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Today’s salient news in pictures as taken by the pool of photographers of EPA/EFE for CDE News.
EPA-EFE/Martin Meissner / POOL EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV EPA-EFE/AIDAN CRAWLEY EPA-EFE/AIDAN CRAWLEY NHS staff at a self administered Covid-19 testing site in London, Britain, 16 September 2020. The UK government’s Covid-19 testing program is coming under increasing pressure, with many people not able to get tests or are having to travel many miles to other towns and cities to receive one. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN People use a COVID-19 testing facility in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 18 September 2020. Victoria has recorded more than 19,000 cases of or SARS-CoV-2. EPA-EFE/JAMES ROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT Three passengers carry their luggage in order to board their flight in Barcelona’s Josep Tarradellas’ airport Terminal 1 in Barcelona, Spain, 02 July 2020.Barcelona’s airport is increasing its activity after the EU council agreed to lift travel restrictions on 15 countries from 01 July 2020. EPA-EFE/Alejandro GarcÌa Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a press conference after the Visegrad Group prime ministers meeting in Lublin, eastern Poland, 11 September 2020. Visegrad Group PM’s exchanged opinions before the forthcoming extraordinary EU summit and spoke about the situation in Belarus and Russia, as well as about the fight against COVID-19. EPA-EFE/JACEK SZYDLOWSKI POLAND OUT People walk through a train station in Birmingham, Britain, 13 September 2020. New Covid-19 lockdown measures banning people from mixing in homes and gardens are to come into law in Birmingham from 15 September. The city has the third-highest rate of infections in England. The British government is facing pressure to act following an increase in new cases across the UK over recent days. EPA-EFE/ANDY RAIN Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks during a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the country’s invasion by the Soviet Union, in front of the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Warsaw, Poland, 17 September 2020. Poland commemorates the 81st anniversary of the country’s invasion by the Soviet Union, which occurred on 17 September 1939, shortly after Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany. The Red Army’s attack on Poland came in line with a secret protocol included in the Soviet-German Treaty of 23 August 1939, referred to as the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. The consequence of the alliance of the two totalitarian systems was the division of Poland. EPA-EFE/Leszek Szymanski POLAND OUT Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro gives his Annual Message of Memory and Account at the Federal Legislative Palace, in Caracas, Venezuela, 14 January 2020 (reissued 12 September 2020). Maduro has claimed a US spy was captured near an oil refinery in Falcon state. EPA-EFE/Rayner Pena A protester talks to Belarusian policemen during a rally to protest against the presidential election results in Minsk, Belarus, 13 September 2020. Opposition activists continue their every day protest actions, demanding new elections under international observation. EPA-EFE/STRINGER epa08511504 Soldiers attend a flag-raising ceremony at Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan, 27 June 2020. According to media reports, Chinese military airplanes have flown into Taiwan?s air defense space several times in June. EPA-EFE/DAVID CHANG epa08676106 Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya and her Maltese counterpart Evarist Bartolo attend a press conference after their meeting held in Madrid, Spain, 17 September 2020. EPA-EFE/Victor Lerena A handout still image taken from a video footage released by the Russian Presidential Press and Information Office on the official website of the Russian President shows Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) during their meeting in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia, 14 September 2020. The Belarusian President is on a working visit in Russia. EPA-EFE/KREMLIN HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) leaves after attending wreath laying ceremony at the Mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkey, during a parade to mark Victory Day in Ankara, Turkey, 30 August 2020. Turkey celebrates its Victory Day in commemoration of the Battle of Dumlupinar, a key victory over Greece on 30 August 1922 in Turkey’s War of Independence. EPA-EFE/STR Harvey Weinstein arrives to New York State Supreme Court on the fourth day of jury deliberations in his sexual assault trial in New York, New York, USA, 21 February 2020 (reissued 22 March 2020). According to reports, Harvey Weinstein was put in insolation after being tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19 in prison just days after staring serving his 23 years sentence for or rape and sexual assault. EPA-EFE/JASON SZENES A Russian medical worker prepares a trial vaccine against COVID-19 for a volunteer in a post-registration phase of the test at outpatient hospital number 68 in Moscow, Russia, 17 September 2020. Russia registered the new vaccine called ‘Sputnik V’ against Coronavirus Sars-Cov-2 and opens the stage of its massive testing. EPA-EFE/SERGEI ILNITSKY Former US Vice president and Democratic nominee for US president Joe Biden (C) speaks with United Airline pilots at the 19th anniversary commemoration ceremony of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York, USA, 11 September 2020. EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY