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France

Paris police don pyjamas for protest over working conditions

Demonstrators said their long hours would soon force them to sleep at work.

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Thousands of nationalist Alternative for Germany supporters march

France

France: Thousands protest against President Macron's economic reforms

Yet some of the reforms are popular polls suggest, such as at the state-owned SNCF railway company that would see an end to job-for-life contracts.

Brazil

Brazil struggles as truck driver protest halts food and fuel deliverie

State of emergency declared in Rio de Janeiro and megacity Sao Paulo.

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Spain

Tourists in their own city

Feeling like tourists in their own city, locals in the Basque Country protest against the overcrowding of tourism, which has forced them out of their homes and into the surrounding villages.

USA

Royal wedding bishop Michael Curry leads protest at White House

Church leaders from various denominations joined the candlelight vigil

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Protest in front of former US embassy in Tehran, in solidarity with Palestinians

Hundreds of Iranian protesters gathered at the former US embassy in Tehran on Wednesday to show their solidarity with Palestinians.

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Israeli soldiers disperse protesters near Damascus Gate

Israeli border police forces and Palestinian protesters clashed near Jerusalem's Damascus Gate on Tuesday.

Israel

Angry exchanges at the United Nations Security Council emergency meeting

Exchanges were between Israel and Palestinian envoys. A number of nations also expressed concern at the level of violence during Monday's protests

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Clashes between pro- and anti-Erdogan protesters in London

Scuffles broke out between two groups of protesters and police outside Downing Street, ahead of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's meeting with Prime Minister Theresa May later in the day.

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Israelis divided on US embassy move, police remove protest banner

Hours ahead of the opening ceremony for the new US embassy in Jerusalem, Israelis on both sides of the political divide on Monday expressed strong opinions on the move.

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Israeli forces kill 16 in Gaza protests hours before U.S. embassy opening in Jerusalem

Israeli troops killed at least 16 Palestinians along the Gaza border on Monday (May 14), health officials said, as demonstrators streamed to the frontier on the day the United States prepared to open its embassy in Jerusalem.

Israel

Deadliest day as dozens of Palestinians killed on Gaza border

Dozens of Palestinians are killed and hundreds injured amid clashes on the Gaza border with Israeli troops.

Georgia

Thousands protest in Georgia after police arrest clubgoers

Police arrested eight people on Friday night in two popular clubs in Tbilisi on suspicion of drug dealing and demonstrators say the operation was heavy-handed.

France

'One year is enough!': Anti-Macron protests continue in France

Thousands of people assembled in Paris on Sunday to protest ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron’s one year anniversary as leader.

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Hundreds protest in Georgia after police raid night clubs

Hundreds gathered in the centre of Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Saturday (May 12) to protest against armed police raids on two nightclubs and to demand the resignation of the country's prime minister and interior minister.

France

Students protest against French government's university reforms

Protesting students have blocked other students from sitting their exams in at least three universities.

Argentina

Marches in Peru & Argentina demand new cannabis laws

Countries dragging their feet on applying relaxations on medical grounds and patients are suffering, say campaigners.

France

Tens of thousands protest in Paris against President Macron's economic reforms

His government is trying to re-boot the economy and reform everything from the education sector to the railways.

South Korea

Anti-North Korean activists scuffle with South Korean police near border

The activists, led by a North Korean defector, were prevented by police from launching anti-North Korean leaflet balloons towards the North.