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People wait in a long line at an oxygen distribution warehouse near downtown Mexico City.
COVID-19
Mexico’s COVID-19 wards are full. Many patients who can’t get oxygen die at home.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address to a restricted parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. 
South Africa changes course on vaccine rollout after disappointing study
A bakery in the Çukurcuma neighborhood makes a fresh batch of sesame-encrusted rings of bread, called simit. 
Books
New novel offers a window into Turkey’s insular Rum community
A large group of refugees walk through an Afghanistan-Iran border point.
Migration
Afghan returnees struggle with unemployment, violence at home
From left, David Schoen, Bruce Castor and Michael van der Veen, lawyers for former President Donald Trump, arrive at the US Capitol on the third day of the second impeachment trial.  
Top of The World
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