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Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of Brazilian students and teachers march in Rio de Janeiro against proposed plans by President Jair Bolsonaro's government to cut funding for research and education. IMAGES
Backpacks representing victims of school attacks are displayed outside the National Congress in Brasilia to demand approval of Bill 2630, which seeks to regulate social media activity. The government of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva recently announced a series of restrictions on social media in a bid to curb the "epidemic" of school attacks. In April, four children between four and seven years old were killed in a preschool in Blumenau, a city in southern Santa Catarina state, when a man carrying a hatchet stormed the facility. IMAGES
Thousands take to the streets in London as half a million teachers and workers are on strike throughout Britain, calling for higher wages in the largest such walkout in over a decade. Organised by the TUC, Britain's umbrella labour organisation the Trades Union Congress, the strike closes thousands of schools and severely disrupts transport. IMAGES
Several thousand Airbus employees demonstrate on the company's premises, on the outskirts of Toulouse, against the job-cutting plan announced by the aircraft manufacturer, which threatens 5,000 jobs in France, including more than 3,500 in Toulouse in the wake of the Covid-19 epidemic. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.