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Added on the 11/04/2016 18:07:48 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Hundreds of Nigerian workers across various sectors strike over the rising cost of living following the removal of the petrol subsidy. The nationwide walkout was called by the two main workers unions --the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) -- after talks with the government to extend the subsidy broke down. IMAGES
An International Workers' Day rally in Paris sets off from the Place de la Republique, with participants calling for workers' rights, wage increases and peace. IMAGES
People gather outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, forming a symbolic fire-wall against the political far-right. The rally follows a wave of protests that has swept across Germany in recent weeks as people oppose the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. IMAGES
Public sector workers in Northern Ireland rally in Belfast as tens of thousands of employees go on mass strike, with no end in sight to a protracted political crisis that has left the UK province without a devolved government for almost two years. IMAGES
Striking railway workers gather at the Gare de Lyon in Paris before the demonstration starting from Bastille, for the 9th day of mobilisation against the pension reform. IMAGES