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Members of the Armenian Church pray for Nagorno-Karabakh refugees at a service held in the St Sargis church in Yerevan. Armenian separatists, who had controlled the region for three decades, agreed to disarm, dissolve their government and reintegrate with Baku following a one-day Azerbaijani offensive last week. Nearly all of Karabakh's estimated 120,000 residents fled the territory over the following days, sparking a refugee crisis. IMAGES
Thousands gather in Yerevan's Republic Square to protest the Armenian government's failure to protect ethnic Armenians in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which came under Azerbaijani attack earlier this week in what Baku described as an "anti-terrorist" operation. IMAGES
Stun grenades fly into crowds outside the Armenian government building, after residents took to the streets over the government's handling of escalating tensions in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region. Earlier, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned of multiple calls to stage a coup. IMAGES
EU lawmakers approve a resolution that accuses Azerbaijan of carrying out "ethnic cleansing" against the Armenian residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and urges the bloc to impose sanctions on Baku. According to the resolution, the European Parliament "considers that the current situation amounts to ethnic cleansing and strongly condemns threats and violence committed by Azerbaijani troops". IMAGES
Images filmed from a car driving on the road as journalists enter to the city of Khankendi, known as Stepanakert in Armenian, at the same time as Azerbaijani officials. The AFP team is reporting from the former breakaway region on a government press tour. IMAGES
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