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Gunshots are heard as members of the Lebanese army mobilise in the streets of the capital after clashes erupted following protests against the judge investigating Beirut blast, injuring several. IMAGES
Gunshots are heard in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown as a military armoury came under attack overnight according to the government, as it imposed an immediate national curfew. The government said those attempting to break into the armoury had been repelled. IMAGES
Like the Eiffel Tower, the National Assembly is lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag, in a show of solidarity with Israel and the Jewish community, two days after the Hamas offensive. IMAGES
Demonstrators throw molotov cocktails over the gates of Mexico's National Intelligence Centre on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the high-profile, unresolved disappearance of 43 students in 2014. The students, from the Ayotzinapa Rural Normal School, disappeared between the night of September 26 and the early morning of September 27, 2014, when they were traveling via bus to participate in demonstrations in Mexico City. The Mexican government has recently promised to provide the parents of the young people with all available information on the case, which a commission of international experts has found to implicate the army. IMAGES
A small group of protesters gather outside the Hong Kong court where the city's largest national security trial was set to begin. "Crackdown is shameless," read a banner carried by two people, adding: "Immediately release all political prisoners." IMAGES
Protesters and the military, who claim to have taken power in Burkina Faso, head for the national television station in the capital Ouagadougou. In the same area of the city, demonstrators gather in front of the French embassy, setting fire to barriers and throwing stones inside the building while some wave Russian flags. IMAGES