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India inaugurates the world's biggest statue with pomp, fireworks and tight security amid an outcry among local groups over the cost of the 182 metre (600 feet) high reproduction of an Indian independence hero. IMAGES
Election officials at a polling station in the northern city of Shamli pack and seal electronic voting machines as the first of seven voting stages closes in the world's biggest election. IMAGES
Speaking in New Delhi, French President Emmanuel Macron underlines the importance of internal cooperation, saying, "we have to work together to provide solutions to the rest of the world on what makes sense." "We have to resist the fragmentation of this world," he adds. SOUNDBITE
President of World Bank Ajay Banga, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, and US President Joe Biden pose for photos before a meeting. IMAGES
Indian PM Narendra Modi says that the entire world is "with Morocco" after an earthquake killed at least 296 people earlier Friday. SOUNDBITE