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Police offers are deployed in Pretoria as South Africa braces for protests after a leftwing party called for a "national shut-down", sparking fears of a repeat of unrest that turned deadly two years ago. Authorities said there would be a heavy police presence to deal with any possible violence, after the third largest party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) urged South Africans to take to the streets and bring the country to a halt. IMAGES
Protesters brave tear gas to remain in the streets of Georgia's capital Tbilisi after the police dispersed tens of thousands of people with teargas who rallied in front of the parliament against a planned "foreign agent" law which critics say is reminiscent of Russian legislation used to silence dissent. SOUNDBITE
Israeli police disperse dozens of demonstrators protesting in Tel Aviv to demand en end to attacks by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank. IMAGES
Police disperse demonstrators with flashbangs and water cannons near the centre of the capital Quito on the ninth day of Indigenous-led fuel price protests. The head of Ecuador's armed forces has denounced as a "grave threat" to democracy the wave of protests that have triggered several regional states of emergency and a curfew in the capital Quito. IMAGES
Police fire water cannons to disperse protesters on the emblematic Plaza Italia square, epicentre of the social unrest movement, as voting continues in Chile for a referendum on whether to change a dictatorship-era constitution seen as underpinning the nation's glaring inequalities. IMAGES