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Protesting farmers set fire to tyres and block roads with their tractors on the sidelines of a meeting of European agriculture ministers in Brussels. Farmers across the continent have been protesting for weeks over what they say are excessively restrictive environmental rules, competition from cheap imports from outside the European Union and low incomes. IMAGES
Indian riot police fire tear gas at hundreds of protesting farmers seeking to breach heavily guarded roadblocks and march on the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices. IMAGES
An angry mob set at least four trains on fire and damaged a railway station in India's southern city of Secunderabad. The protest, one of many, was sparked after the Indian government announced a temporary recruitment plan to induct young adults into the armed forces for four years -- a major break from the past, as non-commissioned ranks are seen as lifetime jobs. IMAGES
Police fire water cannons as farmers set bales of hay on fire during a violent protest in Brussels. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Investigators take pictures of the pamphlets thrown throughout the park by the man who set himself on fire outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial in Manhattan. The police said the pamphlets were "propaganda based" and "conspiracy theories type of pamphlets”. IMAGES
The man who set himself on fire outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial is in "critical condition" at a burn center in New York, authorities tell reporters. "Civilians, officers, members of the police department, they run into the park, they make efforts to put him out. They use their coats, they use fire extinguishers. Eventually, FPNY (New York Fire Patrol) respond, (they) were able to extinguish the fire," Chief Maddrey tells a press conference on the scene, outside the court where Donald Trump is standing trial. SOUNDBITE
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