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A flag on the Royal Iris Mersey ferry flies at half mast in memory of Gerry And The Pacemakers star Gerry Marsden has died at the age of 78. The much-loved Merseybeat singer’s best-known songs included “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and “Ferry Cross the Mersey”. Photo by Peter Byrne/PA
Heavy snowfall continues in Srinagar, India. Photo by Saqib Majeed/ Shutterstock
Field burning and clearing in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom/Shutterstock
Black-necked cranes rest at a reservoir in Lhunzhub County, Lhasa, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region. Photo by Xinhua/Shutterstock
Two women walk their dogs at sunrise on New Brighton beach, Wirral. Photo by Peter Byrne/PA
A person on a paddleboard is silhouetted on the waters of Burrard Inlet at sunset as a freighter at anchor is seen in the distance in Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
Huge snow sculptures are exhibited at Harbin Sun Island International Snow Fair in Harbil, Heilongjiang, China. Photo by Top Photo Corporation/Shutterstock
John Grey receives the first of two doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, administered by Dr Michael McKenna, at Falls Surgery on the Falls Road, Belfast. Photo by Liam McBurney/PA
First business week begins after Brexit, London, UK. Photo by Akira Suemori/Shutterstock
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has his temperature checked during a visit to Chase Farm Hospital in north London, while on a visit to witness NHS staff being vaccinated with the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 jab. Photo by Andrew Parsons / No 10 Downing Street
Full reopening of schools in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo by Dennis Sigwe/Shutterstock
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s partner, Stella Moris, speaks to the media outside the Old Bailey, London, following the ruling that he cannot be extradited to the United States. Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire
