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Hundreds of people gather at Paris' Trocadero as French lawmakers are expected to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, a world first that has garnered overwhelming public support. IMAGES
Thousands of people turn up to a rally called by former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo, to reject claims he plotted a coup with allies to remain in power after his failed 2022 reelection bid. Investigators say the far-right ex-army captain led a plot to falsely discredit the Brazilian election system and prevent the winner of the vote, leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, from taking power. A week after Lula took office on January 1, 2023, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters stormed the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court, urging the military to intervene to overturn what they called a stolen election. IMAGES
People in Warsaw rally in support of Ukraine as the country marks the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. IMAGES
Hundreds of Colombians rally in support of President Gustavo Petro in the capital of Bogota. IMAGES
Protesters lift portraits of Itay Svirsky held hostage by Palestinian Hamas militants since October 7 during a rally in Tel Aviv. During the 7th of October, Hamas militants seized about 250 hostages and Israel says around 132 of them remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 28 dead captives. IMAGES
Palestinians rally in Ramallah on New Year's eve in solidarity with Gaza. Israeli strikes pounded Gaza as both sides near the end of a dark year and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack will last for "many months." IMAGES