Vatican city: Pope Francis kissed the tattoo of an Auschwitz survivor during a general audience on Wednesday. Lidia Maksymowicz, a Polish citizen who was deported to Auschwitz from her native Belarus at the age of three, showed the Pope the number tattooed on her arm by the Nazis, and Francis leaned over and kissed it. AP

Prince Charles meets Indian community members

london: Britain’s Prince Charles on Wednesday met members of the Indian community who are raising funds to support those affected by the Covid-19 crisis in India. He appreciated their work. Last month, the Prince of Wales had launched the British Asian Trust’s emergency appeal — ‘Oxygen For India’ —to raise funds to help India. pti