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Hospitality workers serve up a protest over coronavirus restrictions

Protesters, brandishing placards reading "Boris is barred", "Cancel the curfew" and "Let us serve cake", called for more clarity and consistency from the government.

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Mont-Saint-Michel becomes an island during high tides

A rare phenomenon during which the water rises as fast as it has receded.

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Pele's home town pays tribute to footballing legend with mural

The mural can be seen in the coastal city of Santos, ahead of the sporting legend's 80th birthday. Pele played 496 matches for Santos football club and 92 matches for Brazil between 1957 and 1971.

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Clashes erupt during protests anniversary in Chile

Clashes erupted between some protesters and police as thousands of people on Sunday demonstrated in Santiago to mark the anniversary of the movement that led to massive protests in 2019.

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Anti-lockdown demonstration turns violent in Prague

Czech police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters, some of whom attacked them after a protest in Prague against government restrictions to slow the spread of coronavirus infections.

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Dozens gather in Prague for outdoor Catholic mass

Dozens of people gathered in Prague's Old Town Square on Sunday for an outdoor Catholic mass, due to coronavirus rules limiting numbers allowed inside.

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Skull sculptures laid in Mexico for Day of the Dead

Skull sculptures have graced the streets of Mexico City as part of Day of the Dead celebrations which are being held amid the coronavirus pandemic

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People pay tribute to beheaded teacher outside his former school

Demonstrations were planned across France on Sunday in Samuel Paty's memory.

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Thai protesters back on Bangkok's streets in defiance of police

Thousands of young Thai protesters returned to the streets of Bangkok on Saturday, a day after riot police used water cannon to break up a rally in the centre of the city

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Image of Spain's king set alight as monarch visits Barcelona

The visit comes less than two weeks after Catalonia's regional chief, Quim Torra, was removed from office by Spain's Supreme Court.

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Clashes in Jakarta over Indonesia's new labour law

Protesters clashed with police in Jakarta as thousands of students and workers staged rallies across Indonesia on Thursday in opposition to a new law they say will cripple labour rights and harm the environment.

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Watch: In Mecca, pilgrims return to Islam's holiest site

A very small number of people circled the Kaaba in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months.

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Watch: Cars and houses buried by mud as France battered by storms

Breil-sur-Roya, a French town close to the Italian border, two days after torrential rains and floods hit the south-east of France

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Watch: Israelis protest Netanyahu despite emergency regulations

Israelis opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu protested in Tel Aviv in defiance of a COVID-19 lockdown.

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Chile: Protesters face off against police ahead of referendum

Chilean police used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse protesters gathered at Santiago's iconic Plaza Italia square.

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Makeshift migrant camps grow outside Bosnian towns

The migrants have built tents in the forests after local authorities in the northwestern Krajina region decided last month to start pushing them away from urban areas, even kicking them out of the existing UN-run reception centers there

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French police dismantle large migrant camp in Calais

Tuesday's operation is thought to be the biggest of its kind since the Calais Jungle - home to up to 8,000 migrants - was dismantled in 2016.

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Beluga whales take first swim in new open-water sea sanctuary

The whales — called Little White and Little Grey — were captured in Russian waters and sold to Changfeng Ocean World aquarium in Shanghai over ten years ago.

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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei holds protest against Assange extradition

Weiwei claimed that the treatment of Assange bore similarities to the way Chinese authorities suppress dissidents.

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Paris holds body-positive fashion show by the Eiffel Tower

It's a movement of kindness towards oneself and others, whatever the age, whatever the body type, whatever the disability, whatever the disease," said Georgia Stein, model and organiser of the body-positive fashion show.

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