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Chilean police fire water cannons and throw tear gas canisters at crowds gathered at Santiago's emblematic Plaza Italia -- which has emerged as the epicenter of anti-government protests -- on the 47th anniversary of the coup d'etat orchestrated by General Augusto Pinochet that ousted President Salvador Allende and led to a 17-year-long dictatorship. IMAGES
Chilean police use water cannons to disperse crowds gathered at Santiago's emblematic Plaza Italia -- which has emerged as the epicenter of anti-government protests -- on the 47th anniversary of the coup d'etat orchestrated by General Augusto Pinochet that ousted President Salvador Allende and led to a 17-year-long dictatorship. ++COMPLETES VID8PT3PC_EN++ IMAGES
Chilean police arrest a man on the second consecutive Friday of anti-government demonstrations at Chile's emblematic Plaza Italia -- which has been the epicenter of the country's protest movement -- and break up crowds with water cannons. IMAGES
Chilean police fire tear gas and water cannons at protesters, who gathered in Santiago to demonstrate against the government of Sebastian Pinera, ahead of a referendum in which Chileans will decide whether to replace the constitution dating from the era of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). IMAGES
Chilean police fire water cannon at protests in Santiago, who demonstrate against the government as social outcry continues in the country. IMAGES
Police cannons spray water at dozens of demonstrators in Chile's capital who defied a lockdown order to gather at a square on May Day, which also led to a dozen arrests. IMAGES
Anti-government protesters clash with police in the streets of Lima as Peru's embattled president Dina Boluarte urged lawmakers to find a way out of a deepening political crisis by agreeing to snap elections in December. IMAGES
Iraqi supporters of the Coordination Framework hold an anti-Sadr protest near the parliament occupied by Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr supporters. Sadr's supporters have been occupying parliament in the normally high-security Green Zone -- also home to government buildings and embassies -- since Saturday. They started their protest in response to the rival alliance's prime ministerial nomination. IMAGES