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COVID RESTRICTIONS EASING: Residents around Washington D.C. are increasingly out and about as COVID-19 cases fall in the capital region. But reluctance to get vaccinated persists in some quarters, despite extensive campaigns promoting inoculation. VOA’s Laurel Bowman has more.

A deadly second wave of the novel coronavirus has hit India’s remote areas, many of which had not been affected by the first wave last year. Anjana Pasricha looks at the impact of the pandemic in the mountain villages in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.

As the U.S. pledged Thursday to donate another 500 million coronavirus vaccine doses to 92 countries in need through June of 2022, experts say Russia is working to discredit western vaccines and aggressively market its own Sputnik V jab. Anush Avetisyan has the story.

Facebook’s recent decision to ban former president Donald Trump for two years sends a message to world leaders that Facebook is stepping up its role as sheriff on its service. Tina Trinh reports.

A private game reserve in South Africa is collaborating on a project to rescue trafficked pangolins - a scaly mammal that is one of the most trafficked species in the world. Romain Chanson has the story from the southeast province of KwaZulu-Natal in this report narrated by Carol Guensburg.

A seaside aqua fitness workout isn’t just about exercise, water, sun and sea breezes. It also a way to recover from injury and to find camaraderie, as Allison Lékogo Fernandes and Mbaye Ndir discover in reporting from Senegal.

Four-year-old Kirill Zherebtsov (PRON: Kee-reel Zhee-reeb-tsoff ) was born deaf and without ears. He was scheduled for a special surgery in California but a day before his flight, his mother died unexpectedly.

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USA VP Heading for Mexico, Guatemala 4 hours ago width No media source currently available 0:00 0:03:17 0:00 Vice President Kamala Harris is heading to Guatemala and Mexico this weekend (Sunday) in a bid to lower migration from the region. She is expected to focus on bolstering economic development and humanitarian relief and strengthening good governance and civil society. Share

Since the beginning in coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, the New York City’s tourism industry has suffered, including its famous open-top sightseeing buses. VOA’s Aunshuman Apte has more.