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24 hours in pictures, 8 April 2021

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By Neil McCartney

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Tiger Roll ridden by J W Kennedy runs in the Betway Bowl Chase on the first day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north west England on April 8, 2021. (Photo by PETER POWELL / POOL / AFP)

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Law enforcement during the Transport minister Fikile Mbalula briefing at Grasmere toll plaza, South of Johannesburg, 8 April 2021, on road deaths during the Easter long-weekend, resulting from 189 crashes and 235 people dead. Picture: Nigel Sibanda

Law enforcement activities during the Easter weekend. Picture: Nigel Sibanda

Picture: Nigel Sibanda

NEWBURG, MD - APRIL 8: In an aerial view, construction continues on a new $463 million Nice/Middleton Bridge on April 8, 2021 in Newburg, Maryland. The bridge will replace the current Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, which links Newburg, Maryland to Dahlgren, Virginia on U.S. Route 301 across the Potomac River. Led by the Maryland Transportation Authority, the new bridge will double the vehicle capacity, improve safety and allow tall ships to pass beneath its 135-foot clearance. At the end of March, President Joe Biden introduced a $2.3 trillion plan to overhaul and upgrade the nations infrastructure. The plan aims to revitalize the U.S. transportation infrastructure, water systems, broadband internet, make investments in manufacturing and job training efforts, and other goals. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

People dance as protesters who occupy the Theatre Graslin in Nantes, Western France, gather to demand the reopening of cultural places on April 8, 2021, over a year after the first restrictions taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. - Like the Odeon Theatre in Paris as well as others leading theatres across the country, the Theatre Graslin is being occupied as frustration has grown over the months-long halt to cultural activities imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Theatres, cinemas, museums and other cultural spaces have been shut since France's last full lockdown in October 2020, and have remained closed despite most businesses reopening in December 2020. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP)

A general view of Kisantu Cathedral and the statue of the Belgian missionary Emile Van Hencxthoven blessing a Congolese child in front of the cathedral, 130 km west of Kinshasa, in Kisantu, on April 7, 2021. (Photo by Arsene MPIANA / AFP)

Empty vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Picture: Pascal Guyot/AF

Campaign posters are displayed with photographs of the opposition Dynamics Restoring Confidence party candidate, Corentin Kohoue and running mate Irene Agossa, at the party secretariat in Cotonou on April 8, 2021. - Benin's 5.5 million voters will on April 11, 2021 head to poll stations across the country to elect one among three candidates, incumbent President Patrice Talon, leading opposition Alassane Soumanou of the Forces for an Emerging Benin (FCBE), and Corentin Kohoue of the Dynamics Restoring Confidence party, vying to lead the West African country next term. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

Fishermen pull their nets after fishing during sunset at a beach in Banda Aceh on April 8, 2021. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

A fisherman cleans nets during sunset at a beach in Banda Aceh on April 8, 2021. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)

Tiger Roll ridden by J W Kennedy runs in the Betway Bowl Chase on the first day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, north west England on April 8, 2021. (Photo by PETER POWELL / POOL / AFP)

A picture taken on April 7, 2021, shows the tomb of late French Emperor Napoleon I, where his body was finally deposited in 1861 under the dome of the Hotel des Invalides, in Paris. - The 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death will be marked on May 5, 2021. (Photo by THOMAS COEX / AFP)

A student poses pictures as he takes part in a demonstration called by French National Union of Students of France (UNEF) on April 8, 2021 in Paris, to protest against the different measures including those adopted by the French government to fight against the spread of the Covid-19. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)

Members of Libyan special forces trained by the Turkish military, parade during a graduation ceremony in the coastal city al-Khums, about 120kms east of the capital Tripoli, on April 8, 2021. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize visits the Vaccine Center in the Assembly hall at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johanneburg, 8 April 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney

Picture: Neil McCartney

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize visits the Vaccine Center in the Assembly hall at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johanneburg, 8 April 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney

File picture. Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize visits the vaccination centre in the Assembly Hall at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johannesburg, 8 April 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney

Health Minister, Dr Zweli Mkhize visits the Vaccine Center in the Assembly hall at Charlotte Maxeke hospital in Johanneburg, 8 April 2021. Picture: Neil McCartney

24 hours in pictures, 8 April 2021

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