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Added on the 04/08/2024 18:56:47 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images show far-right protesters seizing and damaging an AFP camera during a demonstration in Middlesbrough, northern England. An AFP team was following the rally when the camera was snatched from a journalist's hands and thrown on the floor. In the last week the UK has experienced its worst rioting in 13 years, with unrest cropping up in several towns and cities around the country following a stabbing that killed three young girls. IMAGES
Clean-up crews are at work in Nanterre, west of Paris, following a second night of clashes after the killing of a 17-year-old boy Nahel M., who was shot in the chest at point-blank range on Tuesday in Nanterre in an incident that has reignited debate in France about police tactics long criticised by rights groups. IMAGES
Images of near-deserted streets and closed shops in the Sudanese capital Khartoum as deadly battles between the army and paramilitary forces led by rival generals rock the city for a third day in a row. IMAGES
Protesters take to the streets of Paris, burn down signs and clash with French security forces in the most serious violence yet of a three-month revolt against President Emmanuel Macron's hugely controversial pension reform. Dozens of police were injured, and dozens of protesters arrested nationwide, the government said, as a day of protests descended into violence in several cities including Paris, where protesters lit fires in the historic centre of the city. IMAGES
Columns of smoke rise over the largest prison in Guayaquil as gunshots are heard after a riot breaks out where six police have been wounded, as Ecuador is gripped by violence blamed on organised crime groups waging a deadly drug war. IMAGES