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Demonstrators burn garbage bins after President Emmanuel Macron delivered a televised address to the nation on his controversial pension reform IMAGES
Protestors invade the streets of Paris after France's constitutional court approved the key elements of President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform. IMAGES
An estimated 130,000 people, according to the CGT union, take to the streets of Paris to protest the French government's pension reform on what is the ninth day of mass protests since they began in December 2019. The turnout is lower compared to the last mass demonstration, on January 29, when an estimated 180.000 people turned up. (COMPLETES VID1OR2LH_EN, VID1OR2DL_EN, VID1OR28V_EN) IMAGES
Several thousand people begin demonstrating in Paris to demand the withdrawal of the government's controversial pension reform, during an eighth national inter-professional day of demonstration called for, principally, by the CGT and FO unions. IMAGES
France's CGT union holds a torch-lit protest on Place de la République in Paris, on the eve of a seventh nationwide day of protests against pension reform. 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.