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Images of armed soldiers on guard outside the Regional 8 prison complex, as Ecuador's army and police launch an operation in the nerve center of a drug war between the government and powerful criminal groups. IMAGES
Ecuador's armed forces are deployed outside Machala prison, as the country declares a state of emergency following an escalation of gang violence. IMAGES
Shops shut early in northern Quito, Ecuador's capital, after hooded gunmen stormed a television studio and gangsters threatened to execute security forces and civilians. IMAGES
A bus transporting freed Palestinian detainees leaves Ofer prison as Israel prison service says 30 Palestinian prisoners released under truce deal. The announcement came after 10 Israeli hostages returned to Israel under the terms of the deal following their release by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, along with two additional Thai hostages. IMAGES
Dozens of protesters attempt to storm the Israeli embassy compound in Amman, Jordan, after a strike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip killed at least 200 people. IMAGES
At the Palace of Justice in Beirut, dozens of people storm a metal gate outside to protest the detention of two people involved in last week's bank hold-ups. Elsewhere, activists angered by Lebanon's deep economic crash blockaded roads in the capital and in the northern port city of Tripoli. IMAGES