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Thousands of students march through downtown Buenos Aires in protest against budgets cuts to higher public education, research and science, declared by right-wing president Javier Milei's new government IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending. IMAGES
France's outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives in Poissy (Yvelines) for a peaceful march in tribute to Nicolas Nébot, the teenager who committed suicide a year ago after being bullied at school. He arrived a few minutes after the announcement of Michel Barnier's appointment as Prime Minister. IMAGES
Images show UK teachers protesting in London as the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, presents his first budget to Parliament. The UK has been hit by a fresh wave of industrial action, with junior doctors, teachers, BBC journalists, civil servants and transport workers all walking out over pay which unions say has not kept up with the rate of inflation, which remains above 10 percent. The government says pay demands are unaffordable and will only serve to worsen the economic situation. IMAGES
Thousands of people march in Paris in defense of the public health service, demanding an end to bed closures in hospitals. "Austerity kills", warns one sign. IMAGES
More than one thousand marchers walk in memory of Dinah, a 14-year-old girl who committed suicide, after becoming a victim of school bullying according to her family. The walk traversed the city of Mulhouse, in eastern France. IMAGES