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Thousands join a human chain stretching some 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the Lithuanian capital Vilnius to the border with Belarus. Three decades after their gesture of defiance against the Soviet Union, Baltic residents are once again linking arms in solidarity with protesters in Belarus. IMAGES
Thousands of people hold hands across Hong Kong in a dazzling, neon-framed recreation of a pro-democracy "Baltic Way" protest against Soviet rule thirty years ago. IMAGES
Several thousand protesters form a human chain near Lake Constance in Germany to protest against the mandatory wearing of masks and restrictions put in place to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. IMAGES
Belarusians form a human chain leading to a detention centre where protesters have been held. The chain is being formed in Kurapaty, a wooded area on the outskirts of Minsk, where a vast number of people were executed between 1937 and 1941 during the Great Purge by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD. IMAGES
A few hundred office workers in Hong Kong's business district gather during lunch time to show solidarity towards the pro-democracy movement. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.
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