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Demonstrators gather in Berlin to protest against the far right a day before European elections IMAGES
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg addresses the crowd in Berlin at the Fridays for Future protest. Tens of thousands of climate activists including Greta Thunberg have begun descending on German cities to crank up the pressure on candidates competing to succeed Angela Merkel at this weekend's general election. SOUNDBITE
The war in Gaza looms over the Eurovision Song Contest, with demonstrators again taking to the streets of the host city, Malmo, in Sweden, to protest against Israel's participation in today's event. Israel ranks with Croatia and Switzerland as one of the bookmakers' favourites to succeed Sweden and take home the colourful and kitschy competition watched by more than a hundred million people. IMAGES
Thousands gather in Berlin to take part in a "Free Palestine" protest and to call for an end of the conflict in Gaza. The demonstration in Alexanderplatz is Berlin's biggest pro-Palestinian gathering since the start of the latest Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Images of police presence in the city of Yekaterinburg, in the Russian Urals, ahead of pro-Navalny protests. Navalny's team called for the demonstrations in more than 100 cities, after the opposition figure's doctors said his health was failing following three weeks on hunger strike. IMAGES