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Added on the 02/05/2022 12:10:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of Armenians gathering to take part in an anti-government protest in central Yerevan. Azerbaijan's lightning military takeover of the Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic Armenian enclave, last week, sparked a sudden exodus of 100,417 people, according to Yerevan, from an estimated population of 120,000 since the breakaway region saw its decades-long fight against Azerbaijani rule end in sudden defeat. 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
Images of a rally held in Armenia's Yerevan, close to the Prime Minister's office, to protest against the Armenian government and its Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan following the Azerbaijani military operation against Armenian separatist forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in a lightning victory for Baku and the seperatists' capitulation. IMAGES
Images show people confronting riot police in Yerevan, Armenia, amid ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that Yerevan did not take part in drafting a ceasefire agreement between separatists in Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan, but that he hoped it would hold. 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
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.