Beijing's Chaoyang district -- the Chinese capital's most populous -- queue up to get coronavirus tests as second round of mass mandatory Covid testing continues in the capital city. IMAGES
Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. IMAGES
Police erect fresh barricades near the highly guarded Liason Office -- the department that represents China's central government in Hong Kong. Elsewhere water cannon are deployed in anticipation of renewed clashes. IMAGES