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🇬🇧👑 Charles III and his wife Camilla were officially crowned king and queen of the UK. Around 2,300 high-profile guests – including 100 heads of state from around the world – were in attendance for Saturday’s ceremony, which also drew more than 22 million viewers across the BBC and Sky News TV channels. Several anti-monarchy protests were held across London prior to and during the coronation ceremony, with city police reporting a total of 64 arrests on Saturday.

🦠 The WHO declared an end to its global public health emergency for Covid. The WHO said its decision to end Covid’s emergency status after more than three years doesn’t mean the pandemic is over, but rather that international collaborations and funding efforts are no longer necessary to combat the disease. According to the most recent WHO data, the global Covid death toll has fallen from a peak of 100,000+ people per week in January 2021 to just over 3,500 in the week ending April 24, 2023.

🇷🇸 Serbia’s president promised "an almost complete disarming" of the country after two mass shootings in as many days. On Friday, President Aleksandar Vučić announced a series of new gun control measures he says will reduce the number of pistols and handguns in circulation by 90%. Vučić’s announcement came after a pair of mass shootings – one involving a 13-year-old shooter – that killed a collective 17 Serbian residents and injured 21 others last week.