People pay their respects after the Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne as the state government limits numbers of people able to attend (William WEST / AFP)
Western Australia reported no new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Sunday with more than 2 million people in the state halfway through a snap three-day lockdown.
The lockdown was ordered after a traveller likely became infected while in quarantine in a hotel and unknowingly passed it on to two other people in the community, according to authorities.
Testing of hundreds of people was still underway and state premier Premier Mark McGowan said it was too early to predict what the government would decide on Tuesday when the lockdown was due to end.
While the rest of the country gathered in crowds to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, Western Australians commemorated at home.
Television footage showed residents lighting candles on their driveways and on their balconies at dawn services.
"Western Australians will always commemorate Anzac Day and pay our respects," McGowan said. "No matter what happens the Anzac spirit will live on."
President Donald Trump cancelled a trip to Islamabad by two US envoys to meet Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday after Iran's foreign minister flew out of the Pakistani capital following talks, dealing a new setback to peace prospects.
Israel said on Saturday it would attack Hezbollah targets forcefully, further testing a fragile ceasefire with Lebanon that US President Donald Trump recently said had been extended by three weeks.
Russian forces pounded the southeastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday in waves of attacks with drones and missiles that also hit other regions, killing 10 people and injuring dozens.
Insurgents launched attacks in Mali's capital and other locations across the country on Saturday, with the army urging people to remain calm as the military-led government faced one of the biggest operations yet in a long campaign against it.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, has emphasised the achievements of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives Foundation (MBRGI) in supporting more than 165 million people in 122 countries through aid.
As part of the UAE's "Operation Chivalrous Knight 3", a second mass wedding ceremony for 300 couples has been held in Deir Al Balah in Gaza, with support from the Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
Ibrahim Dalhan Al Dosari, Acting Secretary-General of the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) in Bahrain, has praised the efforts of the UAE's “Operation Chivalrous Knight 3” to assist the people of Gaza, as well as the humanitarian role carried out by the UAE aid team in Al Arish.