Children wearing face masks skate at an ice rink in Beijing, China, 16 January 2023. The World Health Organization's director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke with Ma Xiaowei, director of China's National Health Commission on 14 January, on the wave of infections which erupted after the country suddenly dismantled its anti-virus policy last month, after Beijing released new data showing a big rise in COVID-19-related deaths. (Photo by Wu Hao/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
