Tens of thousands of people rally in Vienna in protest against restrictions introduced to halt the spread of coronavirus.

British lawmakers have called on Jacob Rees-Mogg, the leader of the House of Commons, to resign after footage emerged of him joking about a Downing Street Christmas party and Covid-19 regulations.

Tens of thousands of protesters march through several northwest European cities against coronavirus restrictions.

In France’s dominions in the Caribbean, weeks of anti-government protests have led to mass arrests, violent repression and even talk of autonomy.

South Africa blasts the UK government over its hasty placement of several southern African countries under red-list travel restrictions due to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant, which has been detected in small numbers.

Police are targeted by unidentified gunmen during rallies against COVID curbs and mandatory vaccination on France's Caribbean island of Martinique.

Huge march against preemptive COVID-19 restrictions in Brussels grows violent as protesters clash with the police.

The World Health Organization warns some half a million more people could die in Europe from COVID-19 by March.

South Korea’s high school seniors have taken the country’s college entrance exam under conditions made all the more difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic.

German leaders agree tough new curbs on the unvaccinated as the country battles to halt a record rise in COVID infections.