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Thousands protest in Khartoum against military takeover

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas Thursday at thousands of protesters who rallied against a deal that saw the prime minister reinstated after his ouster in a military coup last month.

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Pro- and anti-vaccine protests across Australia

Pro-vaccine and anti-jab rallies took place in Melbourne on Saturday as Victoria state's government looks to pass a controversial law which would grant it specific powers during a pandemic.

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Police fire warning shots at Rotterdam demo

Police fired warning shots, injuring an unknown number of people, as riots broke out on Friday night in downtown Rotterdam at a demonstration against plans by the Dutch government to restrict access for unvaccinated people to some venues.

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Activists dress as world leaders in COP26 protest

Activists on Friday posed as world leaders incapable of putting out the fire as the planet burns. Dressed as firefighters, the mock world leaders did little to tackle the climate crisis and to save a planet "on fire".

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Serbian police keep activists from Mladic mural

Police officers in Serbia's capital were deployed Tuesday to a large wall painting of convicted Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic that activists wanted to paint over.

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Squid Game-themed climate protest staged outside COP26 venue in Glasgow

Activists and protesters call on world leaders to "stop playing climate games" and to fulfil their climate pledges at a protest inspired by "Squid Game", the South Korean dystopian show that became a global sensation after its release on Netflix, and staged outside the COP26 venue

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Ecuador: Road blockade on second day of strikes

Main roads in at least ten provinces of Ecuador remained blocked on Wednesday on the second day of a national strike against fuel price hikes and President Guillermo Lasso's economic policies.

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Uber drivers in Brussels bring traffic in European district to near stand still

The drivers were protesting against their working conditions on Wednesday which they want to be improved.

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India: Building collapse and rescue operations after deadly floods.

Rescue workers evacuate residents as floods wreak havoc in Uttarakhand, northern India.

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Protest against green pass in Italy

Protests erupted in Italy on Friday as a new anti-coronavirus measure went into effect requiring all workers, from magistrates to maids, to show a health pass to get into their place of employment.

Bulgaria

Bulgarian coal miners protest for job security amid EU closures

Organisers of the protest said they were defending Bulgaria’s energy independence.

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Climate protesters invade the Louis Vuitton fashion show in Paris

Climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion disrupted the Louis Vitton fashion show in Paris, with banners "Overconsumption = extinction".

Slovenia

Slovenia: Police clash with COVID-19 protesters ahead of EU summit

Protesters seemed wanted to draw more attention to their rally by demonstrating on the eve of a key EU Balkan summit.

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Families protest suspension of Lebanon blast probe

Families protest suspension of Lebanon blast probe

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Hundreds join climate change protest in Ukraine

Hundreds of people participated in a climate march in Kyiv Sunday to demand more effort from the government to combat climate change.

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Protestors chanting and Taliban dancing

Afghans call for release of central bank assets and Taliban dancing to a different tune.

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Greta Thunberg addresses Berlin Fridays for Future protest

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses the crowd in Berlin at the Fridays for Future protest. Tens of thousands of climate activists have begun descending on German cities to crank up the pressure on candidates competing to succeed Angela Merkel.

Switzerland

Police use water cannon during COVID restrictions protest in Bern

Seven people were arrested on Thursday after clashing with police officers in the Swiss capital.

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Police clear virus rules protest at Melbourne shrine

Riot police and mounted officers moved on the protesters arresting several people at the city's Shrine of Remembrance.

Slovenia

Thousands demonstrate against new health pass measures in Slovenia

Around 8,000 gathered in Ljubljana to demonstrate against new COVID-19 restrictions in the largest ever protest in Slovenia.