Russia Warns on Patriots, Covid Slams Beijing: The Political Week in Photos

As the US weighs whether to send Patriot air and missile defense systems to help Ukraine fight off Russian attacks, Moscow warned that any batteries on Ukrainian soil would be targets.

Beijing’s rapidly spreading Covid outbreak has turned the Chinese capital of 22 million people into a virtual ghost town as stores close and restaurants empty. President Xi Jinping has remained silent on the dramatic shift away from his signature Covid Zero policy.