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Turkish police detain protesters attempting to hold a Labour Day demonstration in Istanbul, with the city centre's famous Taksim square closed off. The city is expecting mass International Workers' Day rallies ahead of key May 14 elections billed as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power. IMAGES
Riot police clash with May Day protesters in Istanbul's Sarachane neighbourhood, with tens of thousands of officers deployed across the city to clamp down on similar gatherings. Istanbul's central Taksim Square was closed to rallies after 2013 demonstrations against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government, a move that was ruled a violation of rights by Turkey's top constitutional court in 2023. Protesters and a number of opposition politicians have called for the square to be reopened to labour rallies. IMAGES
Prison officers use bins to block access to the Fleury-Merogis prison near Paris following Tuesday's ambush on a prison van in Normandy, which left two prison officers dead. IMAGES
Images show cars leaving after Turkish police release a group of hostages taken by a pro-Palestinian gunman at a plant near Istanbul owned by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. IMAGES
Chilean police use water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Santiago, the day before the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, which ousted socialist Salvador Allende and gave rise to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. IMAGES
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