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Nigerian authorities deploy a strong security presence on the streets of the capital Abuja where crowds of protesters rally joining sister demonstrations across the country against the high cost of living. IMAGES
Protesters begin marching from Montparnasse in Paris as pension reform opponents keep up the pressure on the French government. It's the sixth major demonstration against the project since the movement began on 5 December. IMAGES
Some 370,000 people are on the streets of Paris, according to the CGT union, in the latest mass demonstrations against a pensions overhaul that critics say would require millions of people to push back retirement. Unions are demanding the government drop its reform in their biggest show of strength in decades, with a record-breaking public transport strike now in its 36th day. (COMPLETE VID1NK7OE_EN) IMAGES
Several thousand demonstrators, including railway workers, teachers and lawyers, took to the streets of Paris to march against pension reform. The government wants to fuse France's 42 different retirement schemes into a single points-based system but opponents fear a drastic decline in pension levels. IMAGES
Haitian protesters march in the capital Port-au-Prince as opponents of President Jovenel Moise continue to demand his resignation. IMAGES