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Caption:no caption.Photo credit:RNZProfessor Michael Baker says hospitalisations appeared to have reached a peak towards the end of last year, but the new JN.1 variant may mean a new peak.RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
silhouette of male students standing and hugging each other in the grass on the mountain Boy Scouts rejoice at rock climbing success in the evening at sunset.
Rufial Willow-Blake Lemmens feels like she has missed every first with her children because Long Covid has her in bed 18 hours a day.
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Jeremy Clarkson is at the Formula 1 Qatar Airways Grand Prix of Great Britain at the Silverstone Circuit in Towcester, England, on July 6, 2024. (Photo by Jon Hobley | MI News/NurPhoto) (Photo by MI News / NurPhoto via AFP)
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MAY 27: Tolutau Koula of the Blues is tackled by Kalyn Ponga of the Maroons during game one of the 2026 Men’s State of Origin series between New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons at Accor Stadium on May 27, 2026 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)
The photo of Dame Jools Topp is used with permission from the 2013 Pink Ribbon Calendar Girls’ project. Body artist was Sofia Bue.