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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
Protesters and police clash in Lima after Peruvian lawmakers once again failed to agree on a plan to bring forward elections in a bid to end weeks of deadly protests that have brought parts of the South American country to a standstill. IMAGES
Riot police clash with demonstrators in the Colombian capital Bogota as anti-government protests resumed across the country. IMAGES
Protesters and police violently clash in Chile after it ordered an overnight curfew for the third day in a row. IMAGES
Anti-government protesters clash with Venezuelan police, as tens of thousand of people jammed the streets of Caracas in an outpouring of support for Nicolas Maduro's ouster amid a dire economic crisis that has devastated the once rich oil-producing country. IMAGES