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Images show a picket line in front of UCL hospital in London as junior doctors begin a 3-day strike over pay at the start of a week that will also see teachers, train staff and civil servants walk out in the lastest of a wave of UK industrial action. The strike by junior doctors -- who are not senior specialists but can still have decades of experience -- is the longest they have ever staged. The British Medical Association, the body representing them, says junior doctors have suffered a 26% real-terms paycut since 2008/09 and are demanding a 35% wage hike to combat this. IMAGES
Doctors in India's capital New Delhi hold a protest calling for justice and safety after the rape and murder of a doctor as widespread strikes by healthcare workers enter a second week. IMAGES
Police are out in force on the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi, after calls for more demonstrations against the embattled government of President William Ruto. As protestors gather in the central business district, police in riot gear fire tear gas, repelling some people with batons. Even as street protests have eased since dozens of people were killed and parliament stormed in late June, activists are still demanding the president's resignation, and calling for new rallies using the hashtag "RutoMustGo". IMAGES
Police and hundreds of youths clash on the streets of central Nairobi, in an anti-government "Occupy Everything" protest called by activists. Riot-police firing tear gas to disperse the crowds are pelted with stones and debris. Protests have continued despite President William Ruto reversing his stance on raising taxes that set off weeks of deadly protests. IMAGES
British junior hospital doctors resume strike action which will last for five days, just one week before the country's general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue. The doctors have been asking for 35 percent "pay restoration" as a starting position amid a cost-of-living crisis. Labour's health spokesman Wes Streeting has said any Labour government would not meet the 35 percent demand but that there is "space for a discussion". IMAGES
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