Around 2,000 demonstrators, many holding Covid-sceptic placards, protest against vaccination and virus-related restrictions in Tel Aviv, as Israel faces spiking infections caused by the Delta variant. Israel was one of the first countries to launch a vaccination drive in mid-December via an agreement with Pfizer to obtain millions of paid doses in exchange for sharing data on their effectiveness. The campaign helped to drastically bring down infections, but that trend has since reversed, driven by the spread of the Delta variant in unvaccinated people as well as those whose immunity has waned six months after they got their initial shots. IMAGES