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A crowded dance floor is shown in London with people dancing under purple and pink lighting.

Virus surge fears, UK leader’s quarantine, mar ‘Freedom Day’

COVID-19

As of Monday, face masks were no longer legally required in England, work-from-home guidance ended and, with social distancing rules shelved, no limits existed on the number of people attending theater performances or big events.

George Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd is shown lifting his dark-rimmed glasses up to wipes his eyes.

Chauvin guilty verdict results in cheers and relief

Top of The World
A large crowd of people are shown standing vigil next to hundreds of flowers laid on the ground in memory of Sarah Everard.

London police chief says she won’t quit after vigil clashes

Conflict & Justice
Kim Yo-jong is shown looking over her left shoulder

North Korea stops answering daily calls with South; Past epidemics underscore importance of mental health

Top of The World
A police officer stands in front of a red London bus

After attacks, UK rethinks early release law for convicted terrorists

Conflict & Justice
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Donald Trump is shown standing among more than a dozen of the Royal honor guard dressed in traditional red uniforms and tall black hats.

Donald Trump welcomed to Buckingham Palace by Queen Elizabeth

Global Politics

Britain rolled out the royal red carpet for Donald Trump on Monday but the pomp, pageantry and banquet with Queen Elizabeth looked set to be overshadowed by the US President’s views on Brexit, the UK’s next leader and a row over China’s Huawei.

A woman in Trafalgar Square weeps at a vigil for victims of the London terrorist attack

London comes together to remember its victims

Conflict

The city held a candlelit vigil in Trafalgar Square to remember the victims of Wednesday’s attack.

London is home to thousands of urban foxes

Oh, for fox sake: Thousands of Londoners join petition to ban ‘fox cull’

Food

London is home to thousands of foxes, which become a considerable nuisance to city residents when mounds of holiday trash tempt the animals out into the open.

Britain's newly elected mayor Sadiq Khan is embraced by a supporter as he arrives for his first day at work at City Hall in London, Britain May 9, 2016.

British imam: ‘Sadiq Khan’s win is a symbolic victory for me’

Culture

Sadiq Khan is London’s new mayor. Many Muslims in the UK see this as a historic and symbolic moment.

Britain's Labour Party candidate for Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan (R) looks at Conservative party candidate Zac Goldsmith during a hustings event in London, Britain March 23, 2016.

David Cameron targets ethnic division to stop London from electing its first Muslim mayor

Global Politics

Londoners are going to the polls to vote for a new mayor. The race for the office has been a fierce and sometimes ugly one.

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