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Added on the 12/02/2022 16:16:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Police mass in order around the Arc de Triomphe and on the Champs-Elysées as the first demonstrators coming from the anti-vaccine pass convoys arrive in Paris. IMAGES
Venezuela's security forces used tear gas on protesters challenging the reelection victory claimed by President Nicolas Maduro but disputed by the opposition and questioned internationally. IMAGES
Police are carrying out checks on the Paris ring road at the Porte de Saint-Cloud as convoys of protesters against vaccine passes inspired by similar protests in Ottawa begin to arrive in Paris with the aim of defying a prefectural ban on public demonstrations. IMAGES
Police in Burkina Faso fire tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters at an unsanctioned anti-government rally in the capital. Anti-riot police prevent the demonstrators from gathering for the rally in a square in the centre of Ouagadougou, where substantial police and security forces deployed and all shops closed. IMAGES
Chilean police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters, who gathered in Santiago to demonstrate against the government of Sebastian Pinera, ahead of a referendum in which Chileans will decide whether to replace the constitution dating from the era of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). IMAGES