Millions of women and men from across the world participated in marches in more than 600 rallies across the globe in solidarity for women’s rights. Organizers estimated nearly 5 million people participated in the march, with the largest crowd in the US capital. More than 500,000 people rallied in Washington DC, sending a clear signal to President Donald Trump: they will protect and promote women's rights, as well as the rights of other minority groups, in unison. People as far as Irbil in war-ravaged Iraq to Antarctica showed their support for Women’s March. 

At least 32 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a passenger train crash in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Seven carriages of the train en route to Bhubaneswar in Odisha state derailed on Saturday evening, and many people are believed to be still trapped in the wreckage. The death toll is expected to rise as rescue operations are underway. 

Two people have been confirmed dead and rescuers fear the death toll may climb to 12 after a landslide in central China’s Hubei Province. The Mirage Hotel in Nanzhang county was leveled on Friday when around 3,000 cubic meters of debris slid down a slope behind the hotel, according to the firefighters in charge of the rescue. Fifteen people were trapped in the collapsed building but rescuers pulled five survivors from the debris, two of whom died in hospital.

China will prosecute former Tianjin mayor Huang Xingguo over corruption allegations, according to the state prosecutor. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate announced Sunday that Huang is under investigation for accepting bribes and has been placed under “coercive measures,” which may include detention and arrest. ‍

Within hours of assuming his new role, President Donald Trump’s press secretary berated US media for downplaying the numbers of attendees at the inauguration. Sean Spicer, in line with Trump’s rhetoric, accused the media of “dishonesty,” saying “the attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong.” Aerial photos of the inauguration venue showed the attendance at Trump’s inauguration was significantly low compared to Barack Obama’s inaugurations in 2009 and 2013.  

The newly-grouped team of Brazil’s Chapecoense football club played their first match on Saturday following the plane crash that killed several of its team members in November. The three survivors watched their team play a friendly match against Palmeiras that ended in a 2-2 draw. Seventy-one of the 77 people on board, including 19 players, were killed in the crash. 

The American film studio Paramount Pictures is set to receive 1 billion US dollars in funding from two Chinese companies. Shanghai Film Group and Huahua Media will fund a quarter of Paramount’s productions over the next three years. The studio’s chief executive, Brad Grey, said the latest move is “a natural and powerful move for Paramount” considering the global reach and influence of Chinese production houses.   

The top 10 most polluted cities are all in northern China and six of those cities are in Hebei Province, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s report on air quality. The pollution in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei usually spikes when the heating, mostly powered by coal, is switched on starting mid-November. However, the report notes that the average number of days with better air quality has improved in 2016 compared to previous years.