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Opposition supporters clash with security forces during May Day demonstrations in Caracas, with protesters throwing a molotov cocktail at a police vehicle and police firing buckshot at protesters. IMAGES
Panaman police fire tear gas at demonstrators who block roads in the outskirts of the capital Panama City in protest against a mining contract signed by the government with Canadian company First Quantum Minerals to manage the biggest mine in Central America. IMAGES
Chilean police use water cannon to disperse protesters in the capital Santiago, the day before the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile, which ousted socialist Salvador Allende and gave rise to the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. IMAGES
Turkish police detain protesters attempting to hold a Labour Day demonstration in Istanbul, with the city centre's famous Taksim square closed off. The city is expecting mass International Workers' Day rallies ahead of key May 14 elections billed as a referendum on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's two decades in power. IMAGES
"Everyone hates the police!" In Paris, demonstrators against pension reform brandish smoke bombs and the police retaliate with tear gas to disperse protesters at the end of the march. IMAGES