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Portland protests continue to rage outside the city's federal courthouse, as federal forces remain in the city despite the agreement of a conditional pullout. IMAGES
Police forces are present in large numbers to contain and arrest demonstrators during another night of protests in Portland. The city, the biggest in the US state of Oregon, has seen nightly demonstrations against racism and police brutality for nearly two months, initially sparked by the death in Minneapolis of unarmed African American George Floyd. IMAGES
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler stands on the frontline with protesters as the police deploys teargas. Wheeler has previously demanded the withdrawal of federal officers from the northwestern US city, accusing them of dangerously escalating the situation with abusive, unconstitutional tactics against protesters. IMAGES
Senegalese security forces use tear gas against youths trying to gather in the centre of the capital Dakar to protest a delay of presidential polls. IMAGES
Several hundred people opposed to Emmanuel Macron's pension reform bill demonstrate on Boulevard Montparnasse in Paris, surrounded by a large deployment of police. The French government deployed Article 49.3 of the Constitution to push tdhe controversial project through, prompting a backlash from protesting public service workers and criticism of being "undemocratic" by opposition parties. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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