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Police break up a gathering of students rallying in support of Palestinians in front of the Sorbonne University in Paris. IMAGES
Pro-democracy protesters gather in Bangkok at the headquarters of Siam Commercial Bank -- in which Thai king Maha Vajiralongkorn is a major shareholder. The location of the protest was changed from the Crown Property Bureau HQ to avoid possible clashes with a rival ultra royalist rally. Soon after coming to power following his father's death in 2016, the new king took control of the Crown Property Bureau which has assets in banks, companies and prime real estate. IMAGES
After watching a couple of fights and drink throwing incidents off to the side of his speech he claims that his Rally's are the safest places. Well maybe not for those people involved in the disturbances. They sure do have loud and excited crowds at his events and lots of police and Secret Service agents.
Despite exceeding all expectations and reaching the semi-finals round of the 2016 UEFA Euro football championship, Wales was eliminated last night after their 2-0 loss to Portugal, who now advance to play against either Germany or France in the final match on Sunday. Tempers flared between Portugal and Wales fans in a Lyon fanzone on Wednesday, during the teams' UEFA 2016 European Championship's semi-final.
An International Workers' Day rally in Paris sets off from the Place de la Republique, with participants calling for workers' rights, wage increases and peace. IMAGES