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Added on the 22/04/2017 12:11:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
People gather outside the Reichstag building in Berlin, forming a symbolic fire-wall against the political far-right. The rally follows a wave of protests that has swept across Germany in recent weeks as people oppose the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. IMAGES
On the evening of the second round of the French general elections, with the Left in the lead, sympathisers of the New Popular Front (NFP) gather on the Place de la Republique in Paris, chanting "We've won, we've won!" IMAGES
A small crowd gathers in Malmo, Sweden, for a rally in support of Israel as the country's Eurovision Song Contest entry - Eden Golan - takes to the stage for the competition's second semi-final. Earlier in the day, thousands of people demonstrated against Israel's participation in the event over its offensive in Gaza. IMAGES
Several hundred demonstrators, many flying Tibetan flags, gather in Paris's "Place de la République" to protest against Xi Jinping's visit to France. The Chinese president is being received by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for a two-day state visit as part of his first European tour since 2019. IMAGES
Images at the start of the trial against Bjorn Hoecke, head of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in Thuringia, who appears in court for publicly using a banned Nazi slogan. He stands accused of twice using the phrase "Alles fuer Deutschland" ("Everything for Germany"), once a motto of the so-called Sturmabteilung paramilitary group that played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. IMAGES