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epa09063630 (L-R) Catalan MEPs Antoni Comin, Carles Puigdemont and Clara Ponsati join a protest after the European Parliament voted to waive their immunity in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 09 March 2021. The European Parliament on 09 March voted in favor of stripping Puigdemont and two of his associates of immunity. Spain had requested the extradition of Puigdemont, who fled to Belgium in October 2017 after a referendum on the independent of Catalonia. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ 
epa09063360 Migrants arrive to Arguineguin port in Gran Canaria, Spain, 09 March 2021. Five migrants died on board a toy boat that was rescued 250km south of the Canary Islands with a total of 49 people on board. Maritime rescue services were only able to rescue one body. EPA-EFE/Angel Medina G. 
epa09063305 (FILE) – Germany’s head coach Joachim Loew waves as he enters the team bus in Santa Cruz Cabralia, Brazil, 07 July 2014, during the FIFA World Cup 2014 (re-issued on 09 March 2021). German national soccer team head coach Joachim Loew is set to step down after the UEFA EURO 2020 soccer tournament, the German Football Association (DFB) announed on 09 March 2021. EPA-EFE/Marcus Brandt GERMANY OUT 
epaselect epa09062374 Protesters placed flowers and posters on the fence that surrounds the Hennepin County Government Center as jury selection was to begin in the trial of former officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd, Minnesota, USA, 08 March 2021. Jury selection was delayed to 09 March. Opening statements in the trial is expected to be on 29 March. EPA-EFE/CRAIG LASSIG 
epaselect epa09063104 Activists clash with police during a protest against the alarming numbers of femicides, on International Women’s Day at Plaza del Zocalo in Mexico City, Mexico, 08 March 2021. EPA-EFE/Sashenka Gutierrez 
A woman with her child walks on the deck of the ferry boat ‘Nissos Mykonos’ wearing a protective mask following the measures against COVID-19, while sailing in the Aegean sea, Greece, 20 August 2020. EPA-EFE/DIMITRIS TOSIDIS 
Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic attends a panel discussions in Krakow, southern Poland, 17 February 2021. A summit of the heads of governments of the Visegrad Group countries is held in Krakow on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Visegrad Cooperation. Poland’s annual presidency began on 01 July 2020. EPA-EFE/Lukasz Gagulski POLAND OUT 
Seiko Hashimoto, president of Tokyo 2020, attends the five-party meeting at the Tokyo 2020 headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, 03 March 2021. The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) held a five-party meeting on 03 March 2021 with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, the Government of Japan, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). EPA-EFE/Du Xiaoyi / POOL 
epaselect epa09062914 Inter’s head coach Antonio Conte (front) and team members celebrate after winning the Italian Serie A soccer match between Inter Milan and Atalanta Bergamo at Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milan, Italy, 08 March 2021. EPA-EFE/MATTEO BAZZI 
Medical staff prepare one of the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine in a hospital in Vienna, Austria, 27 December 2020. Austria has received 10.000 doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine for high-risk patients and medical staff on 26 December 2020. EPA-EFE/CHRISTIAN BRUNA 
The first boxes of the Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccines at the McKesson Facility in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, USA, 01 March 2021. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 27 February approved Johnson & Johnson single dose coronavirus vaccine, of which 3.9 doses will be distributed all over US. EPA-EFE/TIMOTHY D. EASLEY / POOL
