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Demonstrators gather in central Minsk after opposition leaders called for a huge rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, as protests continue against his disputed re-election. IMAGES
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Kuala Lumpur to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak. Julie Noce reports.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal condemned the "crocodile tears" of government opposition MPs, to farmers, who are stepping up their actions in France and elsewhere in Europe, protesting in particular against financial burdens and environmental standards deemed too onerous. SOUNDBITE
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
Rights activists protest outside the House of Representatives after lawmakers approved legislation that would outlaw sex outside marriage in a move critics said was a huge setback to rights in the world's most populous Muslim country. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).