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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
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
Several thousand opposition supporters protest in the streets of Albania's capital Tirana to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. IMAGES
Thousands of Mexicans protest in Mexico City's Zocalo square against the government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who they accuse of attempting to use constitutional reforms to sway June's presidential elections. IMAGES
At least 2,000 people attend an anti-government protest at Habima square in Tel Aviv, as the Israel-Hamas war nears its 100 days mark. The war, in which Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, began when the militants launched an unprecedented attack on October 7 that resulted in about 1,140 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza since then has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll reported by the health ministry of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Members of the Argentinean Tyre Workers' Union and other protesters demonstrate against the new government of Javier Milei in Buenos Aires. Argentina marks these days the 22nd anniversary of the protests of December 19 and 20, 2001, the year of the worst economic, social and political crisis the country has experienced in decades, which caused 39 deaths and ended with the resignation of President Fernando de la Rua. The protests called for today are the first faced by the new government of ultra-liberal Javier Milei. IMAGES