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Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul is pictured on her way to the state security court in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 10, 2021. - The family of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul said US President Joe Biden's election win helped secure her release after nearly three years' imprisonment, but cautioned she was still far from free. Hathloul, 31, was provisionally released by Saudi authorities on Wednesday. She was detained in May 2018 with about a dozen other women activists, just weeks before the kingdom's historic lifting of a decades-long ban on female drivers -- a reform they had long campaigned for. (Photo by Rania SANJAR / AFP) (Photo by RANIA SANJAR/AFP via Getty Images)
A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko run from teargas after violent protests broke out in Dakar, on March 3, 2021. - Senegal's opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was arrested in Dakar on March 3, 2021, according to his lawyer, ahead of his scheduled court appearance to face a rape charge. Hundreds of supporters rallied in the city before the 46-year-old was due to appear before a judge for the charge, which he has claimed is politically motivated. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP) (Photo by SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)
Algerians rally in the capital Algiers on February 22, 2021, marking the second anniversary of the country's anti-government "Hirak" protest movement. - Algerian police were deployed in force on the streets of Algiers, helicopters hovered overhead as checkpoints created traffic jams across the city. (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI / AFP) (Photo by RYAD KRAMDI/AFP via Getty Images)
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