The images of the day, 04/29/21

1A crowd watches the launch of the 'Long March-5B' rocket, which carries the first module of the Chinese space station, at the Wenchang Space Launch Center on Hainan Island.

China has launched the central capsule of its space station, embarking on the construction of one of the largest and most sophisticated space facilities in its space program.

STR AFP

2United States President Joe Biden accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harrys (left) and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi during their first speech on Capitol Hill. "Madam President of Congress, Madam Vice President," Biden said proudly, addressing the women and clapping as he began his speech. "No president has ever said those words from this podium," he added, "and it was about time." POOL REUTERS

3Municipal workers remove graffiti of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalni, which reads "hero of our time", in Saint Petersburg (Russia). Navalni lost an appeal on Thursday against the verdict of a Moscow court that found him guilty of defamation of a World War II veteran and fined him 850,000 rubles (about $ 11,500). Ivan Petrov AP

4Two relatives mourn during the funeral of a Covid victim at the Inahuma cemetery, in Rio de Janeiro. The Butantan Institute of Brazil has begun this Wednesday to produce the first doses of its vaccine against the ButanVac coronavirus, the first fully developed in Brazil, despite the refusal of the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) to authorize the start of clinical tests of this immunizer in humans. Bruna Prado AP

5A woman breathes with the help of an oxygen cylinder inside a vehicle in Ghaziabad (India).

The country has notified this Thursday new maximum figures of cases and deaths from coronavirus, touching 380,000 patients and 3,700 deaths, in a day in which the Asian country has also exceeded the threshold of 18 million infections since the beginning of the pandemic.

PRAKASH SINGH AFP

6The 'Essential Quality' horse is groomed after training at Chu'rchill Downs in Louisville (Kentucky).

Charlie Riedel AP

7Two health workers prepare the dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the elderly Tomasa Olguin, at her home in the El Agustino district of Lima.

The Peruvian Government indicated that so far 944,340 people have been vaccinated, of which 604,836 have already received two doses, as part of the immunization campaign in the country, which has begun with health personnel, military, police, firefighters and adults over 80 years of age.

ERNESTO BENAVIDES AFP

8Sanitary personnel applaud the demonstrators participating in the protest against the tax reform presented by the Government to Congress, in Medellín (Colombia).

The marches left two dead, 26 arrested and 44 police officers injured, as well as considerable material damage due to vandalism.

JOAQUIN SARMIENTO AFP

9Four images illustrate how US President Joe Biden stops to pick up a dandelion for First Lady Jill Biden before getting into a helicopter near the White House in Washington (USA).

Jonathan Ernst REUTERS

10A couple crosses the 516 Arouca Bridge for the first time, the longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world with a length of 516 meters and a height of 175 meters, in Arouca (Portugal).

CARLOS COSTA AFP

11The Syrian Ibrahim al-Hussein, an amputee swimmer who aspires to be part of a refugee Paralympic team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, after his training at the Olympic Aquatic Center in Athens, Greece.

ALKIS KONSTANTINIDIS REUTERS

12Two health workers transport the coronavirus vaccines to the home of the Daughters of Charity, the Virgen Milagrosa house in Maceda (Ourense), during the home vaccination campaign in Galicia.

The autonomous community of Galicia has registered in the last hours an increase in the number of infections and active cases due to covid-19, at the same time that the pressure in health centers has slightly increased in the number of hospitalized patients.

Brais Lorenzo EFE

13The colossal bronze hand of the Roman Emperor Constantine shines from this Thursday rebuilt in the Capitoline Museums of Rome, after being added one of the missing phalanges, guarded until now in the Parisian Louvre.

CLAUDIO PERI EFE