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Hundreds of people gather to pay their respects and lay flowers at the grave of opposition leader Alexei Navalny on the final day of a presidential election that is guaranteed to cement Vladimir Putin's hardline rule. Before his death in an Arctic prison last month, Navalny urged Russians to protest on March 17. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, has reiterated his call and said protesters should show up in large numbers at the same time to overwhelm polling stations. IMAGES
A flag-raising ceremony takes place in Hong Kong to mark China's National Day. IMAGES
On the occasion of May Day, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen laid a wreath in front of the statue of Joan of Arc at the Place des Pyramides in Paris to celebrate Labor Day. IMAGES
Rawalpindi/Karachi/Peshawar, Apr 13 (EFE/EPA).- Violent protests over the arrest of an Islamist leader who called for the expulsion of the French ambassador continued for the second consecutive day in Pakistan on Tuesday, with roads cut off and sporadic clashes with the police throughout the country."In all the major cities of the country protest is ongoing. We will continue to protest until Saad Rizvi is released," Ali Raza, the spokesperson of the Islamist group Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), which is organizing the protests, told EFE.The spokesperson said that since the protests began on Monday following the arrest of Rizvi, at least six of their members have died and 200 have been injured in clashes with the police. (Camera: SHAHZAIB AKBAR / SOHAIL SHAHZAD / ARSHAD ARBAB).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GARTHER TO PROTEST OVER THE ARREST OF ISLAMIST LEADER IN THE CITIES OF RAWALPINDI, KARACHI, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN.
New York, Mar 8 (EFE/EPA).- On International Women's Day in the Americas, women raised their voices in virtual events and on the streets against violence, and for equality and the right to abortion. In the United States, domestic violence increased 8.1 percent from mid-March 2020 after confinement orders were put in place, according to a report released by the National Commission on Covid-19 and Criminal Justice.The "Fearless Girl" statue on Wall Street was on Monday surrounded by shards of glass symbolizing women breaking the "glass ceiling" in the corporate sector. (Camera: ALBA VIGARAY). SHOT LIST: A SMALL PROTEST OUTSIDE GOVERNOR'S CUOMO'S OFFICE IN NEW YORK, US, ON WOMEN'S DAY TO ASK FOR THE RAISE OF THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $15 AN HOUR.
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