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Added on the 06/04/2019 17:23:05 - 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
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
Argentina's riot police fire water cannon to disperse protesters on the 9 de Julio Avenue in Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, paralyzed by thousands of people gathering in defiance against the recent economic measures introduced by the government of President Javier Milei. IMAGES COMPLETE VIDI34P24WC_EN
Riot police disperse protesters outside McDonald's in Guatemala City amid demonstrations denouncing what some claim is a campaign to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking power. IMAGES
Riot police use water cannons against hundreds of students who demonstrate outside the presidential palace demanding more resources for education ahead of Chilean president Gabriel Boric's cabinet reshuffle after the overwhelming rejection of the new constitution draft in a referendum. IMAGES